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**WPRESTO** · 12-10-2018, 11:15 AM

I took a long series of this pair having a friendly-looking, half-serious tussle.

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**noelcmn** · 12-11-2018, 04:11 AM - **1 Like**

I read yesterday, in the Wildcard Magazine, that Valli Moosa, for a long time the dominant Bull in Addo Elephant Park had been killed in a fight with another bull. Privileged to have seen him on a few occasions.

**WPRESTO** · 12-11-2018, 06:53 AM

Magnificent animal. Alas when you reach the top, there are always some who want to topple you just because you've reached the top.

Makes me sad. I'm going off to sulk.

**noelcmn** · 12-11-2018, 10:50 AM

It is an interesting article actually, which posits the idea that because Addo has "limited" space for Elephants to roam, and farmlands are a contributor to that, fights are more aggressive in nature, unlike in Kruger, with its vast spaces. Statistically, with over 600 elephants at present, it is set to double by 2030. Here's another view of Valli from 2011, his tusks were still intact them

**WPRESTO** · 12-11-2018, 01:39 PM

Sable antelope, Miami Zoo. This species has a regal look.

**noelcmn** · 12-12-2018, 04:31 AM

Add to that -Young and handsome! Mature specimens

**Tonytee** · 12-12-2018, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Magnificent animal. Alas when you reach the top, there are always some who want to topple you just because you've reached the top.

Makes me sad. I'm going off to sulk.

I have not seen that many wrinkles in skin since my last Weight Watchers Meeting.

)

You have been posting some excellent wildlife photos. Have you submitted any to National Geographic?

Friend, you are an awesome photographer.

Tony

**noelcmn** · 12-12-2018, 01:24 PM

Just about the only sighting of the Lesser Spotted Eagle

**WPRESTO** · 12-12-2018, 02:21 PM

Originally posted by Tonytee

I have not seen that many wrinkles in skin since my last Weight Watchers Meeting.

)

You have been posting some excellent wildlife photos. Have you submitted any to National Geographic?

Friend, you are an awesome photographer.

Tony

Thank you so much, but I would not consider sending something to NGS. I had experience with one of their staff photographers decades back. Would not have anything to do with them.

**CharLac** · 12-14-2018, 04:17 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Several of the other tourists were really spooked. I am not a brave person, and perhaps through not seeing any real danger, my primary reaction was fascination and "cool, an elephant doing something I've not seen before."

Walter, did you get this picture just before you died?

**CharLac** · 12-14-2018, 04:20 PM

Just some silly deer visiting our campsite
Saskatchewan, Canada / Sep 2017

**WPRESTO** · 12-14-2018, 04:21 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by CharLac

Walter, did you get this picture just before you died?

No. I just started yelling : "Oomgahwah! Umgahwah." That solved everything, and led to our first sighting of a chimpanzee, and a LeRolls maiden.

**noelcmn** · 12-15-2018, 02:34 AM

LOL! The stuff that Africa does to people

Saddlebilled Stork

**WPRESTO** · 12-15-2018, 03:10 AM

Cape sparrow, female, not quite finished preening for her picture.

**noelcmn** · 12-15-2018, 10:48 AM

Probably appeared before, but seeing that I'm busy with that file- Captive Lions at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, most of them from circuses or other private collections. Some have been quite abused too!

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12-11-2018, 04:11 AM - 1 Like	#8192
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	I read yesterday, in the Wildcard Magazine, that Valli Moosa, for a long time the dominant Bull in Addo Elephant Park had been killed in a fight with another bull. Privileged to have seen him on a few occasions.

12-11-2018, 10:50 AM	#8194
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	It is an interesting article actually, which posits the idea that because Addo has "limited" space for Elephants to roam, and farmlands are a contributor to that, fights are more aggressive in nature, unlike in Kruger, with its vast spaces. Statistically, with over 600 elephants at present, it is set to double by 2030. Here's another view of Valli from 2011, his tusks were still intact them

12-12-2018, 04:31 AM	#8196
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Add to that -Young and handsome! Mature specimens

12-12-2018, 01:12 PM	#8197
Tonytee Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2012 Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 21,532	Originally posted by WPRESTO Magnificent animal. Alas when you reach the top, there are always some who want to topple you just because you've reached the top. Makes me sad. I'm going off to sulk. I have not seen that many wrinkles in skin since my last Weight Watchers Meeting. ) You have been posting some excellent wildlife photos. Have you submitted any to National Geographic? Friend, you are an awesome photographer. Tony

12-12-2018, 01:24 PM	#8198
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Just about the only sighting of the Lesser Spotted Eagle

12-12-2018, 02:21 PM	#8199
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by Tonytee I have not seen that many wrinkles in skin since my last Weight Watchers Meeting. ) You have been posting some excellent wildlife photos. Have you submitted any to National Geographic? Friend, you are an awesome photographer. Tony Thank you so much, but I would not consider sending something to NGS. I had experience with one of their staff photographers decades back. Would not have anything to do with them.

12-14-2018, 04:17 PM	#8200
CharLac Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Ottawa Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,419	Originally posted by WPRESTO Several of the other tourists were really spooked. I am not a brave person, and perhaps through not seeing any real danger, my primary reaction was fascination and "cool, an elephant doing something I've not seen before." Walter, did you get this picture just before you died?

12-14-2018, 04:21 PM - 1 Like	#8202
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Originally posted by CharLac Walter, did you get this picture just before you died? No. I just started yelling : "Oomgahwah! Umgahwah." That solved everything, and led to our first sighting of a chimpanzee, and a LeRolls maiden.

12-15-2018, 02:34 AM	#8203
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	LOL! The stuff that Africa does to people Saddlebilled Stork

12-15-2018, 10:48 AM	#8205
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,228	Probably appeared before, but seeing that I'm busy with that file- Captive Lions at Rietvlei Nature Reserve, most of them from circuses or other private collections. Some have been quite abused too!

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