http://forums.ngm.com/media/g/topbroomriders_photos/default.aspxenCommunityServer 2008 (Build: 30417.1769)http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121629.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 21:12:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121629TopBroomrider0Giraffe and zebra herds often intermix.<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121652.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 20:35:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121652TopBroomrider1http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121645.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 20:14:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121645TopBroomrider0In the time of flight the little ones can hitchhike on the backs of any nearby adult, female or male.<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121640.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 19:54:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121640TopBroomrider2http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121637.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 19:47:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121637TopBroomrider0This bushbuck was having a bite to eat just beyond our right front tentpole.&nbsp; If you look closely, you will see white markings on his flank which are not sun spots.<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121625.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 19:45:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121625TopBroomrider2http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121635.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 19:34:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121635TopBroomrider0Behind our tent was a separate structure that housed (from left to right):&nbsp; The latrine stall, the open air lavatory area and the open to the stars shower.&nbsp; Attendants placed a kerosene lamp beside the lav as well as on the front deck just before dark.<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121633.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 19:26:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121633TopBroomrider0Our digs at Mashatu.&nbsp; It was very cold (thirties and forties) at night and the staff loaded our beds with hot water bottles while we were at dinner, and they were quite welcome!<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121628.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 19:02:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121628TopBroomrider2http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121623.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 18:39:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121623TopBroomrider0Locally, this bird is called &quot;Flying Banana&quot;.<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/121620.aspxWed, 30 May 2007 18:32:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:121620TopBroomrider1http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/120697.aspxMon, 28 May 2007 16:13:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:120697TopBroomrider1This elephant, estimated to be about fifty years old, is a bull in musth.&nbsp; See the gray streak running down his face from a musth gland a few inches behind his eye.&nbsp; AHD describes &#39;musth&#39; in this manner:&nbsp; &quot;An annual period of heightened aggressiveness and sexual activity in male elephants, during which violent frenzies occur.&quot;&nbsp; <br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/120690.aspxMon, 28 May 2007 16:08:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:120690TopBroomrider0The gray heron:&nbsp; Not a particularly colorful or large bird, but it is very graceful.&nbsp; (Added to the album for &#39;Bird Lady, NYC).<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/120678.aspxMon, 28 May 2007 15:34:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:120678TopBroomrider1Hippos spend most of the daylight hours in water, foraging at night.&nbsp; Several animals get credit for being the biggest, badest, meanest of all and the hippo is not excluded.&nbsp; The warning is that nothing is safe between a startled hippo and his pool of water.<br />http://forums.ngm.com/media/p/120379.aspxSun, 27 May 2007 21:04:00 GMT965e1551-0ba5-4a8c-8f21-d905c5576650:120379TopBroomrider1In the remote reaches of the Dark Continent this ranger&#39;s cap brought the hope of light!<br />