Hello,Today I have uploaded the KING of Jungle photos.Hope that you would it.
Wild Lions
Wild Lions with their Family
Wild Lions
Wild Lions
Wild Lions The KING
Wild Lions
Wild Lions
Friday, November 18, 2011
The African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) is a rare beastie, just 4000 are presumed to be alive and well in the wild. Besides the chimpanzee, it’s one of the animals I’d most like to see in its natural environment. The African Wild Dog is also known as the Cape Hunting Dog, Painted Wolf or Painted Dog. My best bet to see them would be to plan a trip to Southern Tanzania, Botswana or Zambia. In the meantime, here’s what I’ve learned….
The wild dog is Africa’s rarest carnivore
The African wild dog has just 4 toes per foot
Every African wild dog has a unique coat pattern
Females have litters of up to 20 pups (bless them) but around 10 is average
African wild dogs hunt in packs of up to 20 individuals
African wild dogs can take down a wildebeest
African wild dogs sport a white plume on the tip of their tails
Young and sickly wild dogs are allowed to eat first after a successful kill (unlike most other predators)
Packs are very cooperative, there are almost no overt displays of aggression
African wild dogs are highly nomadic (making it difficult to locate on safari)
Finding these rare wild dogs on safari is very exciting and I have been lucky enough to watch and photograph them a number of times in the Kruger Park in South Africa.
The whole pack sometimes jogs along the road for kilometres with a number of safari vehicles trailing behind them and then you need to jostle for position to get decent photos. Much better to find them when they are at rest and you can take pictures of their social interaction at your leisure.
Another good place to find African wild dog picture opportunities is in Botswana where there are an estimated 750 of them left roaming the wilds. Selinda in the Okavango Delta has a resident pack that is seen reasonably often.
The wild dog is Africa’s rarest carnivore
The African wild dog has just 4 toes per foot
Every African wild dog has a unique coat pattern
Females have litters of up to 20 pups (bless them) but around 10 is average
African wild dogs hunt in packs of up to 20 individuals
African wild dogs can take down a wildebeest
African wild dogs sport a white plume on the tip of their tails
Young and sickly wild dogs are allowed to eat first after a successful kill (unlike most other predators)
Packs are very cooperative, there are almost no overt displays of aggression
African wild dogs are highly nomadic (making it difficult to locate on safari)
Finding these rare wild dogs on safari is very exciting and I have been lucky enough to watch and photograph them a number of times in the Kruger Park in South Africa.
The whole pack sometimes jogs along the road for kilometres with a number of safari vehicles trailing behind them and then you need to jostle for position to get decent photos. Much better to find them when they are at rest and you can take pictures of their social interaction at your leisure.
Another good place to find African wild dog picture opportunities is in Botswana where there are an estimated 750 of them left roaming the wilds. Selinda in the Okavango Delta has a resident pack that is seen reasonably often.
African Wild Dog
African Wild Dog
African Wild Dog
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
The Arctic Hare, also known as the snowshoe hare, is about 25 inches tall, and weighs approximately 9 to 12 pounds.
It is brown in the summer and is white in the winter. The tips of the ears are black all year round.
The Arctic Hare has rather short ears compared to other rabbits and hare species.
HABITAT AND LIFE CYCLE
The Arctic Hare eats mostly willow leaves, shoots, bark and roots. It also feeds on grass, flowers and crowberries.
The Arctic Hare can be found throughout northern Canada and Greenland. A different kind of Arctic Hare also lives in Alaska.
The young of a hare are born in groups of 4 to 8, and are born with fur and with opened eyes. This is what makes them different from rabbits. The baby rabbit is blind until it is over a week old, and grows its hair very slowly from birth. By the time the rabbit is ready to leave the nest, the hare has already left a long time ago.
It is brown in the summer and is white in the winter. The tips of the ears are black all year round.
The Arctic Hare has rather short ears compared to other rabbits and hare species.
HABITAT AND LIFE CYCLE
The Arctic Hare eats mostly willow leaves, shoots, bark and roots. It also feeds on grass, flowers and crowberries.
The Arctic Hare can be found throughout northern Canada and Greenland. A different kind of Arctic Hare also lives in Alaska.
The young of a hare are born in groups of 4 to 8, and are born with fur and with opened eyes. This is what makes them different from rabbits. The baby rabbit is blind until it is over a week old, and grows its hair very slowly from birth. By the time the rabbit is ready to leave the nest, the hare has already left a long time ago.
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
Arctic hare
The ocelot populations were once so low due to excessive hunting by humans for the beautiful fur of the ocelot, that the ocelot was considered to be a threatened species and was on the verge of being endangered.
Today, ocelot populations have been allowed to grow again meaning that the ocelot is now one of the lucky animals considered to be of least concern as far as species extinction goes.
Like most other feline species, the ocelot is a generally solitary animal, and will only really tend to come into voluntary contact with another ocelot, when it is time to mate. The ocelot is nocturnal animal and spends its days sleeping in the tree tops.
These prime sleeping spots will occasionally be shared by more than one ocelot of the same sex. The ocelot is a highly territorial and somewhat aggressive feline, with ocelots having been commonly known to fight each other to the death if no-one backs down.
Typically the average ocelot will hunt in an area that is around 18 square kilometers. Almost all of the prey that the ocelot hunts is much smaller than the ocelot itself. The ocelot is believed to find prey using its keen sense of smell by sniffing out odor trails marked by smaller animals, and the ocelot is also thought to spot potential meals using its acute night vision.
Ocelot
Ocelot
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