A picture a day.

[Alex The Lion]

Cheetah cub, Okavango Delta - shot at 73mm

Edited May 21, 2012 by russell

[pault]

Well done Russell (for getting a pic posted just in time to save May 21st, as well as an amazing capture!)

 

 

A contingency for May 22nd - although I hope others will post.

 

Walking to Dead Vlei, Namib-Namkluft Park, Namibia 2007

 

[pault]

Nobody posted on May 23rd! Well, I'll keep it going a few more days before I give up.

 

Lions and "curious" Oryx in Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Botswana 2010

 

[Game Warden]

Come on everyone, we can't let PaulT hog the limelight...

[twaffle]

I just can't at the moment, sorry!

[Game Warden]

Brewing some banana beer for Safaritalkers in Mto Wa Mbu...

[sundowner]

 

Rwanda, baby gorilla wearing a necklace.

[pault]

Cute,sundowner!

 

I might pass on the banana beer.... Or is that "pass out on the banana beer?"

[Pernille]

A young hartebeest

 

Edit: how do I post so the picture gets bigger like the gorilla?

Edited May 25, 2012 by Pernille

[Game Warden]

Have a look at the topics in my signature line. Nice capture. Matt.

[sundowner]

I'll pass on the banana beer, too!

 

Thanks, PaulT

 

Here are a few mongooses (mongeese?)

 

[Game Warden]

Good question. Think it's mongooses. Anyone else with definitive answer?

[Guest nappa]

Dear Sir

Please send me 3 mongoose,

Please send me 3 mongeese.

Please send me 3 mongi.

?

?

Please send me a mongoose & could you enclose another 2 please.

 

Kind Regards

 

Edited May 26, 2012 by nappa

[JohnR]

Mongoose comes from mangus in Marathi (according to Chambers Dictionary) and became mongoose in English in the 17th century.

 

It was decided some time back by the Oxford Dictionary people that plurals of foreign words could be made in the English style so mongooses is correct.

 

The same applies to other foreign names like rhinoceros. Who says rhinocerotes these days?

[pault]

Who says rhinocerotes these days?

 

Game Warden after the banana beer!

[Rainbirder]

Secret places -a waterfall in the Aberdare range, Kenya.

 

[pault]

Loving these pictures - much better when they are not my own, and always a surprise.

 

Sundowner, even cuter I think.

 

Rainbirder... I think I might know your secret - but I won't tell anyone.

 

Today's picture is a kind of puzzle - not a very difficult one for Safaritalkers though, I suspect.

 

Edited May 28, 2012 by pault

[sundowner]

Haha, Nappa!

 

Beautiful, Rainbirder.

 

PaulT, I know that one.

 

I'm cheating again by posting on a day that already has a photo posted.

 

This was taken on a mobile safari in Botswana. We watched these guys fight for quite awhile and I've not seen giraffes fighting enough to know if it was real or practice. They did stop and rest a couple of times. They didn't make any sounds other than when they hit each other.

 

[pault]

I'm cheating again by posting on a day that already has a photo posted.

 

Actually your posts on "the same day" are already a different day for me. Even if I wait until midnight I can't be sure whether someone in the US is going to post later. I think having two on the same day (or even three) is fine.

 

The shadow on the neck gives that picture a really twisted look! Definitely made me look twice.

[kittykat23uk]

Since it's been so hot over here the last few days, here's one to help me cool off:

 

jo penguins 010 African Penguins by kittykat23uk, on Flickr

[kittykat23uk]

PA114487 adj Vervet Monkeys by kittykat23uk, on Flickr

[pault]

Ouch!!!

 

Nice catch kittykat.

[Game Warden]

The two expressions are excellent

[Sangeeta]

KK, that's one of the funniest animal pics I've seen. Gotta love those teeth on the biter

[kittykat23uk]

Thanks all, yes these little vervets are quite the entertainers! Taken at Satara rest camp over lunch in Kruger.