Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed , should be seen large ! Amiti?s Philippe Le 21 mars 12 ? 17:43, Frank Dernie a ?crit : > These are super Jayanand. This latest batch of photographs is really > outstanding, even compared to your usual very high standard. > Bravo, > Frank > > On 21 Mar, 2012, at 15:26, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > >> The rarest sighting we had during our Tanzanian trip was undoubtedly >> spending quite some time with a Striped Hyena and her cub on two >> occasions, >> both around dusk. Let me point out that these animals are completely >> nocturnal - so the rarity is in seeing them, not that they are >> endangered >> or anything like that. Our driver, Ken, with 12 years of safari >> driving in >> East Africa behind him, had only seen them briefly a couple of >> times in all >> those years. They are almost completely scavengers, and this has >> led to >> them being unloved across their range (Africa, Middle East and >> South Asia) >> because of their purported habit of scavenging from human graves >> >> Both the days we saw the pair, the light was crummy, but here goes >> anyway - >> the brown mound is the den: >> >> Feeding the Cub: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120304_06333.jpg.html >> >> Cracking Bones (it looked like a portion of an animal skull): >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120305_07237.jpg.html >> >> Play 1: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120305_07309.jpg.html >> >> Play 2: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120305_07322.jpg.html >> >> Please see large. >> >> Comments and Criticism, as usual, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information