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Rob > The name of this species...eludes...me right now. Ugly sucker, though. Location: Pench National Park, India Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > A landcrab takes a defensive posture. Location: Santo island, Vanuatu Lens used: 70-200mm f2.8 IS w/2.0x extender
Rob > I caught this little guy crawling through the underbrush. Location: Gaua island, Vanuatu Lens used: 70-200mm f2.8 IS w/1.4x extender
Rob > A freshly-emerged baby leatherback turtle squirms in my pudgy fingers. The little guys' flippers were remarkably strong. He and his clutch-mates were taken to the local turtle center where they'd be safe until they could be released into the sea. Location: Grande Riviere, Trinidad Lens used: 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS
Rob > A somewhat frazzled-looking jackal runs across a dirt road. Location: Pench National Park, India Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > The name of these flowers eludes me now, but they're quite common in Venezuela. The butterflies and moths just loved 'em. Location: Los Llanos, Venezuela Lens used: 60mm f2.8 Macro
Rob > A Howler monkey lookin' at me from a tree. It's a shame pictures can't convey what these things sound like when they start howling - they sound like jet engines. LOUD jet engines. Quite amazing. Location: Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Rob > If there is one wildlife experience in the world that I'd have to recommend to other, similarly-minded individuals, it would be to go see the very highly-endangered Mountain Gorillas in East Africa. There are groups in each of Rwanda, Uganda and the DRC that can be visited. Doing so isn't a cheap excursion (in addition to the expense of just getting to East Africa) and, as the number of visitors to the gorillas is heavily regulated plus how the gorillas make their home in a politically iffy part of the world, it takes some advance planning to do. But when you finally do come upon the gorillas in the bamboo forest, surrounded by adults and youngsters doing their thing sometimes only mere feet from you, it's magic unlike anything else. There is but one dominate male in each group, the Silverback. This shot is of our group's Silverback (we visited 'Group 13'). Location: Parc National des Volcans (Volcano National Park), Rwanda Lens used: n/a (Canon S1 IS point-and-shoot)
Rob > Though still incredibly endangered, the african Mountain Gorillas have much more in the way of advocacy than most species teetering on the brink. The money they bring in to the government's coffers, for example tends to keep them in the spotlight, somewhat. Not all such endangered species are so lucky - most vanish away without anyone even knowing. Humans are pretty much always to blame for such extinctions. Please try to be a good human - at least acknowledge that we share this planet with other beings and creatures that deserve to live just as much as we do. Location: Parc National des Volcans (Volcano National Park), Rwanda Lens used: n/a (Canon S1 IS point-and-shoot)
The name of this species...eludes...me right now. Ugly sucker, though.

Location: Pench National Park, India

Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
> The name of this species...eludes...me right now. Ugly sucker, though. Location: Pench National Park, India Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
The name of this species...eludes...me right now. Ugly sucker, though.

Location: Pench National Park, India

Lens used: 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 IS
Camera: Canon (Canon Eos 20d) |
More details: exif |
Original size: 2432px x 4079px |
Current: 179px x 300px |
Other sizes: Small • M • L |
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Keywords: deer ugly india
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