Wildlife of Zambia-Zimbabwe

Wild African dogs ( Lycaon) have long ears,

They hunt in pack of 10 to 12 with a success rate of 80% vs. 30% for lions

There are probably only 3000 left in Africa

like Hyenas they can eat bones and regurgitate meat to pups

Male Cape Buffalos can kill a lion. They are solitary or....

or in large herds of hundreds

Kudus have decorative horns of more than 1m.

Impalas can jump 3m.high and 11m. in length when frightened

The African Fisheagle carries a catfish to his nest

watched by smaller birds like the Carmine Bea Eater...

and the Lilac Breasted Roller.

The giraffe is vulnerable when drinking

Sable antelopes run away when they see...

...mating zebras

The male waterbuck watches....

the mother Puku nursing and...

moving with her baby to join....

her waiting partner

Polar Bears of Churchill

In the tundra by the Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Canada

Polar bears wait for the sea to freeze and go hunting seals

we take huge rovers

and ride on uneven terrain

Polar bears are huge and the largest carnivore

they come close to the rovers...

...Offering photo opportunity

very close ....

Young male bleeding from a fight

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We were lucky to see them fighting...

let us fight

I got you..

watch out!

I am the biggest

Look at me...

How powerful!

they roll on the soil

and roll again

they look like teddy bears.

Females keep the pups far from the male....

who may eat them

When they enter the town, they are anaesthetized

packed in strong net....

and airlifted far away by helicopter

Elephants and Hippos from Zambia, Zimbabwe

Led by a female, they walk for hours to get water

a right handed elephant with shorter right tusk

We saw him again at sunrise raising his trunk

This elephant with leggings...

convinced his young brother to swim across the Zambese river

and they start the 1 km. long crossing

the trunk above the water to breath...

They arrive at suset

not afraid of people, he walks to our tent!

they are very protective of their babies

particularly when they drink

they have long eyebrows

and breasts of human size

and can reach high branches

They share the river with hippos

who try to intimidate us in the boat

..even by a beautiful sunset