Taken in April of 2017 in Mosi Oa Tunya (Victoria Falls) National Park
Chobe National Park, Botswana
I heard a person — looking at a solitary zebra — say, “That is horrible camouflage! How is it not extinct?”
The answer is found by looking at zebras in a group. When they run in a herd, it becomes impossible for a predator to distinguish one from another. Heads merge with hindquarters merging with a shoulder. They become an amorphous monochromatic cluster with nothing to bite onto.
Taken in May of 2017 in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Taken in April of 2017 from the Chobe River on the Botswanan side
I believe this is an African Water Monitor, but I’m a neophyte naturalist.
Taken on December of 2017 in San Juan, Siquijor Island
Panagsama Beach near Moalboal, Cebu Island
Panagsama Beach near Moalboal, Cebu Island
Taken in December of 2017 on Bohol Island in the Philippines
Taken on Bohol in December of 2017
Tarsiers may be the product of a five-way orgy between an owl (eyes), a bat (ears), a frog (hands), a rat (tail), and a monkey (body), but they’re still pretty cute.
Taken in May of 2017 at Amboseli National Park in Kenya
Taken in May of 2017 at Amboseli National Park in Kenya
That mammal stands a mile tall.
Far too proud to take a fall.
It lumbers on til days end,
nudging family round the bend.
Water hole. Day’s close. Circled up.
In the center stands a pup.
On infirm legs, the youth shakes
as adults stomp and earth quakes.
Predators stalk, but today’s odds
favor the prey and defy the gods.
Tiger Riding for Beginners 