Lema's zoological insights could not compete with the exclamations of wonder, the whirring of video cameras, the yelps of excitement coming from the back seats. Thenceforth, he would simply hunt, point, name the creatures and drive. And, oh yes. He'd be glad to answer any questions. Those giraffes are so big.
Lions eat giraffe.
They wait till their necks are down in the water to drink. Then they jump on them and break the neck. A collective shudder caused the van to go silent for a moment, and I could look out over the peeled-back roof into the landscape that stands as Africa's Wonder of the World. Even though, at 5,700 square miles, the Serengeti is approximately as large as the state of Connecticut, size alone hardly sets it apart. Birdwatchers have 500 species to catalog.