These perfectly in form zebra were like synchronised swimmers. They were grazing along the airstrip and happened to arrange themselves for the shot.

The tortoise was a beautiful specimen,the biggest I’ve seen.He did not want to hang around and was off into the bushes as fast as he could manage.

Kim will be back on Wednesday next week. He had to have an appendectomy in USA the day he was due to fly but is recovering and should be flying to South Africa today. Also, Manyari was successfully darted and her transmitter was replaced. I hope to do a wildcast or two on the operation soon.

By Darryl Nolan-Evans


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4 Responses to “Giraffe Rumble”

  1. Gravatar Icon 1 mon@rch

    Lion and Kim both had surgery! Thanks for the update and I hope both are doing better!

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 Bobos

    Is it true that Giraffes evolved the long necks because, in a competition such as that, a long neck would provide better leverage?

    And I hope Kim will get better.

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 Wildcaster

    Bobos: Giraffe’s necks are long to compete with other animals to get to forage at the tops of trees.

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 Simon

    It doesn’t look like they are doing much damage to each other? Does it actually inflict any pain on one another?

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