Pink Saturday

Nothing compares to an African sunset.  Visiting in May, which was early Winter, the pinks in the sky were delicate, mixed with lavender and lilac. They changed so quickly, almost in the blink of an eye, making one hurry the Land Rover along over bumpy trails to a good viewing spot preferably with silhouetted trees...........

.......and this particular evening with 'pink rhinoceros'.

 

Only pink in the African sunset, a lovely sight to behold, and worth the lurching, breathless, "hang on to your hat" ride with Gordon at the wheel.  More pics of these quite friendly giants in a future post.

Rhinoceros: Ceratotherium Simum

The square-lipped white rhinoceros has little fear of the larger predators, since the outcome of any attack is usually in favour of the rhinoceros.  Their eyesight is poor but they do have an acute sense of smell and hearing and can be extraordinarily agile on the move.  The more social square-lipped rhino are temperamentally quieter that the solitary, hook-lipped species, which can be extremely bad-tempered when provoked.  The huge square-lipped rhinoceros is ranked as Africa's third largest land mammal.

Hope your Pink Saturday is going well.  Cooler days at your end perhaps, meanwhile here in central North Carolina we have sweltered all week with temps. as high as 105 on Thursday - definitely not my favorite type of weather!

Pop on over to visit our Pink Saturday hostess Beverly at How Sweet The Sound where you can check on old friends and make some new ones from all around the world.