Crocodiles and others

[Rikki]

A few of the animals i came across on my trip to west Africa last month!

A baby Nile Crocodile


Some adult Nile Crocs



Some Red Colobus Monkeys lazing in a tree.


A Hyena

[shiva&kaa123]

Wow, I want that baby croc!
Ben

[Rikki]

another Croc


Some Vultures that were not scared of me at all.


And a Green Velvet Monkey

[SiUK]

what a trip, I would love to do something like that, id be on the look out for all the hots though, did you see any snakes??

[powderpuff_girl]

amazing pics!!

[Rikki]

it was brilliant! I saw a few Beauty snakes, then, after giving up hope, on the second to last day i saw a Boomslang just chilling on a wall down some backstreets.

I was fumbling to get my camera when a lizard ran up the wall, the snake got spooked, and fell off the wall into the person's garden!

It's so hard to find snakes anywhere in the rain though. I went to all the nature reserves near my uncle's house and searched for hours. It gave me great respect for people like Mark O'shea, who do their T.V shows with no set ups!

[SiUK]

yeh definately, sometimes they search for days, and if it is no set ups then its not an easy job, I suppose alot of it is knowing what sort of habitat to look in, boomslangs and certain mambas would probably be the easiest to find as they spend alot of time off of the ground, others like Bitis species would be harder, as they are lazy anyway and being ambush predators I doubt you see them on the move much.

[Rikki]

yeah i was searching for a Puff Adder more than anything! But where they hide i do not know, because i turned over every giant palm leaf, log, etc in my hunt and only found lizards and colubrids . I found an old termite mound that had something reptilian in it, but it was wedged up against the hole, deep inside, so i wasnt going to try and dislodge it!

[Triangulum]

Great photos.
Mega jealous of your trip...

[Rikki]

Originally Posted by Meltos

Great photos.
Mega jealous of your trip...

Does it make you more jealous when i say the owner of the reptile farm, a French herpetologist, has invited me to volunteer in the holidays?!