Kenya-Masai Mara-Kichwa Tembo Day #1B 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 frequent
scavenger, and the naked head and neck are adaptations to this, as it is with...
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Old World vultures found in Africa
The Old World vultures found in Africa, Asia, and Europe belong to the family...
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Old World vultures inhabit the warmer
parts of Europe, all of Africa, and the drier parts of Asia. They are most...
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Vultures seldom attack healthy animals,
but may kill the wounded or sick. When a carcass has too thick a hide for its...
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Storks, vultures and buzzards on a kill
may be ugly but they do their job which consists of cleaning up the leftovers...
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A group of vultures is called a wake,
committee, or venue.
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The Wildebeest has been described as an
antelope which looks like it was assembled from spare parts – the...
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In the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem the
Wildebeests make a migratory circle each year of 500 to 1,000 miles. The...
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The Wildebeest has a large, box-like
head. Both males and females have curving horns, that are close...
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Zebras have shiny coats that dissipate
over 70 percent of incoming heat, and some scientists believe the...
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Although the striped pattern is visible
during daytime, at dawn or in the evening when their predators are...
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Zebras are long-lived animals that move
quickly for their large size and have teeth built for grinding and cropping...
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Zebras are avid grazers in constant
search of green pastures. In the dry season, they can live on coarse,...
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Zebras inhabit savannas from treeless
grasslands to open woodlands and sometimes number in the tens of thousands in...
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Zebras crossing the Mara River are
vulnerable to massive crocodiles wwhich we have shown in detail in another...
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This female Thomson's Gazelle gave
birth to her single fawn after a 5–6 month gestation period. Fawns spend...
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Vultures are scavenging birds, feeding
mostly on the carcasses of dead animals. A particular characteristic of many...
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Vultures cleaning up the leftovers gorge
themselves when prey is abundant, until their crop bulges, and sit, sleepy or...
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Vultures can eat as well as digest meat
in any stage of decay. They can even endure diseases that would kill...
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Elephants are the largest of all land
mammals and live up to 70 years. They normally walk about 4 miles per...
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Elephants always have the right of way
when crossing a road in front of a safari vehicle. Their eyes are...
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This Male Ostrich keeps its head six to
nine feet above the ground because of its long neck and legs. Its eyes...
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An Ostrich does not bury its head in
sand. This confusion probably arose from an Ostrich like this female...
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