The Ugly Five :-)
The Big Five are very famous. But there are also the Ugly Five! For guests it is a bit of harmless fun to guess which of the many animal species on Thanda qualify… Continue reading
Category Archive: Sightings
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Let’s keep going!
After the fighting break (see yesterday’s blog message) the two Thanda Giraffes bulls continued their fight. We left them at it after observing the slow but intense quarrel for quite a while. This… Continue reading
A fighting break!
These two adult Giraffe bulls took a short break from their rather serious fighting and stared for a while across the beautiful Thanda landscape. As for most male animals the reason for this… Continue reading
Posing!
This Water Monitor Lizard was enjoying the sun at Thanda’s largest waterhole. These intelligent reptiles are very shy and usually disappear quickly into water or high grass as soon as one approaches. To… Continue reading
New Arrivals!
What a morning. Leaving the lodge for a drive a bit later than usual we were first looking for our dominant male Lion. He had been sighted not far away from the Thanda… Continue reading
An Elderly Lady!
This elderly Giraffe lady had a good look at this “noisy animal” before she decided to move off into the bush following the rest of her Journey (Journey is the proper term for… Continue reading
My Space or Your Space?
We were watching a breeding herd of Elephants in a forest area when the matriarch decided to change direction and cross the road just where we were. Normally, if one drives to close… Continue reading
A Zebra Quarrel
These two Burchell’s Zebras had a bit of a quarrel. The Thanda guests on my vehicle were surprised about the force and stamina these two females displayed during their fighting. A very special… Continue reading
Fussy eater!
When one carefully watches how Elephants eat one realizes that they are quite selective eaters. If they break off a branch of a tree they will often strip the outer bark and eat… Continue reading
Going Vegetarian?
Hardy! But this Thanda Lioness nibbled on grass for quite a while. That sort of behavior can mostly be observed after heavy meals, apparently to help with a full or upset stomach. The… Continue reading