Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21

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Subject: [Leica] Striped Hyena
From: philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:47:14 +0100
References: <CAH1UNJ3_Cz7iWwAmTwMnwNY7zX3LkvOGcnud046RSF3oKecZQQ@mail.gmail.com> <AFC54639-4EF6-4634-842D-51CA5795BB24@btinternet.com>

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
>>
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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Striped Hyena)
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