These are some more images from the Safari Trip. With these images I tried to get tighter frames and therefore closer to the animals to try to capture more detail.
Above: Kafue Flats Lechwe
The Kafue Flats lechwe is a medium-sized antelope from the floodplains of central Zambia which loves a swampy habitat. Lechwe are under increasing pressures in the wild due to excessive hunting, expanding human settlement, and the destruction of their habitat.
Above: Camel
The two-humped Bactrian camel lives in the highlands of central Asia, where it feeds on prickly scrub and salty water. It is able to store water in its stomach chambers and in fat reserves in its humps. The wild bactrian camel is critically endangered.
Above: Lioness
Lions are social animals living in prides. A pride will often hunt together, but it is the lionesses who do most of the work, and usually the killing as well. How often lions eat depends on what food is available. In the wild if the pride makes a big kill it will gorge on meat and wait for several days before hunting again. Lions are now only found in central, eastern and southern Africa and one protected reserve in north-east India.
Above: White Rhino
The name 'White' originates from the Afrikaans word weit meaning 'wide-lipped' and is nothing to do with the rhinos' colour. The white rhino is much larger than its black relative and is the second-largest land mammal in the world. The poaching of rhino for their horns has almost exterminated all of the 5 species of rhinoceros. The white rhino is now well protected in game reserves in their native Zululand and what was the rarest species of rhino is now the commonest. Its cousin the Northern white rhino is now nearing extinction with only some 25 animals surviving. In the wild, white rhinos are sociable grazers living in family groups called a 'crash'. They are agile for their size and are able to run at 50kph (32mph). Although their eyesight is relatively poor their acute sense of smell and hearing more than compensate.
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