blandy Posted February 13, 2016 Moderator Share Posted February 13, 2016 I can't believe we're doing this. Anyway, all lions are exactly the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 Just to echo Tony's comments earlier about small margins. We went on a safari in Kenya but my wife was ill in the morning. We spent 30 or 40 minutes with the driver of our little bus trying to persuade us to divert to a hospital. She was having none of it. Random tablets, lots of water and fresh air was her self medication, no way was she going to a Kenyan hospital. Anyway, that put us way behind the crowds that all mass around whatever animal has been spotted, our driver basically had to go and do his own thing. We sat and watched baby elephants playing for a while. Water buffalo fighting. Wart hogs, cheetah, wild dogs, gazelle type things, just loads n loads of everything. Then we saw lions hunt down and kill an ostrich. Driver said that in 10 years he'd never witnessed that before. We even had the experience of grounding the bus (I say bus, it was a Bedford Rascal), so the driver was acting as the world's most nervous look out whilst his 6 tourists tried to get it off the tree trunk it had failed to negotiate. Then, days later, snorkelling with a million fish off a reef in the Indian Ocean. All a bit **** special. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 58 minutes ago, blandy said: I can't believe we're doing this. Anyway, all lions are exactly the same grow up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Zen Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Giraffes, easily. I've always been a sucker for absurdity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 ants are cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blandy Posted February 13, 2016 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Michelsen said: Giraffes, easily. I've always been a sucker for absurdity. You're sticking your neck out there, with that choice. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 giraffes have always been a bit of nothing to me then i saw 2 of them scrapping on BBC's africa.. . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydxmas Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Echo the honey badger shout out. Just watched a documentary about them. Tough little buggers! (Takes on 6 lions in the clip below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlalDNxccw Edited February 13, 2016 by lloydxmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 As I was reading that I thought it was going to say 'Ecco The Dolphin'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydxmas Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 *refrains from making crappy fish related puns* 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Giraffes astonish me, sometimes I take them for granted but when I stop and think about them, they're like creatures from another age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 27 minutes ago, lloydxmas said: Echo the honey badger shout out. Just watched a documentary about them. Tough little buggers! (Takes on 6 lions in the clip below) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvlalDNxccw yep and can take snake venom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 29 minutes ago, villa4europe said: giraffes have always been a bit of nothing to me then i saw 2 of them scrapping on BBC's africa.. . how much force behind that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 12 minutes ago, useless said: Giraffes astonish me, sometimes I take them for granted but when I stop and think about them, they're like creatures from another age. crocodiles as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Oldie, but goody. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 13, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted February 13, 2016 I've always been fascinated by primates. For our honeymoon last year we hiked through the jungle in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. We spent time with a highland mountain gorilla family in the wild - totally mind-blowing. Here is the family silverback - he just sat down in that pool of light. About 10 seconds later he charged us!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 6 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: how much force behind that! dont thank me, its horrible not sure why for 30 years of my life it never occurred to me the funny things on the top of a giraffes head actually did something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysAVFC Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 33 minutes ago, villa4europe said: giraffes have always been a bit of nothing to me then i saw 2 of them scrapping on BBC's africa.. . Giraffes are nutters, I've seen them run through some fairly dense woodland not giving a f**k about some pretty thick branches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mjmooney Posted February 13, 2016 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2016 1 minute ago, TheAuthority said: I've always been fascinated by primates. For our honeymoon last year we hiked through the jungle in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. We spent time with a highland mountain gorilla family in the wild - totally mind-blowing. Here is the family silverback - he just sat down in that pool of light. About 10 seconds later he charged us!! How much? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) How much? "10 dollar!" Edited February 13, 2016 by Xann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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