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Dec 10, 2009 15:43 |  #1

Hippos fighting in the Mara river in northern Tanzania. One shot out of about 300. Crappy thing is after my battery died, the winning hippo was bitten by a 3 meter Crocodile which was then torn in half by the hippo. I've since acquired a second battery which is always fully charged sitting in my bag.

Sorry for the low res. I've already had this taken from facebook. An enterprising "friend" found he could make a buck with a 200kb copy.


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Dec 11, 2009 12:34 |  #2

I like your shot alot. Would like to see more.




  
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Dec 11, 2009 14:23 |  #3

Nicely captured.

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Dec 11, 2009 17:03 as a reply to  @ jgrussell's post |  #4

Couple more in the Serengeti area. Zebra photo taken further west along the Mara river 1 month after the Hippo photos were taken.


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Dec 12, 2009 20:44 |  #5

You have some very interesting wildlife action photos.

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Dec 13, 2009 05:04 |  #6

Nice shot.

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Dec 13, 2009 08:51 |  #7

wow that is a big croc!




  
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Dec 13, 2009 09:32 |  #8

Wow, those are pretty intense! Not sure what size zebra that is, but the croc looks enormous compared to it!

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Dec 22, 2009 20:48 |  #9

Nice capture of the monster at the crossing.

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