[aslyfox]

Canada Goose tending to the next generation

at the Topeka Zoological Park

K 3 + HD PENTAX-D FA 150-450mm F4.5-5.6 ED DC AW hand held

(sorry about the out of focus stick and leaves, not sure what the light brown streak is from, some times you don't have the cleanest view, very cloudy day today)

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[noelcmn]

Monkey

[WPRESTO]

Elephants

[noelcmn]

Buffalo

[WPRESTO]

One last image of this cheetah.

[noelcmn]

Should we be feeding Aslyfox's hunger for Cheetah? OK, Maybe

[WPRESTO]

Will assist with one last image of that youngster's mother, whom he was following at a respectful distance.

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[aslyfox]

thanks guys

I was thinking we were getting close to cheetah country when I saw the Cape Buffalo

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Great news for fans of wild life

AP has a story about evidence of endangered Florida Panthers expanding their range

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PANTHER_KITTENS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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as I recall some folks like flowers a lot and since this could be a start of a small trend, I'll start with some just about ready to "blossom"

(are flowers wild life??? - well technically they are wild if not cultivated, right? and plants are life, right??)

[photolady95]

I think flowers are not part of this wildlife thread even though most flower shots I take are wildflowers.

Two from this morning and this silly bird tried to get inside my room just before these were taken.

[noelcmn]

Buffalo again

[WPRESTO]

Rhino, zoo specimen, scan.

[noelcmn]

Yellow Billed Kite

[aslyfox]

is that a black rhino??

here is a white rhino seen from the WDW Animal Kingdom Safari Ride (which, thankfully they have modified so you no longer are in a chase of poachers.)

you can clearly see why this animal was given the dutch name of "wide" which was mistranslated into the english "white"

we were told that these are grazers as opposed to the black rhino which are browsers and each eat different types of plants which their respective mouths shapes assist them in eating

the names "white" and "black" has nothing to do with color, both species are generally the same color

[noelcmn]

I think that Rhino posted by WPRESTO is an Asian Rhino.
Monkey business

[aslyfox]

I think that Rhino posted by WPRESTO is an Asian Rhino.
Monkey business

interesting, I have never seen any photos of any of the Asian Rhinos

boy am I glad I asked instead of trying to make an id and looking more foolish than usual

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I checked to be sure, this Olive Baboon, Papio anubis, . found in the Arusha National Park in Tanzania is an "Old World Monkey"

Primate Factsheets: Olive baboon (Papio anubis) Taxonomy, Morphology, & Ecology