http://africa-web-cams.com/blog Wildlife naturally... Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:41:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Zebras make  good subjectas for photography & a fine meal for a lion. Zebras can defend themselves by viscous bites and razor sharp hooves. [caption id="attachment_196" align="aligncenter" width="508" caption="Bright eyed"][/caption] http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=194 Wild dogs are beautiful animals. It is as if God had hand painted each of them . Wild dogs are extremely social animals with a very strict hierarchy (pecking order). Here a female is pregnant, one can clearly see this in the image with her belly well rounded. she would ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=191 Elephants really enjoy froliking in water especially on hot and humid days. Elephants can swim remarkable well using their trunks as periscopes if needed. [caption id="attachment_186" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Just Chilling"][/caption] http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=187 Elephants enjoy a good dust coating, this predominantly protects the hide from insects. They pick the soil up with their trunk after using a foot to push the sand onto it. Sand pits are frequented as most of the herd use the same pit. [caption id="attachment_183" align="aligncenter" width="414" caption="Dust bath"][/caption] http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=184 As domesticated as they look, hyhenas are very dangerous animals. Capable of crushing bones with strong jaws, hyhena provide a necessary function in the wild. Predominantly scavengers, it is however not beyond hyhenas to hunt small or injured game. The ongoing feud between lions and hyhenas is an indicator of ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=181 Nduna - the second largest Tusker in Southern Africa. A magnificent large bodied elephant bull that resides at the Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa. Nduna has his askaris (younger bull followers) which he mentors and keeps in check. A truly beautiful elephant with a huge set of tusks. He frequents ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=177 A fully grown croc averages in length of 4-5 meters. Exceptionally large animals get to 6 meters and can weigh in excess of 1000Kg. Crocs are opportunistic hunters and clean waterways from carrion. Crocs are masters of camouflage and will surprise a drinking animal by a lightening attack. The animal ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=173 The Rain bird, as its colloquilly termed, is a beatiful bird of approx 40cm in length, They have red eyes and brown throats. Found close to the ground they forage on small animals and insects. The sound of their call, is a beautiful liquid gurgle rising and falling like water pouring from ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=169 Differentiating between black & white rhino is relatively easy when you compare the two next to each other. The white rhino is physically larger than the black rhino. The easiest tell tale is the shape of the mouth. The white rhino had a broad wide lip. This is used to ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=160 Ostrich chicks are hardy birds. A hen ostrich will lay between 10-15 eggs which will incubate after approx 42 days. A shallow depression in the ground is used as a nest and maintained by both male and female ostriches. Adult ostriches can readily defend their nests, chicks and themselves. [caption id="attachment_154" align="aligncenter" ... http://africa-web-cams.com/blog/?p=155