Lions & Hippos & Bears, Oh My! (Plus the Great Monkey Battle of 2008) The poet Jim Croce once wrote “Sometimes they say that you get the bear, but sometimes the bear gets you.” Well, today, we got the bear - well, cubs anyway. It all started at the absurd hour of 4:30 am when we awoke, grabbed some coffee and headed out into the Pilanesberg National Park wherein we currently reside. We were on a private game drive - just our group and a guide and it was still dark. I traded in my big zoom lens for a shorter, faster (can take pictures in lower light) one and we got a few shots of a couple small creatures. Then, we got the word that a sunrise balloon tour group had spotted a pride of
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