Saturday, January 20, 2007
Saturday Photo Hunt: Wild
This is The Crossing of the Mara River, a part of the Great Migration on the Masai Mara. The wildebeestes, along with some zebra, line up single file for miles and miles. At the water's edge, one gnu (what we used to call wildebeeste, and much shorter to type!) will approach the river's edge, then panic and run to the back, while another takes his place as first in line. This fight between instinct and terror can go on for hours, and some days no gnu gets up the courage to cross. But once the first one goes, there is a stampede. After this picture was taken, about half the herd milled around for a while, then crossed the river back to where they had come from! About a third of that group crossed back one more time; the rest stayed, presumably to cross again the next day. After witnessing the chaos of The Crossing, we referred to gnus for the rest of our trip as "Bewildered-beestes." It was "wild" in every sense of the word.
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That photo is super astounding!!! WoW!!
My wild in the desert is posted. Come join in....but keep the bread crumbs in your pocket!!!
Well, I tried to comment just now and got a "timed out" notice on the pop up...so, will try again.
I did say that the photo above was so astounding. It's a great depiction of wild, indeed.
My wild in the desert is posted. Come join in....but keep the bread crumbs in your pocket!!!
WOW~that's really WILD and awesome. Great photo. Thanks for coming by.
A stunning picture, well taken.
Michele sent me here.
Wow, that's pretty cool. Isn't it always the case that after one tries it the rest fells safe and follow. :)
I never figured that squirrels could climb buildings. I see them up a tree, but it was the first time that I saw them do that. So I had to get photos and send them to my family in Hawai'i.
Thanks for stopping by.
It's all political...
The herd mills around... then the watch the "gnus", and all stampede towards whatever they saw... Of course, once there, they can't seem to find a reason why they came, until the "gnus" tell them it's better over there... They follow the herd back and forth... until both sides look pretty much the same....
Very cool photo! Definitely wild!
This is so neat. I always love hearing about and seeing your cool adventures.
Love the photo. Have a great weekend.
I Gnu I would loved your photo right away! lol..great photo, and thats some traveling you are doing! My photo is up, please come and visit
Beautiful!! WOW how wonderful to watch...WILD is great there for sure!! Thanks for stopping by...by the way...how old is OLDER than DIRT!!?? I am pretty old...so you I and must be around the SAME AGE!! smile. Come back again anytime...Sandy
What a cool shot!
Mine's up too :)
wonderful photo....you can't get much wilder than that!
Mitey Mite....my niece goes by that name...and I sense you are a gentle soul just like her.
I read your post about the afgan...how lovely to know you that blanket gave him such comfort..and how wonderful for his daughter to return it to you with such a heart felt note.
Enjoyed your blog....
Cheers...
wow, that photo is awesome!
i had no idea what they were, i was looking at it trying to figure it out, my first thought was alligators.
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