Posts tagged africa

This vulture “wiseguy” was in charge at one of the most visceral wildlife spectacles I have ever seen. More photos and story over on my blog: http://www.njwight.com/2013/04/griffon-vultures-devour-wildebeest/

This vulture “wiseguy” was in charge at one of the most visceral wildlife spectacles I have ever seen. More photos and story over on my blog: http://www.njwight.com/2013/04/griffon-vultures-devour-wildebeest/

Wild! F/X

Wild! F/X

A young cub in the Sabi Sands region of South Africa. He is the main attraction for the story on my blog today. http://www.njwight.com/2013/04/its-a-long-long-road/

A young cub in the Sabi Sands region of South Africa. He is the main attraction for the story on my blog today. http://www.njwight.com/2013/04/its-a-long-long-road/

Mighty big teeth for a herbivore!

Mighty big teeth for a herbivore!

Shy cat.

Shy cat.

Pigtails. Only sharper.

Pigtails. Only sharper.

A rare glimpse of the olive baboon not eating or having sex…

A rare glimpse of the olive baboon not eating or having sex…

For wallflower1891 I met this little hyena pup when I was in the Mara in Kenya. He may as well have been sitting on the sofa drinking a beer and watching Family Guy…

For wallflower1891

I met this little hyena pup when I was in the Mara in Kenya. He may as well have been sitting on the sofa drinking a beer and watching Family Guy…

I was fortunate to be given the DVD of The Last Lions this Christmas. This is an extraordinary documentary about a lioness in Duba, Botswana. National Geographic filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert capture jaw-dropping footage of lions as they wage territorial war on each other, and a threatening herd of buffalo. It is an emotional film and difficult to watch in parts, but truly magnificent. If you can find it, watch it. Over the last 50 years the wild population of lions in Africa is estimated to have dropped from approximately 450,000 to 20,000. This is a staggering loss brought on in large part by habitat destruction and human-animal conflict. I have been blessed to see these animals in the wild. This male, one of three brothers, was shot in Savute, Botswana in 2009. It is quite humbling to be in their presence. I cannot imagine a world without them…and yet this could very well happen in what is left of my lifetime. For more information, check out Nat Geo’s Big Cat Initiative, Cause an Uproar.

I was fortunate to be given the DVD of The Last Lions this Christmas. This is an extraordinary documentary about a lioness in Duba, Botswana. National Geographic filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert capture jaw-dropping footage of lions as they wage territorial war on each other, and a threatening herd of buffalo. It is an emotional film and difficult to watch in parts, but truly magnificent. If you can find it, watch it.

Over the last 50 years the wild population of lions in Africa is estimated to have dropped from approximately 450,000 to 20,000. This is a staggering loss brought on in large part by habitat destruction and human-animal conflict. I have been blessed to see these animals in the wild. This male, one of three brothers, was shot in Savute, Botswana in 2009. It is quite humbling to be in their presence. I cannot imagine a world without them…and yet this could very well happen in what is left of my lifetime.

For more information, check out Nat Geo’s Big Cat Initiative, Cause an Uproar.

For my brother Michael, who passed away 3 years ago today. He was already pretty sick when I got to show him my Africa photos, but when he saw the leopard he smiled and said, “Keith Richards would look good in a coat like that.”

For my brother Michael, who passed away 3 years ago today. He was already pretty sick when I got to show him my Africa photos, but when he saw the leopard he smiled and said, “Keith Richards would look good in a coat like that.”

My elephant is almost at 20k likes. W.T.F.!?  You people are so great. Totally helped my stolen iphone blues. Thanks–and very nice to meet all you new followers. The softest thing I have ever felt is the back of an elephants ear. It is like velvet–an extraordinary contrast to their rough textured skin. I was blessed to walk in the wild with some semi-habituated elephants in Botswana and was in awe standing next to one. He put his trunk on my shoulder when we were walking. (He also tossed my hat to the ground for kicks.)

My elephant is almost at 20k likes. W.T.F.!?  You people are so great. Totally helped my stolen iphone blues. Thanks–and very nice to meet all you new followers.

The softest thing I have ever felt is the back of an elephants ear. It is like velvet–an extraordinary contrast to their rough textured skin. I was blessed to walk in the wild with some semi-habituated elephants in Botswana and was in awe standing next to one. He put his trunk on my shoulder when we were walking. (He also tossed my hat to the ground for kicks.)