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Michael / マイケル🦁📸
@mlyonphotos.eurosky.social@bsky.brid.gy
1 settimana fa

Dropping down to wrist-level for maximum grazing efficiency. 🐗🌾
Warthog adaptation at its finest!

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Dropping down to wrist-level for maximum grazing efficiency. 🐗🌾
Warthog adaptation at its finest!

Full-body profile shot of a warthog in dry golden grass, kneeling on its front wrists to graze with its snout down near the ground. Its reddish coarse mane and facial whiskers are lit by warm sunlight.

#photography #nature #nikon #safari #wildlifephotography #kenya #warthog

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Michael Lyon
@mlyon0486@photog.social
1 settimana fa

Adaptation in action: the warthog knee-graze. 🐗🌾

Because warthogs have relatively long legs and short necks, reaching short savanna grasses while sta

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Adaptation in action: the warthog knee-graze. 🐗🌾

Because warthogs have relatively long legs and short necks, reaching short savanna grasses while standing can be awkward. They’ve evolved calloused wrist joints that let them comfortably drop to their knees to forage.

A wild boar is grazing in a grassy field. The animal has a coarse, dark brown coat with some lighter hair, and it features prominent tusks and a distinctive face. The background is a blurred mix of green and golden grass.

#fediverse #photography #naturephotography #ecology #nikon #wildlife #safari #wildlifephotography #kenya #photosofmastodon #animalbehavior #warthog

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Michael Lyon
@mlyon0486@pixelfed.social
1 settimana fa

The ultimate lawnmower stance. 🐗🌾 Warthogs actually drop to their knees to graze because their necks are too short to comfortably reach the grass whil

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The ultimate lawnmower stance. 🐗🌾 Warthogs actually drop to their knees to graze because their necks are too short to comfortably reach the grass while standing up!

Alt Text: Full-body profile shot of a warthog in dry golden grass, kneeling on its front wrists to graze with its snout down near the ground. Its reddish coarse mane and facial whiskers are lit by warm sunlight.

#pixelfed #photography #nikon #safari #wildlifephotography #kenya #wildlifebehavior #animalsofpixelfed #natureinfocus #warthog #savanna

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BissetWV
@BissetWV@mastodon.social
2 settimane fa

The tusks on this guy are a bit smaller than the one I found. That one found in a dry riverbed, searched for the other one and the skull for hours, no

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The tusks on this guy are a bit smaller than the one I found. That one found in a dry riverbed, searched for the other one and the skull for hours, no luck.
Oh. This is a Warthog. Ugly but lovable.

The tusks on this guy are a bit smaller than the one I found. That one found in a dry riverbed, searched for the other one and the skull for hours, no luck. Oh. This is a Warthog. Ugly but lovable

#photography #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #socialmedia #biodiversity #biology #warthog

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