J. Gafarot's photos with the keyword: 1973

Blue Water fishing, Indian Ocean. Trolling off the Coast. We salute you.

From Italian giraffa, from Arabic ⁧زَرَافَة⁩ (zarāfa), from Classical Syriac ⁧ܙܵܪܝܼܦܵܐ⁩ (zarāfa).

Baboons are primates comprising the genus Papio, one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys, in the family Cercopithecidae. There are six species of baboon: ... ‎Chacma baboon · ‎Hamadryas baboon · ‎Olive baboon · ‎Kinda baboon. Chacma baboons are found throughout southern Africa. They are found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia. These baboons live in woodlands, savannas, steppes, sub deserts, and montane regions. In the Western Cape region of southern Africa. Take care, they are not joking, never.

The common phacocerus (scientific name: Phacochoerus africanus) is a wild species of suid of the genus Phacochoerus, native to the African continent. It is also called facochero and popularly known as African boar — although it is not actually a wild boar, as it does not belong to the species Sus scrofa — it can be found in pastures, savannas and forests in Africa. Phacoceros are characterized by the presence of one or two pairs of tusks and in males and by warts on the face - a characteristic that earned them the name warthog in English ("warty pig"). When running, the phacocerus usually keeps its tail raised and erect.

Indian Ocean. Musseln with most of its friends on board.

From an old dream and Kodakchrome II dia, scanned in 2011. South East Africa.

The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) or Nile hippopotamus is a large herbivorous mammal of sub-Saharan Africa and one of only two non-extinct species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis or Hexaprotodon liberiensis). Its name comes from ancient Greek, meaning "river horse" (ἱπποπόταμος). Despite their physical similarities to pigs and other artiodactyl ungulates (hence the name porcine animal), their closest living relatives are cetaceans (whales, dolphins, etc.) from which they diverged about 55 years ago. millions of years. The common ancestor of whales and hippos separated from other artiodactyls about 60 million years ago. The oldest known hippopotamus fossil, belonging to the genus Kenyapotamus in Africa, dates to about 16 million years ago. It was once designated as a seahorse and horsefish. Scanned from an old Kodachrome II picture From South West Africa.

Scomberomorini is a tribe of ray-finned saltwater bony fishes that is commonly known as the Spanish mackerels, seerfishes or seer fish. The king mackerel (Scomberomorus cavalla) or kingfish belongs to a family that has three sister tribes, the tunas, mackerels, and bonitos, and the butterfly kingfish. Scomberomorini comprises 21 species across three genera. They are medium-sized fishes, typically encountered from 5 to 14 kg (30 lb), but is known to exceed 40 kg (90 lb). They are pelagic fish, fast swimmers and predatory in nature, that fight vigorously when caught. Seer fishes are mainly caught using hooks and lines and they are an important species to both the commercial and recreational fishing industries.

Afternoon peace.

On the wild. Scanned from a 1974 Kodachrome II dia. This partridge breeds naturally in southwestern Europe (France, Iberia and northwest Italy). It has become "naturalised" in flat areas of England and Wales, where it was introduced as a game species, and has been seen breeding as far north as Aberdeenshire. It is replaced in southeastern Europe and Africa by the very similar rock partridge (Alectoris graeca). It is a non-migratory terrestrial species, which forms flocks outside the breeding season. For New Zealand: A consignment of 1500 eggs was sent from the United Kingdom in July 1980. However the boxes were delayed by two days and had evidently over-heated en route. There was further delay getting the eggs through customs and quarantine clearance. By the time they reached Massey University (which had been invested in to take on the project) hopes were not high and only 135 chicks were hatched. Two further consignments totaling 638 eggs were sent mid 1981. From these only 53 chicks hatched. The plan was to rear these birds and put them through six breeding cycles in two years using controlled lighting and thus establish a substantial breeding nucleus. The programme at Massey was soon terminated and all the birds dispersed to other breeders, primarily the game farm at Te Ahoha which had already produced some young, but some were also given to the Wildlife Service

Scanned from a 1973 Kodachrome II slide.

Africa 1974. Scanned from one Kodachrome II slide in 2011 Zeiss Ikon Contina II

Silly boys ! ! !

Et ouvertement je vouai mon coeur à la terre grave et souffrante, et souvent, dans la nuit sacrée, je lui promis de l'aimer fidèlement jusqu'à la mort, sans peur, avec son lourd fardeau de fatalité, et de ne mépriser aucun de ses énigmes. Ainsi je me liai à elle d'un lien mortel. Hölderlin La mort d'Empédocle - Dédicace sur L´Homme Révolté, A.Camus

Zebras are several species of African equids (horse family) united by their distinctive black-and-white striped coats. Their stripes come in different patterns, unique to each individual. They are generally social animals that live in small harems to large herds. Unlike their closest relatives, horses and donkeys, zebras have never been truly domesticated The plains zebra (Equus quagga, formerly Equus burchelli) is the most common, and has or had about six subspecies distributed across much of southern and eastern Africa. It, or particular subspecies of it, have also been known as the common zebra, the dauw, Burchell's zebra (actually the subspecies Equus quagga burchellii), Chapman's zebra, Wahlberg's zebra, Selous' zebra, Grant's zebra, Boehm's zebra and the quagga (another extinct subspecies, Equus quagga quagga). Zebra striping patterns are unique to each individual. Original of 1973 Kodachrome and Zeiss Contina, scanned in 2011.

Scanned from a Kodachrome II slide. Zeiss Contina II.

PIP if you please !

Nearby, too much, now better go home. The cattle egret takes a free ride . . . But Father has his big ears perfectly focused on me, no play. Rhinoceros don't see well and they know it. Maputo, near Swaziland. On the wild, 1974 Kodachrome II slide, scanned 8 years ago.