Jan
2010
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Kaziranga Pictures

By Allan

Pictures from the Kaziranga Nature Reserve in Assam India. This is home to the Greater Indian One Horn Rhino.

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The Greater One Horn Indian Rhino after it’s first charge looking for our hidden jeep.

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The rhino senses we are in his territory and charges. As he thundered toward us we moved the jeep and he lost us. Bewildered by our apparent disappearance he trotted back.

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Dawn patrol. Our party set off across the Kaziranga plain to look for the shy but bad tempered Indian rhino

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Margaret and Allan on their elephant, closely followed by a baby elephant pushing through the long elephant grass.

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Margaret plying with a new found friend.

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Huge wild water buffalo with enormous horns. We didn’t see any tigers although there were several false alarms.

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