top: Skulls #7861, 2006. The worm-eaten tip of a Kongoni (hartebeest) horn frames the skull of a waterbuck.
top: Skulls #8226, 2006. A cape buffalo skull dwarfs a baboon skull at the Research Center entrance.
bottom: Skulls #4955, 2006. A warthog skull is framed by long impala horns at dusk.
bottom: Skull #8223, 2006. A lone baboon skull hangs by the front door of the Research Center.
top: Ostrich Egg, 2006. An ostrich egg sits atop an elephant skull.
top: Skulls #4959, 2006. Another view of the Kongoni and waterbuck.
bottom: Skulls #4957, 2006. Kongoni (top) and impala.
bottom: Skulls #8200, 2006. Skulls at dusk.
Skulls #7104, 2006.
Skulls #4850, 2006.
Skulls #7095, 2006.
top: Skulls #7686, 2006. Impala.
top: Skulls #7683, 2006. A Kongoni skull stares back.
bottom: Skulls #7685, 2006. Impala horns frame a warthog skull.
bottom: Elephant Skeleton #6230, 2006. An elephant skeleton lies scattered in the bush.
bottom: Skulls #4963, 2006. Skull and horns at the Research Center.
top: Skulls #4954, 2006. Two skulls at the Research Center.
It's difficult to walk anywhere in the African bush and not see the remains of animals scattered across the landscape. Some animals are killed outright, many die naturally, their remains ravaged by scavengers. Some bones and skulls are collected and put on display. In the larger scheme of nature, all deaths serve some purpose in sustaining the population of wild animals. Nothing goes to waste. Here's a sampling of what I saw ...
Bernard & the Bone, 2006.
Bernard finds an elephant clavicle.
top: Bones #7584, 2006. Giraffe vertebrae in the reserve.
top: Skulls #7087, 2006. A zebra skull seems to chew its cud.
bottom: Elephant Skeleton #6236, 2006. Another view of the elephant skeleton, and the upside down skull.
bottom: Skulls #7086, 2006. A giraffe skull sits on display behind the Research Center.
top: Bone #7560, 2006. A leg bone lies alone in the wide open savanna.
bottom: Giraffe Skull #6945, 2006. The Rhino patrol often use skulls and bones to mark the rhinos' territories.
bottom: Skull #8181, 2006. Jawbone of a large herbivore hanging at the Research Center.
top: Skulls #8199, 2006. Eerie skulls at sundown.
top: Elephant Jaw #6235, 2006. Part of the elephant skeleton seen above.
bottom: Giraffe Pelvis #6940, 2006. Another landmark, a giraffe pelvis hangs in an Acacia.
