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Natural History Collection (#29)

Background imageNatural History Collection: A vervet monkey stands on its hind legs among Heliotropium

A vervet monkey stands on its hind legs among Heliotropium flowers to get a better view of its surroundings. The vervet monkey is common and widespread in lightly wooded areas straddling the equator

Background imageNatural History Collection: A giant hog

A giant hog, or forest hog, in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Only discovered for science a hundred years ago, these heavily built

Background imageNatural History Collection: Having killed a Thomsons gazelle

Having killed a Thomsons gazelle, a python drags it by the nose to a secure place where it will devour it out of sight from other predators and vultures

Background imageNatural History Collection: A python kills a Thomsons gazelle by constriction

A python kills a Thomsons gazelle by constriction. African pythons can reach a length of over twenty feet. They are not venomous

Background imageNatural History Collection: A dikdik in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya

A dikdik in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya. Didiks are territorial and live in monogamous pairs. Only males have small horns

Background imageNatural History Collection: Two dikdiks in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya

Two dikdiks in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya. They are territorial and live in monogamous pairs. Only males have small horns

Background imageNatural History Collection: A male gerenuk

A male gerenuk (a name derived from the Somali language meaning giraffe necked ) feeding in the Samburu National Reserve of Northern Kenya

Background imageNatural History Collection: Two hippos fight in the Mara RiverThese vast animals

Two hippos fight in the Mara RiverThese vast animals have a very hierarchical society. When fighting, they engage one anothers teeth, after which the contest becomes a trial of weight and strength

Background imageNatural History Collection: A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park

A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Their skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows they frequent in the bright red soil of the area.& #x26; #x26; #x0B; Rhino

Background imageNatural History Collection: A black rhino in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park

A black rhino in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Its skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows it frequents in the bright red soil of the area

Background imageNatural History Collection: A lioness and her cubs

A lioness and her cubs. For the first six to eight weeks of their lives, cub will be concealed in a thicket or rocky outcrop when their mother goes hunting

Background imageNatural History Collection: Wildebeest

Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Crossing Mara River

Background imageNatural History Collection: A herd of Masai Giraffe

A herd of Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopadalis tippelskirchi) stride across the dry, grassy plains of Masai Mara Game Reserve

Background imageNatural History Collection: Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos

Geysers, hot springs and thousands of lesser flamingos are a feature of Lake Bogoria, a long, narrow alkaline lake that nestles at the foot of the Siracho Escarpment, south of Lake Baringo

Background imageNatural History Collection: A fine old bull elephant with heavy tusks

A fine old bull elephant with heavy tusks. Marsabit was renown for elephants with exceptional ivory. The largest elephant living there in the second half of the 20th century was called Ahmed

Background imageNatural History Collection: Lesser flamingos (Phoeiniconaias minor) in flight over Lake Nakuru

Lesser flamingos (Phoeiniconaias minor) in flight over Lake Nakuru, an alkaline lake of the Rift Valley system where tens of thousands of them may be seen lining the shores for many months of the year

Background imageNatural History Collection: An African fish eagle

An African fish eagle (Halliaeetus vocifer) swoops to catch a fish with its talons off Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria

Background imageNatural History Collection: During the annual migration of up to 1

During the annual migration of up to 1.5 million wildebeest from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year, the animals ford or swim across the Mara River on several occasions

Background imageNatural History Collection: An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara

An aerial photograph of the wildebeest migration in Masai Mara. Up to 1.5 million wildebeest join the migration from Serengeti, Tanzania, to the Mara and back each year

Background imageNatural History Collection: A pride of lions in Masai Mara with storm clouds in the distance

A pride of lions in Masai Mara with storm clouds in the distance

Background imageNatural History Collection: Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) at Amboseli

Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) at Amboseli

Background imageNatural History Collection: Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) feeding on an acacia bush

Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa reticulata) feeding on an acacia bush, Lewa Downs

Background imageNatural History Collection: Kenya, Amboseli National Park

Kenya, Amboseli National Park. A pair of Crowned cranes in the swamp with Mt. Kilimanjaro behind. Kenya, Amboseli National Park. A pair of Crowned cranes in the swamp with Mt. Kilimanjaro behind

Background imageNatural History Collection: Watching the sun go down behind Longido Mountain on

Watching the sun go down behind Longido Mountain on a game drive from Tortilis Camp

Background imageNatural History Collection: A herd of Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

A herd of Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi)

Background imageNatural History Collection: An augur buzzard

An augur buzzard (Buteo rufofuscus) swoops low in the Gaysay area of the Bale Mountains

Background imageNatural History Collection: Two male Sable antelopes run across open bush country

Two male Sable antelopes run across open bush country in the Chobe National Park. With their jet-black coats, and white faces and underbellies, the Sable is one of Africas most beautiful antelopes

Background imageNatural History Collection: A pride of lions in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve

A pride of lions in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. Moremi incorporates Chiefs Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans

Background imageNatural History Collection: Zebra with a distinctive shadow stripe pattern

Zebra with a distinctive shadow stripe pattern (a sub-species of the Common zebra) drink at the edge of the Okavango swamp in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi is the only area of the Okavango Delta

Background imageNatural History Collection: Elephant (Loxodonta africana) sprays mud from its trunk

Elephant (Loxodonta africana) sprays mud from its trunk over its body to cool down

Background imageNatural History Collection: USA, Utah, Bryce Canyon National Park

USA, Utah, Bryce Canyon National Park. Haunting and colourful rock pinnacles known as Hoodoos at Inspiration Point

Background imageNatural History Collection: USA, Utah, Capitol Reef National Park

USA, Utah, Capitol Reef National Park. Cathedral Valley sunrise at the Temple of the Sun and smaller Temple of the Moon

Background imageNatural History Collection: USA Utah Capitol Reef National Park Cathedral

USA Utah Capitol Reef National Park Cathedral Valley

Background imageNatural History Collection: Bronze statue of Slovenian Antelope in the

Bronze statue of Slovenian Antelope in the snow

Background imageNatural History Collection: Winter scene in village in Slovenia

Winter scene in village in Slovenia

Background imageNatural History Collection: Antarctica, Paradise Bay

Antarctica, Paradise Bay. Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) on an ice-floe



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