Lots of Special Creatures

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Geo: -24.7805, 26.2697

After work today I went with Paul for a drive to pick up staff from Derdepoort Gate. We also went to the general dealer to buy a few (overpriced) groceries, fill up Paul's work vehicle with fuel and enjoy an ice-cream. On the way back to the lodge we came across many white rhinos – a large crash of 7. I find it to be such an amazing sight to watch these fragile creatures who existence is threatened by human greed.

The rhinos were only a few metres or so from the road and were more than happy to continue eating grass as we watched them. They slowly moved along the road and we drove behind them. Then the one with its behind facing us started to move backwards, slowly getting closer to our vehicle - there was going to be some action! Another rhino started to charge it, the rhino in front of the vehicle turned around and ran right across the road in front of us, causing a lot of dust. This did cause all the other rhinos to stop eating grass and watch the action. They seemed a little bit unsettled after this charge. We drove away and left them to settle down.

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Photos

01 Three
Three of the rhinos that we saw.

02 Amazing Light
The timing and position of the rhino and the sun created this great shot.

03 Mother & Calf
A mother rhino and her calf.

05 Eating
The rhinos continued to eat grass.

06 Bottoms
The rhinos facing their rear ends towards us.

07 Still Eating
The rhinos still eating.

09 Slowly
The rhinos are slowly walking and eating.

11 Scratches
This rhino stopped eating to look at us. It has scratches on its side from the thorny bushes it walked past.

12 Eating
And continued to eat grass.