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The Big Python

The Big Python

Marty’s photo of the day #4758: It’s been a long time since I’ve posted a snake photo. So here we go! This is an eleven-foot-long African rock python that I caught and released in Zimbabwe, while working on my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents.

The Replacement Canoe

The Replacement Canoe

Marty’s photo of the day #4642: As documented in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, a hippo bit through Deb’s and my canoe, lifted us 6 feet into the air, and tossed us on shore. This hippo was checking out our replacement canoe. (Photographed in Zimbabwe)

Leopard in Zimbabwe

Leopard in Zimbabwe

Marty’s photo of the day #4593: When I photographed this leopard, the sun had already set, making it quite dark. My photo program allowed me to lighten it up and crop it, but attempts to remove the digital noise reduced the sharpness too much. Still, it’s a leopard in Zimbabwe!

The improved leopard

The improved leopard

Marty’s photo of the day #4751: Yesterday, I featured a 20-year-old picture from Spain that I was able to improve enough with my recently updated photo program to post. Here’s another one: This leopard photo is almost as old, and it was so late in the evening when I shot it that I barely had […]

The hunt

The hunt

Marty’s photo of the day #4740: You can only see one in this photo, but at the time, I was watching six lions (all female) hunting Cape buffalo. Photographed while canoeing the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe.