Tanzania-the Northern Serengeti (Day #2) is one of many articles to be created from photos taken on three connected safaris (Botswana and Zambia, Tanzania, and Kenya) between June 20 and July 31, 2009, with Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris, Saratoga, California (www.cheesemans.com). We had previously traveled with them to Antarctica, 2000/2001.
Diane and I flew out of Peoria on a 6:00 AM flight to Minneapolis on June 20. After a 7-hour wait, it was on to Amsterdam. After a 5-hour wait, we boarded a plane for an 11-hour flight
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Sometimes the search for animals left us
little time to enjoy the scenic views in Tanzania. Diane enjoyed the...
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Meet the gnu or Wildebeest (wild beast)
named for the menacing appearance presented by its large head, shaggy mane,...
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The Vervet Monkey eats mainly leaves
and young shoots, but bark, flowers, fruit, bulbs, roots and grass seeds are...
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A harem of Impala females has been
formed by a dominant male who protects and breeds with them. The young...
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The male Impala shown with more of its
harem has lyre or S-shaped horns 18 to 37 inches long which are very thin...
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A Secretarybird got its name from its
crest of long feathers that look like the quill pens 19th-century...
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Secretarybirds walk quite well on their
extremely long legs and may walk up to 20 miles during a day. When...
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Can you help us identify this most
unusual and colorful bird?
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A scenic view in Tanzania
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Elderly Eland.
Younger Elands have darker colors on their body and neck. Older ones...
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The Common Eland (the light brown one)
lives on the open plains and along the foothills eating grass, branches and...
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Zebras are equids, members of the horse
family. They have excellent hearing and eyesight and can run at speeds...
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The Plains Zebras are social herd
animals, for the most part, living in family groups with a stallion, several...
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During certain times of the year, the
family groups will gather together to form loosely associated herds of up to...
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Zebras communicate with one another
with facial expressions and sounds. They make loud braying or barking...
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Zebras are generally thought to have
white coats with black stripes because the stripes on most zebras end...
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Many of us were not familiar with the
names of the animals within a family. As to Zebras, a stallion and a...
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Zebras feed mostly by grazing on grasses
although they also might browse occasionally on the leaves and stems...
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A female zebra gives birth to a foal
after a gestation period of one year. For the first year of its life,...
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Zebras are able to recognize other
zebras due to the different stripe patterns on their bodies. The same feature...
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Tanzanian scenic view along a creek.
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Elephants often take up to 18 quarts of
water into their trunks at once. They place their trunks in their mouths and...
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The sounds made by an adult Elephant are
referred to as grunts, purrs, bellows, whistles and trumpeting
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At birth a baby Elephant, called a
calf, may stand three feet tall. If a baby can still walk under its...
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A baby Elephant uses its mouth to
drink its mother's milk, so it doesn't need a long trunk to...
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