Saturday, February 16, 2008

Reticulated Giraffes. They run in slow mo. but (according to Dave) they can kill a lion with one well placed kick.
A Dikdik. These tiny Bambi-looking creatures are very rare...and look like a Rump Roast on legs. Bottom of the food chain??
Maybe (definitely) lower than the Dikdik on the food chain is the Maribu stork.
Crikey.
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2 comments:

Dave Sikkema III said...

Hey guys,
When we were in SA, we learned that the maribu stork's legs are white because he poops on them to stay cool.(and I noticed the white legs in the pic) The white fecal matter reflects the suns rays away from him. I tried that the other day but it didnt keep me cool at all.

Your pics are awesome.

The Sikkemas said...

Wow, that is hilarious. Did you know it's head is featherless so that it doesn't keep the diseases of the crap and guts it sticks its head into, and that its stomach can digest things 70 times more undigestible for the human stomach.
They are ugly, but amazing. Product of the Fall, or the creation??