This week’s Foto Friday Fun features 4 images chosen by readers from my photo archives. Our meme number for this week is 7777, chosen by the first commenter last week. Please join in with a post and link below with a #7777 photo from your archives plus a story to go with it. And check out the other posts linked to the Foto Friday Fun meme.
Bibi chose #7777, our number choice for this week, because it “just looks cool.” Looking very cool is this young elephant stretching to reach the water at Addo Elephant National Park. You probably know by now elephants are my favorite South African animal. And isn’t baby everything cute?
Diane chose #8881 which takes us to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa where these Blackbacked Jackals were perfectly content to hang out on the road.
Jonker chose #5555, “Don’t know why, that’s just how I roll.” Well then how about these Indian Ocean rollers highlighted by sunrise and taken from the Scottburgh Caravan Park, South Africa? Put this place on your list Jonker.
Sherry chose #7475 and gets a most mud covered Buffalo in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. Not to be confused with the Bison she recently saw at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in South Dakota. Yea I know, we mistakenly call Bison Buffalo in this country but they’re not the same animal. I get it that we won’t call him Bison Bill Cody.
My choice this week is the bison/cattle hybrids that wander into the park and cause traffic jams. Although not a true bison, which were never found in this area, they look a heck of a lot more like a bison than the true buffalo seen in the above photo. I will post more about these problematic animals soon.
I hope you’ll join in with your own #7777 photo and story by adding your link below and linking back to https://geogypsytraveler.com/2014/08/07/foto-friday-fun-71/. And if not, leave a number between 01 and 9991 in a comment for next week’s Foto Friday Fun. The first person to comment and link into the meme please choose a number for next week.
Do you have a favorite from this week?
Capturing the present for future memories of the past
Oh, the frightened look in the baby elephant’s eye! Poor little mite, the bank is slippery and the water solo far away.
A fab. capture indeed and DID he manage to get a drink ???
I don’t think this youngster was frightened as moments later it was playing in the water. And yes, it got a drink. No number this week?
That little elephant picture has to win the prize this week even over my cool buffalo. How did our Bison get to be called buffalo anyway? Are they even related to “mine”??? 🙂 Gorgeous water picture. I’m missing the water since we left the great lakes. I wonder if those cute jackals are tricksters in any Native stories there like the coyote is here. I’d like #7654 next week please.
Not sure, but think early Europeans mistook the bison for buffalo. I’ll bet your missing water heading west. Have you down for #7654.
Great pics as usual. I have foto fun post for today but am having trouble linking it because I am stranded in Denver cuz of weather.
Thanks Alan. Link when you can. Sorry to hear about the stranding.
Love ‘my’ baby elephant photo; reminds me of The Saggy Baggy Elephant Golden Book.
I also love those waves…and the buffalo and bison; guess that means I like nearly all of them.
I’ll take 9876 because it’s almost like a countdown.
Well you know I can’t get enough of elephants. Have you down for #9876.
I think I am linked. I did it on my kindle browser.
I think I am the first to link in. The number that pops in my head is 3847
Great, and thanks for linking in Alan. You are first so #3847 it will be for next week.
Love all the photos this week, no particular favourites, but I do love that first shot of the baby elephant. Have a good day Diane
7771 for next week 🙂
Baby elephants are the cutest. Have you down for #7771.
I agree ….. everything “baby” is cute in animals especially the elephants! 🙂
You know they’re my favorites.
Both the Addo pictures of the baby elephant and the buffalo are striking. Your pictures always talk to me.
Choosing a number for next week the ball that was pulled from the bag is 782
Love that photo of the Indian Ocean! My family visitors just went home, so I’m playing a little catch-up here. I added a link for this week’s photos.
Nice to have family visits. Thanks for joining in.
What a great wildlife tour. Be back at it here someday …. you know how it is when you travel (even if I don’t go to quite such exotic locations).
I think you travel in exotic places.