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The lodge we stayed at was called "Zulu Nyala"... so what better first photo for the page than a picture of the male nyala? (Link takes you to Wikipedia entry). Zulu Nyala run both the property where we stayed, the"Game Lodge", and another facilty nearby, the "Heritage Lodge".
Note effective "break up profile" camouflage accomplished by the fringe of white hair along the animal's spine... and how closely it mimics the grass tuffs. (I haven't tweaked those parts of the image!)
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One of the "reasons" for this trip? I had never seen cheetahs in the wild. Success at Zulu Nyala! (And I also visited a cheetah (and other cat) care, breeding and rehab center, and had the chance of stroking one... curiously wooly hair.)
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops), pronounced "WHO poo".
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This little guy was about 4cm across, antenna tip to antenna tip. Thank you, my Pentax W90, for your close-up capabilities... in addition to your waterproof-to-6m.
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The cat may have been indifferent to the proceedings, but the Kat and I felt otherwise... as you may guess from the picture? Just because I prefer them in the wild doesn't mean I didn't have fun with this, too. Fur remarkably wooley. And, thank heavens, the Emdoneni Lodge Animal Care and Rehab seem to "do it right"... put the welfare of the animals ahead of the visitors' wishes, actually do good rehab and breeding work, etc. Besides the cheetahs, they are also caring for servals, caracals, and the species called the African wild cat. (The web page is "professional", but a little dated. Note that they accept contributions towards their work, but you'd have to follow one of the "contact us" links for details.)
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Two books chosen at random. Both by same child, I think. In the same class as the picture above comes from.
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Do children you know of this age work this neatly... in two languages? (English and Zulu) There must have been 40 children in the room... note the careful marking of the work. And, as I said, I picked the books I photographed. They weren't supplied by the teacher.
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Isn't he gorgeous?? And doesn't he just know it? Mane looked like he'd just come from the beauty parlor. Part of a wonderful lion encounter at Phinda.
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Saw males at "M", females and cubs at "F&C". About 0.6 miles from each other. Males up on man-made berm, about 15' high. (Lat/log: -27.742205 32.422050) Easily visible from where females were.
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