I love nature magazines. In fact, it would be accurate to say that I am addicted to nature magazines, even ones for the kiddies (their pictures are just too cute!) I enjoy those photo contests that seem to appear in them periodically. You know, where there is a close up of an animal or a plant and you are supposed to guess what it is. Well, I arrived at a Wildlife on Wheels program early and had my camera with me so I got a little shutter happy. If you haven’t tried those photo puzzles before, here is your chance. These are some of the photos I took along with a clue; see if you can guess which animal it is. Please be kind, I am not a photographer, just a novice with some time on my hands.
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A toothy smile a mile wide, lurking underwater I hide, sneaking slowly toward a ‘beest,’ in Africa we love to feast. |
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Soft and downy I may be, through Australian bush I speed, I’ll get bigger just you wait, at 6 feet tall my strides are great. |
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An extreme mammal to say the least, upon termites and ants I feast, unlike the others I lay eggs, though for kisses no one begs. |
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Loud and raucous describes me well, like most of my family I can tell, bold and beautiful also apply, it’s in the Amazon I’d rather fly. |





#2: 6 feet tall, soft and downy – is it Mel Gibson?