Thematic Wildlife

**noelcmn** · 02-03-2018, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by Aslyfox

Exactly what my research says

One other difference

When fleeing, one species leads the young, the other trails the young

Which I cannot remember right now

White Rhino, the calf is in front, Black Rhino, as in Savoche's image, the calf is behind the mother.

Landscape Rhino

**WPRESTO** · 02-03-2018, 12:20 PM - **2 Likes**

Gnus on the gno, I mean go.

**noelcmn** · 02-03-2018, 12:55 PM - **3 Likes**

Leopard- Snoozing

**savoche** · 02-03-2018, 02:58 PM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by noelcmn

White Rhino, the calf is in front, Black Rhino, as in Savoche's image, the calf is behind the mother.

Yep. And another difference is that the white rhino will run off when they become aware of you, while the black rhino bull will usually come for you. Our guide called him "a heat seeking missile".

Another guy to keep a healthy distance to when walking is the lone buffalo bull. They, too, tend to come for you if you get too close. This one got too close for comfort, no more than 15 m away before we managed to put some distance between him and us. Here he's still debating on what to do. A few seconds later he decided to turn and run, luckily.

**WPRESTO** · 02-04-2018, 03:53 AM

Gotta catch up.

**noelcmn** · 02-04-2018, 04:46 AM - **2 Likes**

Lesser Striped Swallow

**WPRESTO** · 02-04-2018, 05:07 AM - **2 Likes**

Common grey squirrel gauging the distance to a bird feeder.

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**noelcmn** · 02-04-2018, 05:11 AM

Long tailed Starling

**WPRESTO** · 02-04-2018, 07:47 AM

Jackal

**savoche** · 02-04-2018, 10:06 AM - **1 Like**

Yours look more heavily built than this one. Probably contemplating if these two-leggers might leave some food behind.

**noelcmn** · 02-04-2018, 11:19 AM

They do tend to appear differently sized -probably an optical illusion

**WPRESTO** · 02-04-2018, 11:28 AM

Think I'll shift to a lappet-faced vulture before we get into a "whose is bigger" contest.

**noelcmn** · 02-04-2018, 12:17 PM

Good Idea to move to birds- Great White Egret

**WPRESTO** · 02-04-2018, 02:35 PM

White-bellied bustard.

**noelcmn** · 02-05-2018, 11:35 AM - **3 Likes**

Red Crested Korhaan, which is usually seen only when the bird is displaying

02-03-2018, 12:20 PM - 2 Likes	#6557
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Gnus on the gno, I mean go. Attached Images

02-04-2018, 03:53 AM	#6560
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Gotta catch up. Attached Images

02-04-2018, 05:11 AM	#6563
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	Long tailed Starling Last edited by noelcmn; 02-04-2018 at 06:17 AM.

02-04-2018, 07:47 AM	#6564
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Jackal Attached Images

02-04-2018, 11:28 AM	#6567
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Think I'll shift to a lappet-faced vulture before we get into a "whose is bigger" contest. Attached Images

02-03-2018, 09:21 AM	#6556
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	Originally posted by Aslyfox Exactly what my research says One other difference When fleeing, one species leads the young, the other trails the young Which I cannot remember right now White Rhino, the calf is in front, Black Rhino, as in Savoche's image, the calf is behind the mother. Landscape Rhino

02-03-2018, 12:55 PM - 3 Likes	#6558
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	Leopard- Snoozing

02-03-2018, 02:58 PM - 2 Likes	#6559
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by noelcmn White Rhino, the calf is in front, Black Rhino, as in Savoche's image, the calf is behind the mother. Yep. And another difference is that the white rhino will run off when they become aware of you, while the black rhino bull will usually come for you. Our guide called him "a heat seeking missile". Another guy to keep a healthy distance to when walking is the lone buffalo bull. They, too, tend to come for you if you get too close. This one got too close for comfort, no more than 15 m away before we managed to put some distance between him and us. Here he's still debating on what to do. A few seconds later he decided to turn and run, luckily.

02-04-2018, 04:46 AM - 2 Likes	#6561
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	Lesser Striped Swallow

02-04-2018, 05:07 AM - 2 Likes	#6562
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Common grey squirrel gauging the distance to a bird feeder. Attached Images

02-04-2018, 10:06 AM - 1 Like	#6565
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Yours look more heavily built than this one. Probably contemplating if these two-leggers might leave some food behind.

02-04-2018, 11:19 AM	#6566
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	They do tend to appear differently sized -probably an optical illusion

02-04-2018, 12:17 PM	#6568
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	Good Idea to move to birds- Great White Egret

02-04-2018, 02:35 PM	#6569
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	White-bellied bustard. Attached Images

02-05-2018, 11:35 AM - 3 Likes	#6570
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,154	Red Crested Korhaan, which is usually seen only when the bird is displaying

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