Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shots! You handled the light well. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" <psm1857 at googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:26 AM Subject: [Leica] Striped Hyena > 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 > >