2. South Africa, Ngala 2012

Ngala 2

Cape dwarf cameleleon, cape buffalo, red flowering bush, young kudu, elephant in the bush, black-backed jackel, zebra dominance battle, leopard cub in tree, Mopane tree, leopard with impala carcass, breakfast in the bush, hippopotumus displaying, hippo lunging from the water, hippo with wide open mouth, pregnant zebra, zebra pair, nursing zebra, Cape turtle dove, European bee eater, Stripped kingfisher, sunset over Drakensberg mountains, pair of blue wildebeest, Giant african millepede, warthog with broken tusk, impala with tickbird, Martial eagle with nest, young female lion
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Battling zebras
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Battling zebras

This is one of my older photos from Ngala, South Africa, revived by Jason Penney. It shows male zebras battling for dominance. Looking at it again, I am struck by the nonchalance of the impalas, feeding and resting in the background, to this crashing activity with their 'been there, seen that' attitude .

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  • Hey, watch out, we're resting here!<br /> <br /> At the largest sizes, check out the look the tick bird is giving the zebra, and the expression on the impala's face.<br /> <br /> Zebra, impala and tick bird, Ngala, South Africa
  • Nursing zebra colt, Ngala, South Africa<br /> <br /> Zebra foals have a brownish coat that they lose about the time they are weaned. This colt is starting to lose hers.
  • Pregnant zebra mare with beautiful dark markings, Ngala, South Africa
  • Zebra stallion with preganant mare (tritone), Ngala, South Africa
  • Zebra stallion and pregnant mare, Ngala, South Africa
  • Pair of blue wildebeest, Ngala, South Africa
  • "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" (Margaret Wolfe Hungerford, 1878)<br /> <br /> Female wart hog, Ngala, South Africa
  • Covered in mud, broken tusk, but still beautiful.<br /> <br /> Portrait of a female wart hog with a broken tusk, Ngala, South Africa
  • Gotta love him, warts and all!<br /> <br /> Portrait of a male wart hog with a broken tusk, Ngala, South Africa<br /> <br /> The warts that give the wart hogs their name are the four fleshy protruburances in the males that you can see here. They serve as a fat reservoirs, and for defense when males fight.
  • Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) near its large messy nest, Ngala, South Africa<br /> <br /> Status: near threatened
  • Zebras-fighting-each-other,-Ngala,-South-Africa<br /> <br /> We were watching a large group of zebra when two males started having a battle royal that went on for several minutes before a 'winner' was decided. More pics to come
  • Zebras-fighting-2, Ngala, South Africa<br /> <br /> These zebra were engaged in some serious fighting, including kicks to the head and biting hard enough to draw blood. Dominance fight to control a harem, I think.
  • Battling zebras
  • Battling zebras-3, Ngala, South Africa
  • Battling zebras
  • Battling zebras-5, Ngala, South Africa
  • Battling zebras-6, Ngala, South Africa
  • Battling zebras-7, Ngala, South Africa
  • Battling zebras-8, Ngala, South Africa<br /> <br /> Note the giraffe in the distance, coming along the road
  • Battling zebras

  • Howard's Photography

    on August 10, 2016

    Amazing capture!

  • Lgood

    on August 10, 2016

    Fantastic capture!!

  • fotoeffects

    on August 9, 2016

    Terrific action capture! Yep, I guess the impalas have seen it many times before.

  • Terry Allen

    on August 9, 2016

    Thanks for your comments!

  • Donna McCommon

    on August 9, 2016

    WOW, awesome!

  • Jason Penney

    on August 9, 2016

    great shot

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