Kenya-Masai Mara, Day #1 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 Johannesburg,
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All Rhinos are vegetarians, and white
Rhinos can eat plants that are toxic to other animals. Rhinos can run...
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In the wild an adult White Rhinoceros
has few natural predators other than humans. Young rhinos can fall prey to...
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The Rhinoceros gets its name from its
horn. The word rhinoceros comes from the Greek rhino (nose) and ceros (horn)....
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The White Rhinoceros's skin color ranges
from yellowish brown to slate grey. It is not really white; it was...
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White Rhinoceros.
This species, identified by the square lip, is approaching the threatened...
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The White Rhinoceros attains a weight of
at least one ton. Its thick protective skin is formed from layers of...
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A Rhinoceros can live 40 to 45 years.
Males are full grown at 7-10 years, while females reach maturity...
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White Rhinoceros.
Rhinocoros horns are so much in demand by Asians to be used as an aphrodisiac...
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Pelicans are large birds with large
pouched bills. Their diet usually consists of fish, but they also eat...
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Females baboons typically give birth
every other year, usually to a single infant, after a six-month...
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The female Baboon tends to be the
primary caretaker of the young, although several females will share...
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Traveling on a main road took us through
villages where it was possible to snap photos without making ourselves...
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This is a small display of souvenirs for
sale at a shop outside which we used picnic tables for our lunch.
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The few people pictured wrapped in
red blankets or cloth are Maasai. They have resisted the urging of the...
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Traditional Maasai lifestyle centers
around their cattle which constitute their primary source of food. The...
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Traditionally, the Maasai diet consisted
of meat, milk, and blood from cattle. Now the staple diet consists of...
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Occasionally when our vehicle was
stopped at a border crossing or entrance gate to a game preserve,...
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Zebra herds travel to find more food and
water holes for drinking as the dry season arrives and the grasses die back.
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Zebras use their strong front teeth to
clip off the tips of grass. Their back teeth then crush and grind the food....
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Zebras take dust or mud baths to get
clean. They shake the dirt off to get rid of loose hair and flaky skin....
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Zebras feed mostly by grazing on grasses
although they also might browse a bit on the leaves and stems of bushes. They...
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A satelite pole is disguised as a tree
simply for making it fit into the environment.
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The gnu earned the Afrikaans' name
wildebeest, or "wild beast," for the menacing appearance presented by...
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Wildebeest grow to about 4-1/2 feet at
the shoulder and weigh up to 600 pounds. The major predators that prey on...
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The Mara River flows about 240 miles
from its sources in the Kenyan highlands to Lake, Victoria. It lies...
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Africa
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