In KNP, the crowds have never been a problem for me, maybe because I always go in the summer when the school holidays have finished. I have had days without meeting more than a few cars far apart, lion sightings all to myself, waterhole watching with no other vehicle in sight, etc.Squirrels
Marvellous "exhibition" of the bee-eaters in very special attitudes
and the secretary birds "out to dry" nonetheless!Giraffes in knots
What behaviour pics!
not on the mantid. Interesting not cute 
but "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" 
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