The African Big 5 
The Big 5 were the animals people
came to South Africa to hunt, back when that was still the thing to do.
These were the most challenging animals to shoot, so obviously the most
desirable! Nowadays, we shoot these and many other animals
photographically, but it is still fun to look for these five:
Elephant
There were at least 23 elephants on parade near the Crocodile Bridge just before
they closed the gates on our second day. Everyone had the elephant parade
song from Jungle Book stuck in their heads through dinner!
Buffalo
Rhino
The guys above are white rhinos.
The one to the left is a black rhino.
White rhinos are grazers and black
rhinos are browsers, so you can see they have slightly different head
shapes.
The latter is so rare that our guide was
fumbling around trying to find his own camera when we happened upon it!
Leopard
It was while watching this fellow
that we had our second flat!
Lion
Each of us had our own "Big
5," want to see some of our favorites? More
Mammals
Of course some of us especially like
birds. See Birds
Or would you prefer to see some shots
of our flat tires? On Safari
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