somber moment of contemplation when this elephant approaches us so closely, so intimately. will they survive poaching? there is already enough pressure on the population from loss of habitat. but poaching is the clear and present danger we must overcome. but how?
The real story of this photo of a male impala is the red-billed oxpicker, which is removing a parasite from his neck just before he approaches the river in the background. Impalas are bovids, and not antelope - an accident of evolution.
