10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

We haven’t seen the reason yet, but suddenly you could have palpated a tension in the air that made the zebras step away and even one female Ostrich stand up… Then the Lord of the waterhole came, a young – although nine years old White Rhinoceros. Cover photo: White Rhinoceros, Wikimedia Commons.

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Rhinos South Africa Rhinoceros White Rhinos 173

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 216

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 190