In Botswana‘s Okavango Delta, a team of wildlife filmmakers have been tracking a group of big cats for the BBC TV series Big Cats 24/7 – and there’s one animal who has defied all odds. Malome, meaning ‘uncle’, was named because of his unusual relationship with the Xudum Pride; one of the biggest lion prides in the world. He […]
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“Staring menacingly, the buffaloes encircled our vehicle.” My close encounter with a mega-stampede
We’re parked up in our Land Cruiser on the golden grasslands of Botswana‘s Mababe Depression, surrounded by Cape buffaloes caked in mud. “There must be 3,000 of them here,” our guide Jonah Seboko says quietly, scanning the scene with his binoculars. “Beautiful, just beautiful.” That’s not a word I’d ever really associated with the notoriously […]
Astonishing power and resilience of hippos revealed in 16 incredible photos
Dramatic images of hippopotamuses – from the muddy banks of the Luangwa River in Zambia to Botswana‘s vast Okavango Delta. With a rotund body, short legs and gigantic head, hippopotamuses, or hippos, are among the most striking-looking animals in Africa. These characterful semi-aquatic herbivores really are huge, with some individuals weighing as much as 3,200 […]
Watch dramatic BBC footage shows desperate, ravenous leopard mother risking death for her cubs, high in the treetops
In Botswana‘s wild Okavango Delta, leopards love to feast on large ungulates, such as antelope and zebra. The Delta is usually home to a rich array of flora and fauna, attracting huge populations of elephants, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, buffalo and antelope from across the region. The abundance of prey makes it a prime location for Africa’s […]
Tourists whose canoe was flipped by a raging elephant describe their terror
Two American tourists who were almost killed after an angry elephant attacked their canoe have described their terror as the animal tried to drown them. Larry Unrein and his partner Jeff Melvin narrowly escaped with their lives following the ordeal in Botswana. The couple were on a safari on the Okavango Delta on September 27 […]
The Bright Tapestry…
A cat’s ability to see in as little as one-sixth of the light needed by humans is attributed to a layer on the back of its retina known as the tapetum lucidum or “bright tapestry”. This layer gathers the light and reflects it back like a mirror to the light gathering cells of the eye, […]
Black and White in Motion…
Okavango Delta, Botswana – Dana Allen Photo Safari with Chitabe Camp Nikon D3s. Nikon 200-400 mm. ISO 3200. f 4 @ 1/1500 sec. Lexar Media.
