This is Doyak in all his splendor (oops, wrong Doyak, this is a guide at the feeding platform pretending to be Doyak) The real Doyak! Males this size range between 250-350 pounds. They are comparable in strength to 8 large men at least, and are not intimidated by much in their jungle. They have a […]
Lets hope nobody encounters this when flying in the United States. I am not sure the pilots here are as used to this as the bush pilots in Africa. They have seen this before, and make sure the coast is clear (and they do the clearing) before unloading passengers.
There are lions on the runway! Read More »
The first series of pictures shows a Leopard Seal that was inquisitive and came right up to our zodiak before diving under us He was not afraid and swam right past us while we just sat there bobbing in the calm water When he got next to us he put his head down and dove
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This peregrine falcon is being trained for release back into the wild. After it was exercised for the day it was give its dinner of pigeon, a natural prey for it.
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Tanzania has more lions than any other country. They number around 20,000, although they were well over 100,000 in the recent past. Habitat destruction, persecution from herders, and poaching have been the biggest reason for their decline The lions in the Serengeti have been studied extensively for decades. This is a photo of the vehicle
Tom is the orangutan that displaced Kusasi, the reigning king for many years. Kusasi has quite a story about how he overcame adversity and had the personality needed to be the dominant male. Rumor has it that Doyak is displacing Tom, which is the natural course of mature orangutan males. We did not expect to
21 years ago when I first cruised down this river my camera equipment was modest compared to what is available today. I used a Minolta XG-M camera that was manual everything; focus, film advance, and exposure. This camera had slide film at an ASA of 400, which was fast film at that time. It was
The orangutans at the care center range from babies to adults, and are here for a multitude of reasons. Some have chronic disease and will not survive in the wild. Others are young orphans and need a place to call home in the denuded rain forest. Their mothers were killed because they wandered into
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GRAPHIC PHOTOS IN THIS PAGE They act playful when they are not hunting for their survival In the cool of the early morning, when prey is abundant and within striking distance, Cheetah sometimes do nothing. Only when the sun is higher, and it is getting so hot that heat waves interfere with photographing them with a
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This was my fist chance to see a close encounter between lions and hyenas. It happened at 9 Am while driving in the central Serengeti. A clan of hyena were feasting on the significant remains of a wildebeest The ripped away and engorged themselves They kept a wary eye in the distance, and we soon
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