Place to see: Serengeti National Park, Arusha, Tanzania

Hippo Yawn

Hippo Yawn by Maurizio Moretto

Two male hyppos engaged in a ritual fight (.. with not much convinction) Lake Manyara National Park - Tanzania

Hyena's meal
Hippo Yawn

About this place:

Serengeti is one of the most famous national parks in Tanzania; it is an enormous plain covered with grass and populated by a moltitude of herbivore mammals ... and carnivore predators !
Actually, the park extends over the border with Kenia, where it changes its name in "Masai Mara". Twice a year the area is theatre to one of the most spectacular natural shows on earth: the wildebeest migration.

Postcards about Serengeti National Park:

  • Maurizio Moretto

    4 April 2008
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    Maurizio Moretto

    We had been driving for more than one hour on our evening game drive, but we didn't see much wildlife on that day. On our way back to the campsite, we saw some vultures flying in circle up in the sky. The driver promptly took us there, and when we arrived we found a dead Kudu antelope laying on the ground. More vultures were already sitting at the banquet and some marabu storks were standing, waiting for their turn. But suddenly one hyena came out of the bush, boasting her higher rank in the predator hierarchy and chased the vultures away, claiming the right to feed on the carcass.

Arusha, Arusha Region, TZ

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Discovered by Maurizio Moretto
on 1 April 2008.
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