Less favorable light than I typically like to shoot in, but at least I was able to get a clean background for this dwarf mongoose in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Interesting fact about the dwarf mongoose — they have a mutualistic relationship with hornbills (like the one I posted on February 8th). They will forage alongside each other in order to warn one other of any approaching predators. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
So you’re saying the dwarf mongoose and the hornbill are friends with benefits? Is that what the kids are calling it? I don’t get how that works. I guess I just don’t understand people these days, or hornbills, or dwarf mongeese.
Nice clear shot! I once had one run in front of a car I was in, in Barbados. It was wrestling with a snake. This was 40 years ago when I didn’t carry a camera with me all the time. And even then, it happened so fast it would have been impossible. So, it becomes one of those memories one never forgets.
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Less favorable light than I typically like to shoot in, but at least I was able to get a clean background for this dwarf mongoose in the Okavango Delta of Botswana. Interesting fact about the dwarf mongoose — they have a mutualistic relationship with hornbills (like the one I posted on February 8th). They will forage alongside each other in order to warn one other of any approaching predators. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5.6 at 1/1600th of a second.
So you’re saying the dwarf mongoose and the hornbill are friends with benefits? Is that what the kids are calling it? I don’t get how that works. I guess I just don’t understand people these days, or hornbills, or dwarf mongeese.
Nice clear shot! I once had one run in front of a car I was in, in Barbados. It was wrestling with a snake. This was 40 years ago when I didn’t carry a camera with me all the time. And even then, it happened so fast it would have been impossible. So, it becomes one of those memories one never forgets.