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Wildlife/Nature

34 images Created 24 Oct 2016

“Nature has been for me, for as long as I remember, a source of solace, inspiration, adventure, and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion.”— Lorraine Anderson

Having spent my childhood in South Africa, I began an early love affair with the wilderness. Some of my most vivid memories are of lying awake at night listening to the roar of lions accompanied by a string quartet of cicadas, imagining the secret nighttime rituals happening outside in the dark.

While I grew up in Johannesburg, during our summer holidays my family would pack up our rusty old landrover and head somewhere wild–Kruger Park, Lapalala, Swaziland, Zimbabwe–and no matter how long we stayed, I never tired of seeing wildlife. I loved knowing that wildlife existed independently of our human world and had its own mysterious rhythms and complex relationships.[su_spacer]
Although I left South Africa many years ago, I have found myself drawn back to Africa over and over again as a photographer.
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  • A three month-old gorilla demands attention from his mother while she tries to take a nap in the jungle of Rwanda's Virunga Mountains.
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  • A female mountain gorilla engulfs her three month-old infant in an embrace in the jungle of Rwanda's Virunga Mountains.
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  • Female chimp, Ndyakira, is photographed at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Ndyakira, who has been on Ngamba Island since 2002, has a bald forehead and little hair around her face. Ndyakira meansí I will surviveí in Rutoro. She was named after a very famous environmental journalist in Uganda who helped in uncovering the story of the four chimps that traveled to Russia and eventually to Uganda (some of whom are now at Ngamba). Ndyakira was confiscated from dealers in Kampala. After being informed that someone was trying to sell an infant chimp, CSWCT with the assistance of the Wildlife Authority, arranged a sting operation and successfully rescued Ndyakira.<br />
On arrival Ndyakira was underweight, had a very poor appetite, dull hair all symptoms of poor nutrition. She was both psychologically and physically unhealthy. She happily integrated into the group and loves being in the trees while in the forest. She has an average hierarchy especially in her age group.  03/15 Julia Cumes/IFAW
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  • Male chimp Eddie is photographed at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. Eddie, who has been on Ngamba Island since 1998, has a healthy shiny black coat of hair. His face is brown with man wrinkles and dark spots. Although in good physical condition; he was depressed on arrival at UWEC, so it took him long to integrate into our group.<br />
He often displays with objects like Jerry cans and seems to enjoy throwing stones to people.<br />
Eddie likes asking for food by standing up and raising both his hands. He often stays behind after feeding and cries for more.<br />
In 2004 he over threw the alpha male, Robbie with the help of Mika, who within a few weeks over threw him from the alpha position, which he still holds to date.<br />
Eddie now holds the 3rd position of rank. hrew the alpha male, Robbie with the help of Mika, who within a few weeks over threw him from the alpha position, which he still holds to date. 03/15 Julia Cumes/IFAW
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  • A macaque monkey grooms a female macaque while she breast feeds her infant in the Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud on the island of Bali in Indonesia.
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  • A macaque monkey holds onto her infant in the Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud on the island of Bali in Indonesia.
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  • Elephant calves are photographed in Amboselli National Park in Kenya. 1/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes
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  • Wildebeests graze in Amboseli National Park in Kenya.  01/24/2017 IFAW/Julia Cumes
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  • A male blue-footed booby tries to catch the attention of his female partner by performing a courtship ritual on Espanola Island in the Galaogos. Apparently, the name ìboobyî comes from the Spanish word ìboboî which means ìclownî or ìfoolî or ístupidî. They earned this name because of their clumsy movements on land. Famous for their mating dance, the male booby will spread his wings and lift his blue feet high off the ground to impress his female partner with whom he mates for life.
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  • A Galapagos sea lion mother snuggles with her pup on Espanola Island in the Galapagos.
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  • Sally Lightfoot crabs scuttle around on a volcanic rock on Isabela Island. While the adult crabs are brightly colored, young crabs are very dark and camouflage well on the lava rocks.
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  • A great blue heron calls out loudly on Isabela Island in the Galapagos. The great blue herons in the Galapagos primarily eat marine iguanas, lava lizards and common fish.
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  • A galapagos penguin suns itself on a rock on Isabela Island in the Galapagos.
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  • A galapagos penguin shares a rock with marine iguanas on Isabela Island in the Galapagos.
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  • Whale bones are left undisturbed on the lava rock while in the distance, a rainbow arcs up dramatically on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos.
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  • A pelican is photographed in the Everglades in Florida.
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