Mammals Zebra Triplet

[Hali]

From our trip to Africa in 2019, with the EOS R. I had the camera for about 3 weeks before I left for the trip (they were incredibly hard to get still) but I put it through it's paces on that trip. I brought it as a backup for my trusty 5D 1V but once I put the big lens on the 500 it never came off.

 

[Bear]

From our trip to Africa in 2019, with the EOS R. I had the camera for about 3 weeks before I left for the trip (they were incredibly hard to get still) but I put it through it's paces on that trip. I brought it as a backup for my trusty 5D 1V but once I put the big lens on the 500 it never came off.View attachment 12578

Beautiful capture Hali!

 

[MikeZ]

Agreed, beautiful shot.

 

[Paul Iddon]

Great eye contact Hali, nice one

Paul.

 

[Hali]

Beautiful capture Hali!

Agreed, beautiful shot.

Great eye contact Hali, nice one

Paul.

Thank you all! It's going up on my wall in metal.

 

[Ed Cordes]

Well done! They are certainly checking you out.

 

[Hali]

Well done! They are certainly checking you out.

They were intent on us, that was for sure. Took a while before they moved off with the rest of the herd. Thank you very much, Ed.

 

[Chris Summers]

We've done several trips to South Africa and Namibia. On one of our first game drives we saw hundreds of zebra, our guide explained that big cat predators see mostly in black and white and when zebra are all huddled together the predator can't make out the animal as well. The stripes on the legs and bodies all merge together making a plan of attack harder.

 

[RedCobra]

Zebras at waterhole 2-14 by Alan Kefauver, on Flickr

 

[MikeZ]

Fantastic shot. So, do zebras travel in triplets?

 

[Hali]

We've done several trips to South Africa and Namibia. On one of our first game drives we saw hundreds of zebra, our guide explained that big cat predators see mostly in black and white and when zebra are all huddled together the predator can't make out the animal as well. The stripes on the legs and bodies all merge together making a plan of attack harder.

That's very interesting, I didn't know that. I'd love to go back to Tanzania, but maybe a trip to South Africa might be more reasonable I've heard.

 

[Hali]

Zebras at waterhole 2-14 by Alan Kefauver, on Flickr

That's a great shot! They are so wary, you can see they are watching you whilst they drink. Were you in a hide?

 

[Hali]

Fantastic shot. So, do zebras travel in triplets?

It seems that way, but no, usually in large herds.

 

[RedCobra]

That's a great shot! They are so wary, you can see they are watching you whilst they drink. Were you in a hide?

yes