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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

10,000 Birds

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. 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. Sniffing us. A flock of Red-billed Oxpeckers is flying above.

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Shadows of Africa

10,000 Birds

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. 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. Sniffing us. A flock of Red-billed Oxpeckers is flying above.

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