“Lappet-faced vulture on a tree in Maasai Mara National Reserve”

This vulture prefers to live in dry savannah, thornbush, arid plains, deserts with scattered trees in wadis, open mountain slopes. They are usually found in undisturbed open country with a scattering of trees and apparently prefer areas with minimal grass…

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📅 26 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 400, ƒ/11, 1/500 s

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“Lioness in Maasai Mara”

Maasai Mara is home of the largest population of African big cats, not only in Kenya but in Africa.

Females do most of the hunting, helped by males in taking down large animals.

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📅 26 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/11, 1/340 s

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“Lioness on the lookout”

Maasai Mara is home of the largest population of African big cats, not only in Kenya but in Africa.

Females do most of the hunting, helped by males in taking down large animals.

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📅 26 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 640, ƒ/10, 1/500 s

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“Maasai Mara National Reserve”

It's not just about the wild animals, landscapes are great too!

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📅 26 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/4000 s

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“Beautiful Maasai giraffe”

The Masai giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchii), also spelled Maasai giraffe, also called Kilimanjaro giraffe, is the largest subspecies of giraffe. It is native to East Africa. The Masai giraffe can be found in central and southern Kenya and in Tanzania. It has distinctive,…

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📅 26 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 2.0×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/11, 1/350 s

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“Ladies”

Female lions are the pride's primary hunters and leaders. They often work together to prey upon antelopes, zebras, wildebeest, and other large animals of the open grasslands. Many of these animals are faster than lions, so teamwork pays off.

Female lions also raise their cubs communally.

Sometimes, they…

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📅 25 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/8, 1/90 s

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“The apprentice”

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📅 25 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/8, 1/210 s

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“Elephants family in Maasai Mara”

Elephants are highly sociable and have similar life cycles to humans. The maternity herd is very protective of young, but males are ejected at 12-15 years old, after which they become nomadic males, often associating with other males.

Elephants have strong bonds and even at 9yrs old a calf may…

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📅 25 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/2.8, 1/680 s

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“Elephant in Maasai Mara”

Elephants have to eat 5% of their body weight every day and so sleep for only 4-5 hours a day. They can drink up to 200 litres in one drinking session!

The Mara elephants have unfortunately been under threat due to poaching and human-elephant conflicts.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/elephant-in-maasai-mara/

📅 25 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 800, ƒ/8, 1/220 s

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“A storm is coming”

Elephants may be very large animals, but they seem just as small and fragile as others when bad weather arrives with low, threatening clouds...

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📅 25 février 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + 100-400mm + 1.4×
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/8, 1/210 s

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