Chameleon in Drakensberg Mountains, South Africa

Happy New Year!  

Might it bring you the cleverness of a chameleon to adapt to the situations that can not be changed :)

One of the chameleons that we encounter while hiking in Drakensberg Mountains NP in South Africa:

Watch Out for Kudu!

Kudu Crossing:

And a well-masked kudu hiding in the bushes:

Be Aware of Ghosts!

I took the following picture precisely a year ago in the Polish Mountains. It warns the visitors that the nearby castle is inhabited by ghosts from 9 pm till the rooster's morning call :)

Giant Jellyfish in Namibia

Somewhere on the beach between Swakopmund and Walvis Bay in Namibia, we saw huge jellyfish:

Cows in the Cities

Another classic: Cows on the streets of Indian cities.

Here you can see a cow in Hyderabad, a city of 4 mln people:

And here are cows that we saw in the village called Daulatabad:

Zebras on the Road

The classic: Zebra Crossing!

And a couple of zebras on our road in Etosha NP, Namibia:

Dolphins

We got very lucky to meet a big group of dolphins who were following our boat on the way back from Channel Islands NP to the coast. Dolphins love to jump in the waves created by boats, so they followed us for a good 10 minutes! That was a wonderful treat for us and a great way of finishing a great day:

Tarantula in Sunol Wilderness, California

A month ago, while hiking in one of the parks (Sunol Wilderness) in California, I almost stepped on this tarantula!:

Prairie Dog Crossing

In case you started to wonder, there are interesting road signs in the US too! One cute example is this "Prairie Dog Crossing" road sign that we saw in Bryce NP recently:

Drying Beans on the Road, Mt Elgon, Uganda

Beans are not animals, but I find this photo pretty funny, so I decided to post it here. Imagine how surprised we were to see a blanket with the beans spread like that in the middle of the road... Clearly, the village must see very little motorized traffic...

All people on this picture belonged to our group. The guy in front (the one with a big backpack) is Jochen, the guy looking back into the camera was our guide, and the other people (with luggage on their heads) were our porters:

Running Ostriches, Namibia

Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of an "Ostrich Crossing" sign when I had a chance, and the second chance never came...

But I did take quite a few pictures of Ostriches, most of them running, like the ones on the photo below in Sossusvlei Dunes NP in Namibia:

Oryx on the Road

Oryx crossing:

Oryx in Etosha NP in Namibia: