Tanzania-Seronera Area in the Serengeti 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 to
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The Marabou Stork is a large wading bird
that is sometimes called the "undertaker bird," due to its shape from...
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The Hooded Vulture has a bald pink head
(a little difficult to see in this photo) and a grayish...
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The Wildebeest, Blue Race, has a large
box-like head, and both males and females have curving horns. The...
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The Plains Zebra was believed to be a
white animal with black stripes since some zebras have white underbellies....
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Plains Zebras and Wildebeest often
intermingle. They are complementary grazers, preferring different...
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Plains Zebras and Wildebeests in pursuit
of food and water migrate north from the Serengeti to the adjoining...
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This male Klipspringer is a small
antelope 22 inches high at the shoulder. Only the males have horns that are...
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The Klipspringer is known for its
remarkable jumping ability and is able to leap to staggering heights...
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The Klipspringer will after a gestation
period of seven months give birth to one young which is weaned at...
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The Klipspringer is mainly active during
the early morning and late afternoon, resting during the hottest part...
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The Klipspringer has a short coat made
of hollow, brittle hairs that range in color from gray, brown, and yellow to...
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Klipspringers are strictly monogamous
and are usually seen within a few feet of their mate. The Klipspringer...
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This Hartebeest, Coke's Race, is a
female based on its yellow-brown color. Both sexes have horns which can reach...
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These Grey Louries are called "go-away
birds" because of their characteristic call.
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A kopje is a rocky outcropping used by
animals, for observation, habitat and shelter in Africa. It can be a rocky...
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A kopje in Eastern Africa tends to be a
refuge for life in the Serengeti of Tanzania and Kenya. Where the soil is too...
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Volcanic or other processes may give
rise to a body of rock resistant to erosion, inside a body of softer...
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The African Buffalo has few predators
other than humans and is capable of defending itself against and sometimes...
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The Ostrich is the largest and heaviest
living bird. It cannot fly, so instead it’s built for running. Its long,...
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The Lionesses in a pride do most of
the hunting with some driving prey towards an ambush of other waiting...
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What look like rocks are Hippos keeping
cool in the water. While most of its body is underwater, a Hippo can...
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A Hippopotamus is born underwater. The
mother helps her baby to the surface to breathe. A Hippo bears a single calf...
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During daylight hours, the Hippo spends
almost all its time wallowing in shallow water. In the evenings, after...
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Hippos are among the most dangerous
and aggressive of all mammals. Their canine teeth and incisors grow...
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To ward off enemies, a Hippo may yawn,
scoop water with its mouth, shake its head, rear up, lunge, roar,...
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