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Glow by ApeArt
The Mandrill is the world’s largest species of monkey. The word mandrill means “man-ape” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Mandrills are endangered and are hunted for food , either with guns or using dogs and nets. In Cameroon, habitat loss to agriculture is also a threat. Mandrills are closely related to the baboons and even more closely to the drill. They live in Central west Africa, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon. Taken with Nikon D50.
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Sugarbird II by Macky
Cape Sugarbird – Promerops cafer on a Pincushion – Leucospermum praecox Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa I dedicate this one to a friend and fellow photographer Robert Elliot , it was he who motivated and inspired me to try my hand at avian photography, thank you Robert, again I’m saddened that you’ve left RedBubble, my wish is that you return again soon!!
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Léopard - Portrait by Yves Roumazeilles
A young leopard from South Africa (private reserve a few miles from the Kruger Park of Eastern RSA). October 2008. All the power of the most beautiful big cat concentrated in the eyes. This photo is also part of a 2010 calendar I created. /
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THE LEOPARD - Panthera pardus by Magaret Meintjes
Nikon D50 / 2008/09/05 09:48:34 / Image Size: 3900×2700 / Lens: / Focal Length: 300mm / Exposure Mode: / Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern / 1/800 sec – F/5.6 / Exposure Comp.: 0 EV THE LEOPARD – Panthera pardus CAPTURED LOCATION: “The Kruger National Park”, South Africa. These solitary cats are the largest of the spotted cats of Africa. The weight of an adult male is about 60kg and the female about 30kg. The leopards of the mountains of the southern and South Western Cape tend to be smaller. There is considerable color variation over their range from India to Southern Africa. / The so-called ‘black leopard’ is more common in India, Somalia, Ethiopia and Zaire and has also been encountered in South Africa. / Leopards are silent, secretive animals, whose vocalization is a hoarse, rasping cough, repeated at intervals. They move in a casual loping stride, or they may make off at a bouncing gallop, changing to a frost trot. All of their senses are well-developed as their efficient hunting reveals. They like to lie out on high vantage points in the mornings or late evenings, where they may watch for prey. They have a wide habitat tolerance, but prefer forest and the more hilly areas with rocky prominences and hiding places, bushy areas, and tall grass with associated rocky places. They are also found in arid areas, where they will hide up in deserted Ant bear holes. True desert areas are unsuitable, but they may penetrate these areas along treed water-courses. / They are sometimes killed by Lion, Hunting dogs, Spotted Hyenas and crocodiles. The young by hyenas and jackals. Litters of one to six, usually three to four, altricial cubs are produced in caves or other sheltered places with plenty of cover. After about four months they will begin to accompany their mother and make their first kill at about five months. / An extremely wide range of animal food is utilized. They are notorious man-eaters in certain parts of the world, but this is very rare in this sub-region. The major prey taken seems to be small and medium sized antelope, such as adult kudu, wildebeest and hartebeest. Baboons are a favored fare, although leopards have serious trouble with the baboon troops if they foolishly attack a member of the clan too openly. Such animals as bush pigs and warthogs are taken as are jackals. Their liking for the domestic dog is notorious and places, such as the town of Kariba in Zimbabwe, have a distinct absence of these domestic pets. Unusual fare is snakes, porcupines, fish, domestic stock, birds such as guinea fowl, rats, mice and also carrion. / The strength of the leopard is clearly shown in their habit of dragging a very heavy kill up into high branches of a tree to protect it from other scavengers.
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Warning 2 by Peter Denness
African Elephant, treated in Photoshop Taken in Shimba Hills, Kenya Whilst on Safari in Kenya we stopped to watch this African Elephant. It appeared to become agitated and started flapping its ears and moving toward us. Our guide did’nt seem concerned, but I was very relieved when he backed off. Canon 400D / ISO 400 / 1/60th / F5.6 / Canon L 4.5 -5.6 100-400mm @ 380mm / No Flash / Beanbag Challenge winner, group avatar and featured in Elegant Elephants Group Featured in Just Pure Nature group Featured in Exotic Mammals group Featured in Unlimited Quality group featured in Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day) Featured in and “THE BIG 5” Challenge winner in FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA group Featured in Tone it Down group Featured in JPEG Cast Offs Featured in 300+ Go Lond Featured in and Challenge winner in “The Big 5” – Animals of Africa- Best of the Best Group and Group Avatar Featured in Animals in Action Featured in Black and White Photography Featured in Mood and Ambience Featured in Black and White Showcase 1053 views as of 7/11/09 / 69 Favouritings 20/11/09 GOSNAP wildlife photo competition winner, 1st prize £75 photobox credit. Beat 512 entries
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Old Girl by Steve Bullock
A weathered face of this 12 year old Cheetah, one of the first in the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia’s rescues. She still is beautiful though.. Canon 50D- 50-500mm at 400
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Young Male Impala by Jared Bloom
Taken on a overcast day in South Africa. This young male impala, new to the world is protected by his mother. Image captured in Kruger National Park in the month of December
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Natural Lines by Peter Denness
A close up if a wild African Zebra, in black and white. Canon 400D / canon 100-400mm lens @ 400mm / 100/sec / F5.6 / Beanbag / No Flash Featured in the Group “Photography 101” / Featured on Redbubble Homepage 14/7/9 / Animals of Africa – Best of the Best / 300+ Go Long / Unlimited Quality / Indiginous to East and Southern Afica group 31 Favourites 20/11/09
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Leopard cub by Erik Schlogl
Leopard cub (Panthera pardus), Ngala Game Reserve (part of the Kruger National Park), South Africa. We stopped with our Landrover to have a look at a leopard mother and her cub. Unfortunately the mother was down in a gully and very difficult to see. Getting ready to leave, we turned around to see that the cub had come out of the gully to have a look at us! Nikon D300, AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-200mm at 200mm, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/80 sec, VR on. This image was featured in the groups: National Parks of the World / Exotic Mammals / FAUNA, FLORA, LANDSCAPES AND ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTH AFRICA / Made by Nature / Featured Features – For Featured Art, Photography, T-Shirts, Writing / Animals of Africa – Best of the Best / Unlimited Quality / Cards: Animals and pets 332 views as at 16th November 2009.
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Cheetah cub by Angela1
Cheetah cub in the Masai Mara, Kenya. Taken with a Nikon D80 and Sigma 150-500mm lens.
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Wildebeest Sunset by David Clarke
This wildebeest, or Godfrey the gnu as we named him, was more interested in keeping an eye on us than watching the magnificent sunset going on behind him. He might also, of course, have been keeping a wary eye on a couple of lions that were lazing in the evening sun not far from us. / However, he was an obliging fellow; he stood still as the sun went down behind him and it wasn’t until the sun disappeared from our view that he seemed to shrug and wander off along the ridge. / Taken in the Masai Mara, Kenya. / Canon EOS 3 with Canon 300mm f2.8L lens and x2 extender using Fuji Provia transparency fim. Scanned with a Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 ED scanner. Number of views as on 10 November 2009 – 820
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Mimic by Steve Bulford
WILD & FREE / / These three cubs are keen to be just like mum! / / (Masai Mara – Kenya) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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Common Dwarf Mongoose by Jared Bloom
Relaxes on the side of a termite hill soaking up some heat. Image captured in the Kruger National Park.
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The Lion by Jason Pang
The Lion (Panthera leo) is one of four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in northwest India, having disappeared from North Africa, the Middle East, and Western Asia in historic times. Until the late Pleistocene, which was about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru. Lions live for around 10–14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live over 20 years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years as fights with rivals occasionally cause injuries. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related females and offspring and a small number of adult males. Groups of female lions typically hunt together, preying mostly on large ungulates. The lion is an apex and keystone predator, although they will scavenge if the opportunity arises. While lions do not typically hunt humans selectively, some have been known to become man-eaters and seek human prey. The Lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a possibly irreversible population decline of 30 to 50 percent over the past two decades in its African range. Lion populations are untenable outside of designated reserves and national parks. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are currently the greatest causes of concern. Lions have been kept in menageries since Roman times and have been a key species sought for exhibition in zoos the world over since the late eighteenth century. Zoos are cooperating worldwide in breeding programs for the endangered Asiatic subspecies. —EXTRACTED FROM WIKIPEDIA
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Leopard Cub by Michael Moss
This cub was watching his mother tying to keep her kill from hyena. Lion Sands, Sabi Sands, South Africa
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African goshawk by Paul Watkins
a splendid raptor at rest
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landing by Rebecca Conroy
Vultures waiting for scraps from a lion kill. Kruger National Park, South Africa. LANDING placed TOP 10 in the Scavenger on the wing challenge from the Indigenous to East and Southern Africa group Nov 09
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Hypolimnas Misippus - Common Diadem (female) by RatManDude
The Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus). Hypolimnas is a genus of tropical brush-footed butterflies commonly known as eggflies or diadems. Eggflies are known for their marked sexual dimorphism and Batesian mimicry of poisonous milkweed butterflies. Location: South Africa.
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Cape Sugarbird on Protea by Macky
Cape Sugarbird hen– Promerops cafer – Cape Town, South Africa Shutter Speed 1/350 / Aperture f8.0 / ISO 400 / Focal Length 200mm / Exposure Correction -0.5
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Who Me? by KateSchultheiss
2009 – South Africa
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Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) by Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
Also in the Focus on wildlife / Calendar 2010 Nikon D200, Nikkor 70-300 mm / © Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos Photography, 2009. / All Rights Reserved.
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Gray-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) by Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos
Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa / Also in the Focus on wildlife / Calendar 2010 Nikon D200, Nikkor 80-400 mm, 1/200 sec at f/ 5.6, ISO 100 / © Konstantinos Arvanitopoulos Photography, 2009. / All Rights Reserved.
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Verreaux's eagle-owl (1) by Paulo van Breugel
Verreaux’s eagle-owl, Baringo, Kenya. / -Nikon D70, AF-S Nikkor 300 mm-
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greater kudu by mamba
Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) / A large male walking through my garden in Marloth Park while visiting South Africa. / If you could straighten one of these horns, it would be about a metre long.
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Africa – There are a few main reason’s we head there, and the reason ’ to see the Animals’ would be in the top 2, if not the number 1 reason why we all want to visit.
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Photos will be of WILD animals only, with descriptions of where the image was taken a must. Lets show the world the amazing creatures of Africa!
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