Central Africa : Photos

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Missionaries 1933, DRC

Gorilla gorilla gorilla ♀

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Female Waterbucks in Burgers Safari, a part of Burgers Zoo in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
The Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is an antelope found in Western, Central Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. Waterbuck are found in scrub and savanna areas near water where they eat grass. Waterbuck stand 100 to 136 cm at the shoulder and weigh from 160 to 270 kg. Their coats are reddish brown in colour and become progressively darker with age; they have a white 'bib' under their throats and a white ring on their rumps surrounding their tails.
The long spiral structured horns, found only in males, sweep back and up.


Vrouwelijke waterbokken in Burgers Safari, een deel van Burgers Zoo in Arnhem.
De waterbok (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) is een soort antilope die leeft in waterrijke gebieden in Afrika ten zuiden van de Sahara. De waterbok is een grote antilopesoort met een lange, ruige vacht. Deze vacht is bruinig grijs tot roodbruin van kleur, met een donkerdere rug en onderpoten. De oren zijn vrij groot en er loopt een witte streep langs de snuit tot het oog. Rond de staart hebben ze een ronde witte ring. De waterbok heeft een kop-romplengte van tot 235 cm, een schouderhoogte tot 136 cm. Het mannetje is zwaarder dan het vrouwtje. Het mannetje weegt tot 270 kg, het vrouwtje tot 200 kg.
Enkel het mannetje heeft hoorns. Deze zijn zwaar geringd en krommen lichtelijk achterwaarts, aan de top weer voorwaarts. De hoorns worden 50 tot 95 cm lang.

Info: Wikipedia
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Cercopithecus neglectus ♂

KP had just completed a raid of Gorilla Island where he 'misappropriated' this item of their breakfast, and then hid in the tree to eat his ill-gotten gains.

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Salome catching forty winks - it's a tough life raising Komale!

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Gorilla gorilla gorilla ♂

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gorilla gorilla gorilla ♀

As taken.

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Gorilla gorilla gorilla ♀

Namoki is a young female, born 17th May 2005, and normally stays well away from camera range, so I was quite pleased to get this shot of her.

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Gorilla gorilla gorilla

Now almost 3 years old, Komale is a lot more adventurous, bit still stays relatively close to his mother Salome.

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Children from the Central African Republic, who were displaced by an attack on their village, attend class at a bush school near the Chadian border.
UNHCR / H. Caux

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It was the most beautiful moon rise I have ever captured and the rich purple colours were amiazing even to the naked eye. I knew how the colours would turn out especially using Fuji RVP.

UNHCR staff register a vulnerable IDPs at Kabati IDP site. This family will be transferred, along with other vulnerable families, to the Mugunga #1 site in Kibati, DR Congo.
UNHCR / P. Taggart / November 2008

Registration of IDPs inside Dungu site, Orientale province, north-eastern DRC.
UNHCR / 16 February 2009

Philantomba monticola.
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