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.
Baby elephants at Pete's Pond in Botswana have fun playing in the water and resist attempts from mom to get them to come out of the water. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
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.
Elephants leaving Pete's Pond in Botswana get spooked by something unseen and stampede out into the bush scattering impala as they go, as seen 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 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".)
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.
After some unsuccessful early morning encounter with a herd of wildebeests the wild dog pack takes a break at Pete's Pond in botswana. They remain interested in an impala carcass that either they or the hyenas had chased into the water a few days ago where it became part of Fatty's larder. They don't quite dare to go into the water to get it. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
A small group of zebras - 3 adults and 2 foals - visit Pete's Pond in Botswana for a drink and a bit of horseplay. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
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 very large water monitor lizard seen at Pete's Pond in Botswana. The biggest that has been caught on camera this year. It looks almost as big as Fatty, the juvenile Nile crocodile, who is shown for comparison at the end of the video. Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
As Fatty, the juvenile Nile crocodile, basks on the shore of Pete's Pond in Botswana, several young warthogs try to see how close to the croc they can get... Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa. Note: someone commented that they heard a frog at the end - that frog is my computer's "alert" sound - I didn't realize it was on the video! Sorry about that!
A baby elephant amuses himself in Pete's Pond in Botswana. Mom uses his tail as a handle to help him out of the water. As 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 at Pete's Pond in Botswana is really enjoying his mud bath and stubbornly refuses to get out. (Note the youngster behind him who has lost the tip end of its trunk, probably in a poacher's snare.) Seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa.
Two African fish eagle communicate from treetops at Pete's Pond in Botswana as seen on National Geographic's WildCam Africa. (The sounds of the calls are the "stars" of this video, as the cam's mount needs to be raised in order to zoom in to the treetops.)