The world as I see it
The Cape buffalo is one of the African "big five" animals (the others are lion, leopard, elephant and rhinoceros),. They were identified this way by big-game hunters, and refers to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot. Now it is widely used by safari tour operators. I found an interesting article about …
These two elephants came together and all I could think was that they had some sort of an elaborate greeting.
Elephants use dirt as sunscreen. ... When coming out of a bath in a river, elephants will often throw mud on themselves as a layer of protection. And when calves are sleeping, adults will often stand over them to cast shade and protect them from the sun. Every day we would see the elephants kick …
Early in the morning we came across a couple of giraffes munching on the trees.
Every morning on safari we were up at 5:30 am so we could be out searching for wildlife as soon as the first morning light appeared. On our second day in Amboseli, we hadn't been out for more than 5 minutes when we learned of a cheetah sighting near our lodge. Again, there wasn't much …
