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alainloss: Fig tree (Ficus thonningii)
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alainloss: Fig tree (Ficus thonningii) trunk
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alainloss: Red hartebeests with flamingos in the background
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alainloss: Zebras about to cross
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alainloss: Male lion getting active at dusk
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alainloss: Pod of hippos
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alainloss: Hippo initiating a yawn
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alainloss: Hippo front teeth called incisors are responsible for inflicting wounds during fights
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alainloss: Mighty yawn exposing the hippo's lethal tusks
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alainloss: Mwanza flat-headed rock Agama lizard
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alainloss: Mwanza flat-headed rock Agama (Agama mwanzae)
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alainloss: Female leopard cuddling her cub
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alainloss: Mother leopard and her young cub on a kopje
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alainloss: Elephants in the caldera
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alainloss: Female ostrich in the crater's open grassland
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alainloss: Kori bustard (Ardeotis kori)
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alainloss: Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
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alainloss: 48-year old female chimpanzee eating a fruit
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alainloss: 48-year old female chimp snacking on a juicy fruit
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alainloss: 8-year old chimpanzee hanging from a tree
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alainloss: Bask of crocodiles on a Katuma river island
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alainloss: Female waterbucks and baby
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alainloss: Male waterbuck with its long spiral horns
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alainloss: Pod of hippos sunbathing on the sandbanks. Hippos secrete a reddish oily fluid which acts as a very effective sunscreen
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alainloss: Don't step on these rocks, these are actually hippos in a mud pool !
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alainloss: Hippo mud bath
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alainloss: Lion resting in the shade whilst keeping an eye on his fresh giraffe kill
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alainloss: Giraffe taken down by a male lion
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alainloss: Because of their sensitive skin hippos spend much of the day submerged in water with only their eyes, nostrils and ears sticking out
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alainloss: Hippo yawn in Katavi Lake