The Word chosen for us this week begins with W. As usual I have searched through my Africam archives for my pictures.
My first selection is a couple of photographs taken at Cat Eye pan of a family of Warthogs. They are not the most beautiful members of the pig family but fascinating all the same. Their curved tusks are used to dig up roots and can grow into dangerous weapons. During fights their faces are protected by protruding pads on either side called Warts, hence their name.
Warthog family with Impala in background.
They kneel to feed because their have short necks and relatively long legs. These are a couple of youngsters and their tusks have not grown yet.
One thing I love about Warthogs is that when you have driven miles around a game park and hardly seen anything but the ubiquitous Impala, you can rely on a family of Warthogs to be running by. When they run it is usually in single file and all have their tails held straight up in the air, making it easier to see the one ahead in the short stubby grass where they are usually found.
My second choice for W is a web, a spiders Web spun around the housing of the camera. I love the symmetry of it.
Well that's it for this week. Now to go and see what others have selected for their words. Stay safe all of you and keep well.
