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A wild tom turkey in our yard showing off his stuff for the hens.

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A zebra colt rests in Ngorongoro Crater.

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A jackal stands alert in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania.

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Late afternoon view from Lake Manyara Lodge in Tanzania as the rains fall on the lake and Rift Valley below.

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A hippo opens wide in a pool near Lake Manyara in Tanzania.

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It’s sunset at Tarangire Safari Lodge in Tanzania, and the end of a rewarding day in Tarangire (pronounced Taa-raa-nghee-reh) National Park. Today, we watched giraffes, baboons, impalas, eagles, elephants, elephants and more elephants. The lodge is built on a high bluff overlooking the Tarangire River and plains below.

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As luck would have it, on day one of our post-climb safari, we arrived at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania just as a baboon troop was beginning its karaoke hour. Pictured above is one of the troop’s more talented members attempting “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”

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A leopard is well camouflaged in this sausage tree. The Serengeti – Feb 6, 2009.

Serengeti Safari Flickr photo/video set here.

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Lion chase 3/3. The lion catches the small wildebeest calf. You can see the wildebeest standing in the lion’s shadow. There is a happy ending. After standing there for about 15 seconds, the wildebeest calf trotted off and the lion let it go. Apparently, the lion concluded the calf was too small to eat or was not in the mood for wildebeest dim sum.

Serengeti Safari Flickr photo/video set here.

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One of a group of cheetahs (called a coalition) that we came across on a grassy knoll near the border of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area and The Serengeti. Some HD video of the cheetahs here.

Serengeti Safari Flickr photo/video set here.

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Let sleeping lions lie. More Serengeti photos/video here.

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A view from the rim of the Ngorongoro Crater into its Eden-like interior. We didn’t go down into the crater on the way to The Serengeti, but we planned on coming back on Feb. 17th after the climb of Kilimanjaro to do just that.

Serengeti Safari Flickr photo/video set here.