22-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - SPOTTED JOKER (Byblia ilithyia)

21-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - WAVE MOTH (genus Somatina)

2-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - SOUTHERN RED BILLED HORNBILL (Tockus rufirostris)

22-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - AFRICAN GREEN PIGEON (Treron calvus)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_green_pigeon

22-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - SUNDOWNER MOTH (Sphingomorphia chlorea)

14-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - SOUTHERN RED BISHOP (Euplectes orix)

22-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - ANGOLAN REED FROG (Hyperolius parallelus)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperolius_parallelus

18-4-2018 CHOBE NAT PARK, BOTSWANA - WHITES BUTTERFLY (Belonois ggidica ssp abyssinca

18-4-2018 CHOBE NAT PARK, BOTSWANA - TROPICAL BRUSHFÒOT BUTTERFLY (Byblia anvatura ssp acheloia)

17-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, BOTSWANA - AFRICAN ELEPHANT (Loxodonta africana)

17-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, BOTSWANA - DARTER (Anhinga rufa ssp. rufa)

17-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, BOTSWANA - COMMON GIRAFFE (Giraffa camelopardalisi)

21-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - HELMETED GUINEA FOWL (Numida meleagris)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1428-Numida-meleagris

20-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - BAT EARED FOX (Otocyon megalotis)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42095-Otocyon-megalotis

 

20-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - SOUTHEAST AFRICAN CHEETAH (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/606958-Acinonyx-jubatus-jubatus

 

18-4-2018 OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA - KORI BUSTARD (Ardeotis kori)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/115-Ardeotis-kori

 

15-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - BROWN HOODED KINGFISHER (Halcyon albiventris)

15-4-2018 CHOBE NATIONAL PARK, BOTSWANA - LILAC BREASTED ROLLER (Coracias caudatus) COURTESY OF MRS VALERIE FISHER

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/2269-Coracias-caudatus

13-4-2018 CHOBE RIVER, NAMIBIA - WIRE TAILED SWALLOW (Hirundo smithii)

5-4-2018 PHINDA FOREST LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA - NYALA (MALE) (Tragelaphus angusii)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42342-Tragelaphus-angasii

5-4-2018 PHINDA FOREST LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA - NYALA (FEMALE) (Tragelaphus angusii)

8-4-2018 THORNYBUSH LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA - HELMETED GUINEA FOWL (Numida meleagris)

8-4-2018 THORNYBUSH LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA - LEVAILLANT'S CUCKOO (Clamator levaillantii)

8-4-2018 THORNYBUSH LODGE, SOUTH AFRICA - AFRICAN STRIPED SKINK (Trachylepis striata)

https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37418-Trachylepis-striata

12-4-2018 VICTORIA FALLS, ZIMBABWE - ZULU GIANT (Stapelia gigantea)

tapelia gigantea is a species of flowering plant in the genus Stapelia of the family Apocynaceae. Common names include Zulu giant, carrion plant and toad plant (although the nickname "carrion plant" can also refer to Stapelia grandiflora). The plant is native to the desert regions of South Africa to Tanzania.

Growing up to 20 cm (8 in) tall, it is a clump-forming succulent with erect green stems 3 cm (1.2 in) thick. The blooms are large star-shaped five-petalled flowers up to 25 cm (9.8 in) in diameter. The flowers are red and yellow, wrinkled, with a silky texture and fringed with hairs, that can be as long as 8 mm (0.3 in). They bloom in autumn, triggered by the shorter daylight hours.

The flowers have the smell of rotting flesh, in order to attract the flies which pollinate them. Scent compounds of carrion flowers responsible for their odour include diamines (putrescine and cadaverine), sulfur compounds and various phenolic molecules. Because of the foul odor of its flower, S. gigantea can act as an appetite suppressant in humans.

There have been several proposed reasons for the size of the flowers of S. gigantea. First, it is possible that they are large to attract the flies that pollinate them. The large size and color of the flowers combined with the carrion smell may cause the flies to behave as if it is a dead carcass and be more likely to visit it.