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Tanzania 2: The Serengeti

Here's the 4x4 about to enter the Serengeti park.	Some ostriches	One of the first of the "exciting" (ie non-gazelle-like) animals we saw.	The tops of some hippopotamuses relaxing in a pool.	A lone buffalo, lounging around under a tree.
Baby baboon!	A close-up crocodile. We kept well inside the car for this one.	Apparently they open their mouths to help keep cool.	Another hippo colony	These lions were just sitting in the road; cars had to drive around them to get past.
A few giraffes having a munch.	Push-me-pull-you giraffe	Even better than a zebra crossing!	Caught at an awkward moment, by the look of it.	Tricia and Brian looking at an elephant during our lunch break.
The elephant in question, if you look closely.	A cardamom plant in flower.	A closer buffalo. They look very solid.	A smaller reptile; a monitor lizard.	Another giraffe, not making good use of its tall reach.
It's almost like he's wearing tennis shoes...	A very hot lion.	The rest of the lion's pride.	Proof that lions really are just big cats.	I think this is a lion cub.
The most elusive of the big cats in the Serengeti - a leopard hanging out in a tree. Taken through binoculars!	I think this is a dikdik - a very small antelope.	A few impala.	We stopped for a while at the Serenera Lodge for some car maintenance, and Yasmin found a skull as big as she is. We think it's an elephant skull, but it might be something else.	This was our accomodation for our first night in the Serengeti. Yes, there are lions out there.
There were also quite a few rock hyraxes here.	Here's one close up.	Euphorbium Candelabra, according to the sign. (Or was it Euphorbia Candelabrum?)	Part of a long line of wildebeest (aka gnu) on their migration, on the way to the Ngorongoro crater.	These lions weren't far from the migration, but had presumably eaten recently.
	The vultures weren't far away.	Zebra, and unusually one facing this way.	We're out of the Serengeti park here, and up the side of the crater. This is a view back where we came, from the spot where we had lunch on the second day.	Sarah didn't sleep very well by the look of it.
Chris and Yasmin with the same view.