Thursday 4 October 2012

29th.September.2012.

                                         Elephants live in herds,this family near came from mara North conservancy.
 Here is the matriarch or leader of the herd,the biggest and the oldest female.She makes decision on what to do,where to go among other responsibilities.
 The same family feeding only about 500 yards from Marsh pride of lions,one of the cubs shown below.Elephants being so big push lions away of their paths.
 Lion,s cub who his family was close to the elephants above but mum moved them to a more safe distance.
 Mother of the two cubs below leading them as she goes hunting
 Cubs playing.
 Male lion on a zebra kill.It was killed by female lions but males grabbed it.
 His brother have had enough.A fully grown zebra would sufficiently feed about 5 lions.
 Black backed jackal after waiting for long time eventually got what to feed on from the zebra kill above.
 Warthog's family,very few piglets make to maturity and all the best to these three.
 Hippos of the mara river,they spend their day in the water and night time feeding because their skin is vulnerable to sunheat.
 The tallest land living mammal.
 A male masai Giraffe browsing,males are taller than females and they get to get much more than their ladies.
 Southern Ground hornbill,they are known to live for more than 40 years.
 wildbeests on their way back to Serengeti.
 Mara River Hippos enjoying the sun.

 Too hot for this mama,in most cases lions spend their hot part of the day under the shades.
 Cubs with their mama.
 One of the cubs playing with a small piece of wood.