Aloha to my community. This has been a frustrating and crazy news day so I am going to offer up another one of these distraction diaries. This evening I have been digging back into some old archive files and processing some images that escaped the first couple passes. I hope you enjoy this little reminder that we share this planet with some amazing creatures.
Zebras
Lilac-Breasted Roller Colorful enough for you?
African Wild Dog or Painted Dog Like the wolf this canid is despised by ranchers which adds to the problems with canine distemper and habitat loss. There are probably no more that 4,000 of these cooperative hunters left.
Striped Kingfisher
Lioness
Spotted Hyena Pups
Malachite Kingfisher
Kudu A regal antelope.
Cheetah The fastest animal on land. They are also highly endangered with population problems compounded by their lack of genetic diversity. They must have gone through a very narrow population bottleneck. Every cheetah is a virtual clone.
An Elephant Sunset
I hope you have enjoyed your visit here. As always, be good humans.
I will finish with a total non-sequitur, a Hawaiian wave:
Aloha