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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

10,000 Birds

They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better policy: between 2013 and 2017, well over a thousand rhinos were annually poached in South Africa.

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Shadows of Africa

10,000 Birds

They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. Barn Owl on a dry tree trunk and a… traffic jam! Nowadays, the Savannah Elephants are shorter and with smaller tusks, often without them. Sniffing us.

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