Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/11/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Samburu is one of the last holdouts of the endangered Grevy's Zebra, the biggest and heaviest of the zebra sub species. We were lucky to witness a fight for dominance between two males that went on for some time - these involve a lot of action and posturing, but for little or no damage. All the same it is quite exciting to watch! There were three in the group, but a young one wisely kept out of it! Two males started scrapping in a grove of thorn trees: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0551Samburu.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0558Samburua.jpg.html They came out into the open and continued: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0643Samburua.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0678Samburua.jpg.html http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0704Samburua.jpg.html Finally, the victor got to show his dominant status: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0723Samburua.jpg.html Comments and criticism as always, welcome Cheers Jayanand