Animal Kingdom: Kilimanjaro Safaris

The ostrich pulled its head out of the sand, took a look around, gasped in horror and stuck its head back into the sand. "Maybe things will be better in a couple of years" it thought.


Up Periscope

 

The male lion was on display, but was still in B mode.


A or B Mode?

 

Remember when we took the Wild Africa Trek and the guide described a hippo's primary activities as "Sleep, eat, dung shower"? Guess which one this is.


Step 1: Sleep

 

I don't know about the dung shower, but the hippos are right about that sleep thing.


The Hippos are Right

 

BARELY got a glancing look at this as the truck sped up and I shot between the rocks and vultures - a quick peek at the baby hippo last February, with momma giving it a nudge:

 

I wanted to caption this "That's mine" but thought territory marking might ruin my image on Flickr. (No, it wasn't doing that, but it looks like a possibility.)


Tail Check