December 25, 2015: Our last day in Tarangire National Park, before moving on to Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, and the Serengeti. It was a good one, beginning with sunrise.
We went for a game drive, and soon saw this orb weaver spider on a bush by the side of the road.
We went for a game drive, and soon saw this orb weaver spider on a bush by the side of the road.
We walked for a bit and posed for a picture (except for me, who took the picture). Note our good-humored guide, Noele, a park ranger with a gun, and our Masai guide/guard with a spear in the back.
Continuing our drive, we finally saw the animal we'd been looking for: a leopard. Leopards are usually found in trees, but this one was sitting calmly on the ground by some termite mounds. Close inspection of the photos shows that it has lost its right eye.
To close this post, I'll repeat the remarkable photo of a python attacking a puff adder that I posted a few days ago, prefaced with a picture of an earlier attack, a minute or two before, from the same event.
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