The pangolin is easily one of my best wildlife sightings. They can be very rare to see in Africa. Not only did we see one when in Botswana, we saw one being stalked by a leopard. For protection from predators, pangolins will curl up in a ball. But as soon as the pangolin thought the leopard was asleep, it would uncurl itself and slowly try to sneak away. This is one of those slow uncurl moments. Nikon D700 with Nikkor 70-200mm lens (at 200mm) ISO 800, f/2.8 at 1/320th of a second
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The pangolin is easily one of my best wildlife sightings. They can be very rare to see in Africa. Not only did we see one when in Botswana, we saw one being stalked by a leopard. For protection from predators, pangolins will curl up in a ball. But as soon as the pangolin thought the leopard was asleep, it would uncurl itself and slowly try to sneak away. This is one of those slow uncurl moments.
What a remarkable creature. Thanks for sharing this great image!
Very cool sighting and photo.
Very interesting creature!!
Hiding from its stalker in talk grass you caught the excitement of the moment again
Aunt Sue
Armored sweetness! Thanks for waiting to capture this moment.
He looks like an artichoke!
—– An early ironclad
—– Aswirl in a
—– Grasy sea
—– Hoping for concealment
—– From power
—– Surpassing he .
Cool. Behavior similar to a hedgehog!