africa II: wildlife and wild places
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| Cheetahs, poised and perfect Ref:MKAFC37 |  |
| Cheetah orphan on rescue duty Ref:MKAFM24 |  |
| Ostriches, dancers on a plain Ref:MKAFC36 |  |
| Ostrich parade: a line of rangers attracts free roaming ostriches Ref:MKAFM28 |  |
| Orphaned gorilla in Evaro Village, Gabon Ref:MKAFC454 |  |
| Chimpanzee orphan frolics with a young gorilla in Evaro Village, Gabon Ref:MKAFC453 |  |
| A carer walks an orphaned chimp and gorillas at Evaro Village, Gabon Ref:MKAFC452 |  |
| Wistful western lowland gorilla in Loango Park's Evengue island rehabilitation project, Gabon Ref:MKAFC455 |  |
| A splendid silverback, a western lowland gorilla in Loango Park's Evengue island rehabilitation project, Gabon Ref:MKAFC456 |  |
| A Serengeti lion in the rain Ref:MKAFM101 |  |
| A lion guards his kill Ref:MKAFC276 |  |
| Maasai (one a ranger) and lion in the Ngorongoro crater Ref:MKAFC30 |  |
| A Maasai moran in the Ngorongoro crater Ref:MKAFC31 |  |
| Wildebeest migration: an annual spectacle in the Serengeti Ref:MKAFC32 |  |
| Wildebeest in the rain Ref:MKAFC33 |  |
| Patterns of zebras, Amboseli Ref:MKAFC34 |  |
| Zebras under an African sky Ref:MKAFC35 |  |
| Elephant among palms in the Selous Ref:MKAFC38 |  |
| River crossing for a Selous elephant Ref:MKAFC39 |  |
| Sungilded crocodile on the Rufiji river banks in the Selous Ref:MKAFC283 |  |
| The hippopotamus has vast jaws in front, a vast behind Ref:MKAFC282 |  |
| A moment of total contentment: baboons from the Pumphouse Gang studied by Shirley Strum Ref:MKAFC281 |  |
| Bonds are close, if not intimate, in a giraffe group Ref:MKAFC286 |  |
| Two pairs of giraffe-will they play, mate or fight? Ref:MKAFC287 |  |
| Egrets cluster around a dead tree Ref:MKAFC280 |  |
| Flamingoes at Kenya's Lake Nakuru Ref:MKAFC277 |  |
| Flamingoes on the wing Ref:MKAFC278 |  |
| Waterbirds feed as night falls Ref:MKAFC279 |  |
| In the Selous reserve in Tanzania, a handsome swallowtail Ref:MKAFC40 |  |
| Tail view of elegant impalas Ref:MKAFC285 |  |
| A hyena stares from long grass Ref:MKAFC284 |  |
| Bunnies in boots: small playful rabbits though not exactly wild Ref:MKANM29 |  |
| A velvet mite is like a jewel on a treetrunk Ref:MKAFC41 |  |
| One of Africa's great sights: Amboseli elephants with Mt Kilimanjaro as backdrop Ref:MKAFC288 |  |
| Victoria Falls, a colossus on the Zambezi river between Zimbabwe and Zambia Ref:MKAFC289 |  |
| Colossus of the plant world: a splendid baobab Ref:MKAFC42 |  |
| The deepest and hottest place in Africa, Djibouti's Lake Assal Ref:MKAFC290 |  |
| Lake Abbé in Djibouti. strangely studded with lime outcrops Ref:MKAFC291 |  |
| Dramatic hills rise from desert in Djibouti Ref:MKAFC292 |  |
| Djibouti desert Ref:MKAFC11 |  |
| At a waterhole in the Ogaden desert Ref:MKAFC293 |  |
| Pleasure, not hardship, on a camel safari from the Desert Rose lodge in northern Kenya's Samburu country Ref:MKAFC297 |  |
| A Dinka boy with his family's cattle in the southern Sudan Ref:MKAFC13 |  |
| In Zanzibar waters, off Africa's east coast, small dhows race Ref:MKAFC294 |  |
| Coral reef colours--Nyali beach on Kenya's glorious coast Ref:MKAFC298 |  |
| In west Africa, small boys surfing on a Ghana beach Ref:MKAFC99 |  |
| Africa's extravagant sunsets are celebrated--this one enhanced by the dust of the Ogaden Ref:MKAFC43 |  |