- I recently took a trip down memory lane, revisiting photos of places and memories that have slowly become more distant with time. These pictures bring me happiness, and transport me back to the times and places when I first encountered these animal subjects.
I glanced out of my bathroom window in Jim Corbett National Park, India to see this owlet staring back at me. His whole body maxed out at about 8″.
Juvenile monkey swinging through the trees, at a rest stop in Jim Corbett National Park. March 2012
While waiting for out dinner to arrive, this pelican sat atop our roof, waiting for the perfect moment to dive. I waited with him, and caught him before he caught his prey.
I was thankful that this Hyena seemed drained by the day’s heat, as the saw a baby zebra 2 minutes further into the crater, that surely would make a nice meal for this vicious predator.
Early in the Ngorongoro crater, lions fill their bellies on newly-caught wildebeest, then nap off the night’s excitement.
Every evening, I would sit on the bridge connecting the two islands of the Conrad Maldives. This Manta would show up to hunt, gulping massive amounts of plankton by the light of the bridge above.
These little things, called nudibranches, are some of the most fascinating and beautiful marine life. The reward for finding them is great- they can have remarkable camouflage or the brightest colors under the sea, and can range from under and inch in size to up to 2 feet.
This monkey had just stolen a cracker from a human visitor to Jim Corbett National park, India. Look closely, and you will know who stole the cookie form the cookie jar.
Dispite these fish being gorgeous, they are relentless hunters, and an extremely invasive species. They have poisonous spines which disallow most natural predators, and their numbers are increasing exponentially.
