#masai mara
SAUSAGE TREE
(Kigelia africana)
Willaert, R. 2010. “Masai Mara - safari”
Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Thesausage (or cucumber, whichever you prefer)treehardly needs an explanation but if you’re still unsure, just have a look at what’s hanging up there. They are pendulous fruit shaped like sausages (some having been recorded at weighing over six kilograms and having a length of two feet)! Pretty sure they don’t taste like them though.
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Top Shot: Me and my Mum
Top Shot features the photo with the most votes from the previous day’s Daily Dozen, 12 photos selected by the Your Shot editors. The photo our community has voted as their favorite is showcased on the @natgeoyourshot Instagram account. Click here to vote for tomorrow’s Top Shot.
“On a recent trip to the Masai Mara we came across a lioness and her cub going out for an early morning walk,” writes Your Shot photographer Ivan Glaser. “It was a beautiful scene in beautiful early morning light.” Photograph by Ivan Glaser
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Secret
A little cheetah cub looks like he has something to whisper to his mom, in the Masai Mara. Photo by Simon Phillpotts. (And two more adorable photos of the pair.)
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