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A male Greater Kudu blends into the dappled light of the riverine forest in Chobe National Park. Characterised by their magnificent double-spiralled corkscrew horns and torso stripes,these antelopes are quite common in Chobe’s woodlands.
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A male Greater Kudu digs soil in Chobe National Park with his double-spiralled corkscrew horns.
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A magnificent Greater Kudu characterised by the side stripes on its grey-brown coat and double spiralled corkscrew horns, blends into its surroundings in a woodland area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.
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Two male Greater Kudu blend into the dappled light of the riverine forest in Chobe National Park. Characterised by their magnificent double-spiralled corkscrew horns and torso stripes,these antelopes are quite common in Chobe's woodlands..
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Two male Sable antelopes run across open bush country in the Chobe National Park. With their jet-black coats,and white faces and underbellies,the Sable is one of Africa's most beautiful antelopes..
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A small herd of Sable antelopes in the Chobe National Park. With their jet-black coats,and white faces and underbellies,the male Sable is one of Africa's most beautiful antelopes.
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Kenya, Samburu National Reserve. An oryx (Oryx beisa) in the Samburu National Reserve, Northern Kenya.
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An oryx beisa in arid thorn scrub country, which is typical of northern Kenya.The distinctive markings and long straight horns of these fine antelopes set them apart from other animals of the northern plains.They inhabit arid areas, feeding on grass and browse.Their ability to stay without water is greater than that of the camel.Unusually, female horns are longer than those of males.
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A male Red Lechwe runs through shallow water on the edge of the Okavango Swamp in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.These water loving antelopes have splayed hooves, which are ideal for bounding through water and mud.They have shaggy chesnut red coats and fine lyre shaped horns.
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A magnificent Sable antelope bull with females and young in the Shimba Hills National Park. Sable are arguably the most handsome of all Africa's antelopes.
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A Greater Kudu bull runs along Lake Bogoria's muddy shoreline in late afternoon.
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Kenya, Samburu District. A young male dik dik, foraging in the undergrowth, in Samburu District.
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A greater kudu bull stands on a termite mound in the game reserve surrounding Lake Bogoria,an alkaline lake of Africa's Great Rift Valley system.The beautiful spiral horns of this antelope (old bulls have two and a half to three spirals) are used by many tribes as war horns. .
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A young male and female Greater Kudu blend into their surroundings in a woodland area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chiefs Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans.
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A white headed vulture flies in to join other vultures in demolishing the remains of a kill on plains teeming with wildlife near the boundary of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area near Ndutu and the Serengeti National Park.
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A dikdik in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya.Didiks are territorial and live in monogamous pairs. Only males have small horns.Well adapted to semi arid lands, they are completely independent of water, obtaining all the moisture they need from their food.
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Two dikdiks in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya.They are territorial and live in monogamous pairs. Only males have small horns.Well adapted to semi arid lands, they are completely independent of water, obtaining all the moisture they need from their food.
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A male gerenuk feeding in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya.Strictly browsers, gerenuk can often been seen feeding on branches six feet high by standing on their wedge shaped hooves, supported by their strong hind legs.Well adapted to semi arid lands, they can withstand waterless conditions with ease.
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A herd of oryx in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya.The distinctive markings and long straight horns of these fine antelopes set them apart from other animals of the northern plains.They inhabit arid areas, feeding on grass and browse.
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A fine Greater Kudu bull stands on a termite mound overlooked by an escarpment of the Gregory Rift (a spectacular section of the eastern rift of the Great Rift Valley).
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Two white rhinos graze in the Lake Nakuru National Park under a threatening sky. A red-billed oxpecker clings to the neck of one of the rhinos.White rhinos are almost double the weight of black rhinos and are more docile. They are grazers rather than browsers so they do not compete for food with black rhinos.
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A black rhino with a fine horn crosses a forest glade in the Aberdare National Park. .
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A Bongo bull in a forest clearing. The range in Kenya of this thickset,reddish-brown antelope is restricted to high altitude forests; as such,they are rarely seen. Both males and females have lyre-shaped horns with pale tips but only bulls darken with age until they are almost black. .
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A Bongo bull in a forest clearing. The range in Kenya of this thickset,reddish-brown antelope is restricted to high altitude forests; as such,they are rarely seen. Both males and females have lyre-shaped horns with pale tips but only bulls darken with age until they are almost black. .
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Two black rhinos on the open plains at Amboseli. Poaching of this severely endangered species led to its extermination in this region in the late 1980's.Rhinos have very poor eyesight and are prone to charge at the slightest noise or disturbance. .
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A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park.A mother normally will drive away her offspring before a new birth. The interval between births is between two and five years. .
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A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Their skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows they frequent in the bright red soil of the area.Rhino offspring suckle for up to a year and only begin to take water after 4 to 5 months.
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A black rhino in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Its skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows it frequents in the bright red soil of the area.A red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythorhynchus) or 'tick bird' perches on the animal's back. As its name implies,it feeds on ticks and blood-sucking flies while keeping wounds on the host animal open.
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A magnificent bull Greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) stands sentinel on an old termite mound near Lake Bogoria.
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Wildebeet stampede across the plains during their annual cycle of migration.
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Grant's gazelles on the mud flats of Lake Ndutu,a seasonal lake that borders the Serengeti National Park.This species is found throughout the Eastern Branch of the Great Rift Valley system.
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Large herds of white-bearded wildebeest,the vanguard of the annual migration,on the plains of the western Serengeti
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A baby elephant shades itself beneath its mother in dry country near the Chobe River.
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Elephants approach the Chobe River in the late afternoon.Elephants can go several days without water but drink and bathe daily by choice.In the dry season when all the seasonal waterholes and pans have dried, thousands of wild animals converge on the Chobe River, the boundary between Botswana and Namibia.
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A large herd of elephants drink at the Chobe River.Elephants can go several days without water but drink and bathe daily by choice.In the dry season when all the seasonal waterholes and pans have dried, thousands of wild animals converge on the Chobe River, the boundary between Botswana and Namibia.
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Buffalo, Syncerus caffer, Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa
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A rainbow in Masai Mara with white-bearded gnus,or wildebeest,grazing the dry grassy plains.
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The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) which is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. Close-up of a White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) which is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. Close-up of a White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) which is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. Close-up of a White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) which is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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Namibia,Damaraland. The White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the few remaining megafauna species.
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A warthog grazes in Chobe National Park. They invariably graze on bended knee.
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Two giraffes cross a semi-arid land with dead trees and dry grass.
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A Nile crocodile basks in the sun on the southern bank of the Chobe River. In the dry season when all the seasonal waterholes and pans have dried,thousands of wild animals converge on the Chobe River,the boundary between Botswana and Namibia. The park is justifiably famous for its large herds of elephants and buffaloes..
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Portrait of a Topi or Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) standing in the grass and looking at the camera at the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa
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Portrait of a Topi or Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) standing in the grass at the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa
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Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) standing in the grass on the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa
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Portrait of a Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) standing in the grass and looking at the camera in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa
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Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) standing in the grass on the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa
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A Diademed Sifaka (Propithecus diadema) eating wild guava fruit in Matandia National Park,eastern Madagascar.
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Elephants drink at the Chobe River. Elephants can go several days without water but drink and bathe daily by choice.In the dry season when all the seasonal waterholes and pans have dried,thousands of wild animals converge on the Chobe River,the boundary between Botswana and Namibia. The park is justifiably famous for its large herds of elephants and buffaloes.
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Common ostriches run across open plains near the boundary of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and the Serengeti National Park.Ngorongoro and Serengeti are two contiguous protected areas, which support the greatest concentrations of wildlife left on earth today
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A black rhino mother and offspring are dwarfed by their surroundings in the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. The craters 102 square mile floor is spectacular for wildlife.
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A black rhino mother and offspring are dwarfed by their surroundings in the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. The craters 102 square mile floor is spectacular for wildlife.
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A lone black rhino is dwarfed by its surroundings in the world famous Ngorongoro Crater. The craters 102 square mile floor is spectacular for wildlife.
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A fine bull elephant feeds along the rim of the world famous Ngorongoro Crater.The craters 102 square mile floor and the surrounding highlands are spectacular for wildlife.
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Adult chimp calling in the forest. The remote Mahale Mountains, located on a bulge along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, rise spectacularly 8,069 feet. The mountain slopes are covered with rainforest, where many trees show a closer affinity to West African species than to those of East Africa. Protected as a national park since 1980, the mountains are home to one of the most important wild
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Adult chimps spend long hours each day removing flees from one another. The remote Mahale Mountains, located on a bulge along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, rise spectacularly 8,069 feet. The mountain slopes are covered with rainforest, where many trees show a closer affinity to West African species than to those of East Africa. Protected as a national park since 1980, the mountains are ho
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Female chimpanzee takes a rest. The remote Mahale Mountains, located on a bulge along the eastern shores of Lake Tanganyika, rise spectacularly 8,069 feet. The mountain slopes are covered with rainforest, where many trees show a closer affinity to West African species than to those of East Africa. Protected as a national park since 1980, the mountains are home to one of the most important wild chi
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An indri in the Andasibe Matandia National Park east of Antananarivo.Formerly known as Perinet, this national park comprising 810 hectares of moist montane forest has an exceptional variety of lemurs, birds, reptiles and frogs.The highlight of any visit is seeing the indri.The Indri are Madagscars largest lemur.
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Ring tailed lemurs in the Anja community sanctuary, a very successful small project started with WWF assistance three years ago.Situated in cattle owning Bara country of Southern Madagascar, the huge inselbergs in the sanctuary are known as The Three Sisters.
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A ring tailed lemur in the Canyon des makis, Isalo National Park. Situated in cattle owning Bara country of Southern Madagascar, Isalo National Park is deservedly popular for its sculptured canyons, natural rock pools, rare endemic plants and beautiful lemurs.Lemurs belong to a group of primates called the prosimians, meaning before monkeys.
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A ring tailed lemur in the Canyon des makis, Isalo National Park. Situated in cattle owning Bara country of Southern Madagascar, Isalo National Park is deservedly popular for its sculptured canyons, natural rock pools, rare endemic plants and beautiful lemurs.Lemurs belong to a group of primates called the prosimians, meaning before monkeys.
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A ring tailed lemur in the Canyon des makis, Isalo National Park. Situated in cattle owning Bara country of Southern Madagascar, Isalo National Park is deservedly popular for its sculptured canyons, natural rock pools, rare endemic plants and beautiful lemurs.Lemurs belong to a group of primates called the prosimians, meaning before monkeys.
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Grevys zebras inhabit dry bush country in Northern Kenya.They are the most northerly representatives of the zebra family and can be distinguished from the common or Burchells zebra by their large frame, saucer shaped ears and close set stripes.They are listed by IUCN as an endangered species.
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A common or Burchells zebra stands close to a Grevys zebra in Northern Kenya, clearly showing the difference between the two species. The Grevys zebra is the most northerly representative of the zebra family, it is listed by IUCN as an endangered species.
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A small herd of Red Lechwe graze on high land surrounded by a floodplain of the Okavango River in the Okavango Delta of northwest Botswana.These heavily built antelopes inhabit swamps and shallow floodplains for which their splayed, elongated hooves are ideally suited.
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Red Lechwe rush across a shallow tributary of the Okavango River in the Okavango Delta of northwest Botswana.These heavily built antelopes inhabit swamps and shallow floodplains for which their splayed, elongated hooves are ideally suited.
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