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Elephants

Solitary ele

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Sand bath

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Water bath

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Mating buoyantly

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Snorkel

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Babe among giants

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Mother and child

African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
Family: Elephantidae (elephants)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lioness

Lion (Panthera leo)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lioness with flies

Lion (Panthera leo)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Growl (actually yawn)

Lion (Panthera leo)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lioness

Lion (Panthera leo)
Family: Felidae (cats)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Hippo

Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Family: Hippopotamidae (hippos)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Hippo on grass

Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Family: Hippopotamidae (hippos)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Buffalo

African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Family: Bovidae
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Buffalo with hitch-hiker

African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Family: Bovidae
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Buffalo head

African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
Family: Bovidae
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Stop and go Giraffic

Giraffe ()
Family:
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Quickie

Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Vervet

Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Impala with flies

Impala
Chobe, Botswana
Family: Bovidae
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Lechwe

Red lechwe (Kobus leche ssp. leche)
Family: Bovidae
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Birds

Conspicuous camouflage

Blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus)
Family: Meropidae (bee-eaters)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Bee eater

European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
Family: Meropidae (bee-eaters)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Darter

African darter (Anhinga rufa)
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Something fishy

African fish eagle
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Re-eagle

African fish eagle
Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Buffalopecker on buffalo

Oxpecker
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Your tern

White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Family: Sternidae
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Shorebird

Chobe River
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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On a roll

European roller (Coracias garrulus)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Rollers

Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Bustered

Kori bustard
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Vulturous

Vultures
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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When vultures queue

Vultures
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Necks got rung

Ring-necked dove (Streptopelia capicola)
Family: Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Tree python takes to the water

Southern African python (Python natalensis)
Family: Pythonidae (pythons)
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Arthropod

Termite ()
Family: ()
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Making a point in Chobe

Puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris)
Family: Zygophyllaceae (calthrops family)
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Waterlily

Waterlily ()
Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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The Captain and Bob and Charles

Darwin and friends
Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
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Thumb lesion

Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Olympus Tough TG-4
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Charcoal vendor

Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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One truck ferry

Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
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Chobe River

Chobe, Botswana
February 20, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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The road ahead

Chobe, Botswana
February 19, 2016
Canon rebel T5i
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Itinerary - see Zambia 2016

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Created: March 2, 2016
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