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A "creche" of wild lion cubs provided endless entertainment for us in the Kalahari desert. Here one of them hugs their siblings.

A male lion stalks towards me as I am lying on my belly in the soft sand of Namibia - a thrilling moment. This animal was totally wild.
© Morkel Era

Subject: Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
Location: Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Background: After leaving camp before dawn and striking a rou

A pair of Gemsbok (Oryx) bulls battle for dominance at a dusty and dry Kalahari waterhole.

Two young Kalahari cheetahs chase each other around a fossil riverbed turned green by recent rains.

A herd of wild African Elephants emerge from a waterhole in Etosha, Namibia

A cute little Chacma Baboon in the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Subject: African Leopard (Panthera Pardus)
Location: Kruger National Park, South Africa
Background: We'd been looking for leopards for over 4 days in

A herd of Springbok awaken for the day's grazing in the Kalahari desert, South Africa, as the first rays of light filter through an ancient camelthorn

Capturing a young Burchell's Zebra foal against the backdrop of its mother's skin patterns was a long-time photographic vision of mine which was prese

A cute young wild cheetah cub peers over a tree stump in South Africa.

A dazzle of Zebras in a game reserve in South Africa.

A cheetah drags down a gazelle on the plains of Kenya's Maasai Mara

An endangered Cape Mountain Zebra mare nudges her foal as the sun sets in the Karoo desert.

A dominant hippo bull in South Africa shows his intentions by thrashing about in the water.

A lone tree on the South African Highveld, under a brooding stormy sky of towering cumulus clouds.

A wild female cheetah and her two young cubs huddle together in the morning sun of the Kalahari desert, South Africa.

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Mover and Shaker

A massive African Elephant bull in a state of musth shakes his head indignantly...this is a fully wild animal
© Morkel Erasmus Photography...
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A massive African Elephant bull in a state of musth shakes his head indignantly...this is a fully wild animal
© Morkel Erasmus Photography
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wow how do u get so close??

What a BEAUT shot !!!!!!!!!!!

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