Author Archives: Lynn

The Prince of Stealth

While watching the endless and fascinating parade of wildlife in the Serengeti, I am always reminded of what extraordinary athletic skills the various animals possess. With many of you gearing up for your safari-of-a-lifetime with ADS, I thought I would share some “leopard facts” with you. Together with the hyena, this beautiful feline is the most successful of all the carnivores and is certainly the mostly widely spread of all the cats throughout both Asia and Africa. The leopard’s success is due to its adaptability -it …

Looking for Holiday Gift Ideas – Here’s One From Lynn

If you have a heart for animals, one of the most heart-warming options for helping to preserve Africa’s wildlife heritage lies with the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, more commonly known as the “Elephant Orphanage”. Based in Nairobi, the trust not only rescues and rehabilitates baby elephants (absolutely the cutest little things you have EVER seen) and other wildlife but they have a mobile veterinarian vehicle that treats animals injured by snares, an anti poaching unit and an outreach service that provides medical and educational services to …

A/C Units in the Serengeti…

In my “Wildlife Notes” posting of 9/30 I introduced you to some interesting facts about zebra stripes. I also suggested that you keep an eye open for my next posting which would include a fascinating fact about a zebra’s built-in air-conditioning system (Watch out Trane and Carrier). Over the decades, there has been a lot of discussion and resulting theories as to why a zebra has stripes. Perhaps the most popular current theory pertains to “disruptive camouflage” which basically means that when a zebra herd is clustered …