A newborn elephant at Pete's Pond in Botswana gets a precipitous introduction to the water while an anxious mom rushes to its rescue. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
Fatty, the young Nile crocodile at Pete's Pond in Botswana, tries a sneak attack on the warthogs at their wallow. The warthogs are not fooled, nor are the cattle egrets, Fatty's groupies, who follow him everywhere and observe his every move. This drama was observed on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
A pack of wild dogs encounter Fatty, the resident juvenile Nile crocodile who is basking on the shore at Pete's Pond in Botswana. Fatty stubbornly ignores the dogs who do their best to get a reaction from him.
A large rock monitor lizard marches through a group of baboons at Pete's Pond in Botswana. He clearly expects them to get out of his way and makes no attemtp to go around them. The baboons do make way, but are curious. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
3 female waterbucks and 2 calves who came to drink at Pete's Pond in Botswana take a defensive stand on Rocky Point when a pack of 14 wild dogs arrives. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
Baby elephants at Pete's Pond in Botswana go right on doing what they want to in the water ignoring their moms efforts to redirect them. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
An elephant youngster at Pete's Pond in Botswana accidentally slips and falls into the water. It gets out on its own and appears unhurt, but mom hurried back to check things out, appearing to inspect the place where the fall occurred as if contemplating suing the pond for damages. ;-) Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
Fatty, the resident juvenile Nile crocodile at Pete's Pond in Botswana, was busy basking on the shoreline when a large bull elephant arrived and wanted to occupy the same piece of property that Fatty was occupying. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
A baby elephant insists on getting into the water despite all attempts by mom to prevent it. Seen at Pete's Pond in Botswana via National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
The older sibling of a newborn elephant at Pete's Pond in Botswana is experiencing a bit of sibling rivalry. It touches mom, tries to nurse, "Look at me mom, I'm here too!" Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
A secretary bird comes to drink at Pete's Pond in Botswana, as seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa. (The quality of this is variable as my reception was poor and the feed kept stopping to "reload".)
Eland calves don't stay with their mothers. They are cared for in nursery herds. A nursery herd came to Pete's Pond in Botswana today! Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
A giraffe visits Pete's Pond in Botswana for a nice long drink. The freeze and jump in the middle of the video is due to RealPlayer stopping transmission and having to be re-started. :-( Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
The wild dog puppies have just begun running with the pack, and pay their first visit to Pete's Pond in Botswana. The pack now numbers 13 adults and 12 pups. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
Fatty, the resident juvenile Nile Crocodile at Pete's Pond in Botswana, continues to test the question, "Do warthogs have good sense". It appears that they do not. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
Night visit of a leopard to Pete's Pond in Botswana. Unfortunately one of the flood lights is out, making the left side of the pond very dark. This video was recorded with brightness adjusted upward in RP. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
A herd of elephants visit Pete's Pond in Botswana as seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa. In this segment one of the elephants SPITS at others!