Sunday, December 5, 2010

Hippo

When posting my hippo pictures I mentioned strange behaviour where hippos sometimes save other animals. There is some excellent footage of this at http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Hippo-saves-wildebeest-zebra-babies-20101203

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Squacco Heron



This Heron was lining itself up for the kill. One could almost feel the focused attention. I waited patiently but it eventually decided not to procede and flew away. Disappointing for me but life saving for some frog or small fish.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Goliath Heron



At a height of up to 1,52m the Goliath Heron is the world's biggest Heron. It is much bigger than any other type of Heron.