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Comment: Our first cat spotting was a leopard in a tree.
06mountains * Each area was very beautiful and different from each other. Samburu was wooded and had several pretty rivers running through it, including the one next to our campsite. Of course, there were crocodiles in the rivers so you wouldn't want to go swimming there. * 1600 x 1200 * (256KB)

07baboon * Each reserve had one or more animals that we saw a lot of. In Samburu it was baboons and giraffes. There were also lots of vervet monkeys including a troop near our campsite. * 1600 x 1200 * (455KB)

08babybaboon * 1600 x 1200 * (425KB)

09vervetmonkey * 1600 x 1200 * (478KB)

10giraffe * 1600 x 1200 * (268KB)
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13giraffezebra * We then went down to a river where there were giraffe and zebra on the other side. * 1600 x 1200 * (460KB)

14giraffesriver * The giraffe then formed a line and crossed the river. Unfortunately for one of them it got stuck half way across. It tried many times to get its hind legs loose while 3 to 5 crocodiles came closer and closer to watch. If finally got free by rolling on its side but in doing so broke its leg. We found later out that it actually had two broken legs. The crocodiles didn't get it but the giraffe died on the shore. The body was dragged away and that night we saw vultures feeding on the carcass. * 1600 x 1200 * (454KB)

15zebra * The Grevy zebra are endangered. * 1600 x 1200 * (436KB)

16gerenuk * 1128 x 920 * (332KB)

17leopard * That evening we saw another leopard. After it got down from the tree it walked through a gully and rousted a bird that was hiding in the grass. The leopard made an unsuccessful lunge for the bird but then found its nest. We could see it eating something from the nest (either eggs or chicks) and licking its lips. That night goat rustlers shot AK47s in the nearby village to scare off the villagers and take their goats. Three girls from the village ran over a mile in the dark and crossed the crocodile-infest river to come to the lights of our cook tent for safety. An old man with a rifle pursued and shot at the rustlers for over an hour but they got away. Our guide drove off to get more ammunition and guards for our campsite. A lot of excitement but I slept through it all. * 1600 x 1200 * (443KB)
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