Some photos submitted to me by "Shakari" or Steve Robinson of Kuduland Safaris who is off to Botswana for another safari. Some people have the life!

Crater Bulls - taken in the Ngogoro Crater Tanzania just as the first rains were coming in after a 2 year drought.

Lazy Cheetah - taken on foot from about 20 yards when I was helping a zoologist friend of mine with her research in a private reserve bordering the KNP.

DR & EA Eland - 2003 client of mine . The animal is a new world record in SCI & a new #4 in Rowland Ward. We took it in the Selous.

Lion Face & Mouth - Taken in a private area adjoining the KNP. The Lion is one of two (fully grown) brothers who were hand reared and now live (free range) on the reserve. The subject strolled up to me, sat down and licked the lens of my camera (1st shot) and then yawned, so I stuck my lens in his mouth and took the second shot. The reason for the slight blurring on the second shot is that his brother sneaked up behind me and (I promise this is true!) licked the back of my neck just as I pushed the button. Although I was on foot.....well, actually kneeling when I took the shots, it not as dangerous as it first appears.........I had the guy who had hand reared them right beside me with a .458. Although neither of us had seen the brother sneak up on me. Actually, in retrospect it was a bloody silly thing to do, but I sometimes get lost in my camera lens.

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