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A moment of serendipitous proximity to an African tusker.
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Surprisingly, the African elephant (above) has never been domesticated.
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A lilac-breasted roller.
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A ground hornbill pair.
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An ostrich (along with its pair, not in picture) leading its nine chicks to safety across the road in Ngorongoro.
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The secretary bird, endemic to Africa, takes its name from the quill-like feathers in its crest.
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A marsh eagle sporting haute couture feathers.
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An African bustard.
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Flamingos in the Magadi lake, a salt lake in the crater.
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The inscrutable wild buffalo. Of all the animals in the crater, the Masai fear this unpredictable animal the most.
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A hippo at its belligerent best in a pond at the bottom of the Ngorongoro crater.
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A spotted hyena.
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A startled jackal in the crater.
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A curious warthog.
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A Grant's gazelle.
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A zebra with its foal.
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A skittish wildebeest.
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Waterbucks which resemble rodents.
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A pensive hartebeest.
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An impala with its fawn.
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