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Showing posts with label Queen Elizabeth National Park. Show all posts
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Thursday, 20 October 2011

Ellies!

OK - there are many, many elephant pictures here, but couldn't resist sharing them all!



Is there anything cuter than this baby elephant with his mummy?


This big fella reminded us of the woolly mammoth from the Ice Age films!


A little play fighting


Go easy boys!


Sizing each other up!



The whole clan!

Lions!

Lots and lots of lions - sleeping lions, mating lions and tree climbing lions! 



This little lady was hiding in the long grasses ready to pounce!



He's on the prowl for a lady! Given that this couple must have been at least 200 metres away (and hardly visible to the naked eye) I think I did pretty well to capture them!


Wham bam, thank you ma'am!  He didn't waste much time - it was over in seconds. Then again, since lions do the business up to fifty times a day during mating season, then I guess they don't have much time for pleasantries. I hope he is at least polite lion and calls her in the morning!


Isn't a cactus tree a little uncomfortable to rest in? Apparently, the tree climbing lions from Ishasha National Park down the road have popped up to Queen Elizabeth to teach the lions to climb trees. What they forgot to mention is that fig or acacia trees are FAR more comfortable - that must be the next lesson!


Just off for a stroll down the road! She must have decided that it wasn't so comfortable after all!