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A sphinx moth enjoying moonflowers in the garden.
Cochise County, Arizona, September 2023.
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This is a secretarybird, the most alien-looking bird I have ever seen in person. It stands about four feet tall, and hunts lizards, snakes, and other small animals by walking along looking at the ground. It can strike prey with its beak, but often uses its long legs and claws.
I have read that secretarybirds often hunt in pairs or groups, but the two I saw were solitary.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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The lilac-breasted roller is a small, beautiful bird which is fairly common in Southern and Eastern Africa. It is Kenya's national bird.
The bird is even more colorful in flight, but I wasn't quick enough to get a clear photo then.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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The horns on this cape buffalo skull have been colonized by the horn moth (Ceratophaga vastella), a relative of the clothes moth. The caterpillars are able to digest the keratin in old horns, and the protuberances you see are cases or towers the caterpillars build using their own feces, as protection from predators.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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Lappet-faced vultures, the largest vultures in Africa, have a wingspan of up to nine feet.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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#insect#wasp#flower#moonflower#photographers on tumblr#textless#amadee ricketts#arizona#macro#white#datura#shadow#spring#june
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Yellow-billed stork
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This extra-small hyena cub was up and about first thing in the morning, while its litter mates slept in the den below. Hyena cubs have very dark fur at birth, and develop their distinctive spots or stripes (depending on the species) as they grow.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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This little giraffe absolutely could not stand having a bird aboard. She tried walking fast, wiggling her neck, swishing her tail around, and rubbing her neck against mom, but the oxpecker was bound and determined to stay put.
This baby was at least two days old, and steadier on her feet than the new baby giraffe we saw a couple of days later.
Darn that bird, anyway.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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I believe the bird is a greater blue-eared starling, and the zebras are definitely zebras.
Masai Mara, Kenya, July 2023.
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