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I am an avid wildlife enthusiast & photographer and operate Rockjumper Birding Tours, Indri Mammal Voyages & Oryx Photographic Expeditions
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Sign In to followThanks - I use Firefox and it won't let me edit the spotting.
Hi Pamsai - have tried to edit this and other spottings to add to additional missions but the system doesn't seem to allow me to do that.
This was not a dead pangolin - please read the story I posted which I have copied for your convenience: This individual was rescued from an illegal hunter deep inside the Atewa Range Forest Reserve of Ghana. Fortunately it was unhurt and we purchased it from the hunter and released it back into the wild, a lucky escape for this gentle and endangered creature that was destined for the bush meat market.
Thanks for the ID Christiane!
Hi Irene - that all depends upon which taxonomy you follow. The IOC does not recognise Chestnut-mandibled as a species, but rather a subspecies of Black-mandibled.
That's wonderful news, I am tickled pink!
Hi Bayucca - Related male Lions often form coalitions, even up to 6 or 7 in size but 2-4 is probably average. These male coalitions are very powerful allowing them to overpower any dominant males and thereby take over the prides and mating rights. Because the males within the coalition are related there is less genetic competition between the males so they tolerate each others company and these coalitions usually last for the lifetime of the members.
Its a Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus in the background.