This week’s photo find is of two buffalo approaching a tortoise, grazing near a waterhole in the Addo Elephant National Park.
The tortoise appeared to be unconcerned, and the buffalo merely mildly curious. The Blacksmith Plover was more intent in keeping a lookout for an insects that might be disturbed by the buffalo.
Posted by Carol
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August 13, 2018 at 1:38 am
Big and small sharing their space in harmony!
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August 13, 2018 at 6:36 am
Indeed! Lovely to see.
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August 10, 2018 at 3:18 pm
I love the picture and your commentary brings it to life, making me look further, for example to the plover and it’s intent watch for insects. Wonderful 🙂
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August 11, 2018 at 3:46 pm
Thanks Osyth. Yes the plover certainly added to the dynamic.
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August 10, 2018 at 11:39 am
Great story in the picture.
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August 11, 2018 at 3:13 pm
Thank you Sherry.
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August 10, 2018 at 8:11 am
Oh wow. a whole overview on natural history in a single shot.
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August 11, 2018 at 3:11 pm
Thanks Margaret. Nice that it was a close encounter of a placid kind.
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August 10, 2018 at 4:34 am
A picture worth a thousand words. I’ll just call it marvelous! 🙂
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August 11, 2018 at 3:07 pm
Thank you Gunta.
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August 10, 2018 at 12:06 am
Great shot that could yield a thousand words. 🙂 Those buffalo horns look lethal!
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August 11, 2018 at 3:07 pm
Thanks Eliza. Yes indeed, although buffalo often look to be totally placid, the formidable horns truly can be lethal.
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August 9, 2018 at 11:32 pm
Everyone getting along just fine!
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August 11, 2018 at 3:02 pm
They certainly seemed to be – perhaps there is a fable in that? “The tortoise and the buffalo”.
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August 11, 2018 at 3:18 pm
Ha…yes…something like that!
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August 9, 2018 at 10:23 pm
What a nicely composed photo. Interactions between species are so interesting.
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August 11, 2018 at 2:55 pm
Thanks Graham. Yes they are interesting and perhaps often overlooked or unnoticed by us.
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August 9, 2018 at 9:28 pm
Very nice!
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August 11, 2018 at 2:54 pm
Thanks Belinda.
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August 9, 2018 at 7:45 pm
Three of a kind. Great photo!
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August 9, 2018 at 8:33 pm
Thank you!
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