Favorites: The Animal Edition

In honor of the conclusion of my time in Africa, I've compiled a few of my favorite photographs over the past several years.
Here are my favorite animal photos!

For my favorite photographs of Zimbabwe: go here!!

For my favorite photographs of Senegal: go here!!

A lilac breasted roller in Chobe National Park, Botswana - Hope is a Thing with Feathers

A baby elephant of the Presidential Herd, Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe - The Ivory Lodge

A crocodile sleeps on the banks of the Chobe River in Botswana - Snapshots from the River: The Chobe Crocodile

A giraffe in Chobe National Park, Botswana - The Chobe smorgasbord of animals!!

I originally captioned this photo of a donkey in Palmarin, Senegal:
"Hello, donkey, the rains must feel like a wonderful break from the heat." - Hello, donkey! Hello, pelicans! Hello, white flamingo?!

A lion at Antelope Park in Gweru, Zimbabwe - ...and then the lions charged!

Elephants along the Chobe River, Botswana - An ode to elephants

A penguin in Boulders, South Africa, on the Cape of Good Hope - Penguins...in Africa! Woohoo!!

A bird searching for food on Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe - The Lake Kariba smorgasbord

Two lions cubs in Hwange, Zimbabwe - I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.

A herd of bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States - Yellowstone: Animals Part II

A mama giraffe in the Save Valley Conservancy, Zimbabwe - Giraffes!! (An Ode to ALDB)

Traffic in Rufisque, Senegal, the only real road off the Cap-Vert peninsula where Dakar is located - Passing Through Rufisque

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Snapshots from the River: The Chobe Crocodile!

The mighty crocodile of the Chobe River.

A crocodile suns itself in Botswana's Chobe National Park.

I find crocodiles terrifying.  Can you blame me? I mean, look at those teeth!

A river safari always reminds me to have a healthy fear of rivers in Africa!

A water lily.

A herd of elephants drinking at the Chobe River.  Oh, Botswana, you always are so lovely.

Waterbuck!

The wonderful Chobe River.

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The Chobe Hippos et Al!

Why, hello, hippo!

A hippo yawning in Chobe National Park in Botswana.

A baby hippo nestled in its pod.

A crocodile lounging on the Chobe River.

An African Buffalo.

Why, hello, elephants!

There's something about baby elephants that is just so ridiculously cute.

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The mighty crocodile of the Zambezi

A crocodile on the Zambezi River in Mana Pools National Park -- Zimbabwe.

There were many, many, many crocodiles in the Zambezi.

None to which I wanted to get any closer.

Warthogs may be some of the cutest animals ever.  I had no idea. 

Here a mama leads her two babies away--when they run, their tails go straight up in the air like antennas.

And their hair reminds me of some serious old-school side burns.

A waterbuck next to the Zambezi.  They're easy to pick out because of the bulls eye on their tushes.

A waterbuck and a zebra.

Baboons.  Kind of an unnerving shot with its human-like quality, eh?

A hippopotamus stares me down from his perch in the Zambezi.

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