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Rock Hyrax = Dassie. Closely related to the elephant according to its toes!
A Vervet Thinker. Kruger National Park.
Blesbok grazing in the Postberg section of the West Coast National Park
This elephant was clearly curious, if not perturbed, by finding a Meerkat in his playing field. He approached with ears flapping and trunk making little curling circles on the ground. Perhaps they have been friends for a long time, but I surely wondered what they thought of each other in this momentary encounter. Photograph taken by Hannelie de Klerk at Addo Elephant National Park. ISO 400, f5.6, 1/1600, -0,67 exposure compensation, July 2015

King of the hill. A male lion looks down on cars and ample prey in the Addo Elephant National Park, 20 July 2015. It took some intense work in Photoshop to optimise the colour and light in this photograph. Hannelie de Klerk
Pachyderm refers to thick skinned. Elephants are pachyderms and this enables them to survive in the thick thorny bush of the Addo Elephant National Park. 1/2000, f8, 500mm + 1,4 converter taken by Hannelie de Klerk.
As a clinical psychologist with psychodynamic training it fascinates me how intensely we can focus on one part of the other’s body to the exclusion of all else – photography then being the perfect vehicle for showing this elephant as being nosey and thick skinned. His attribute, my attention. Do we together create something new? Hannelie de Klerk
A Vervet Thinker. Kruger National Park.
My favourite moment from this trip – being seen by an Addo elephant. I will treasure it. https://hanneliedeklerk.com/2015/08/21/eye-of-the-elephant/
supper: leopard carrying a kori bustard to her young in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Blackbacked Jackal.
Hannelie de Klerk 
How lucky you are to live so close to the wild animals. Some great shots indeed 🙂
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