{"id":629,"date":"2009-05-17T11:19:51","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T17:19:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-04T07:15:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:35:08","slug":"serengeti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"Serengeti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p4106920-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Jumping Masa\u00ef\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p4106920_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jumping Masa\u00ef\" width=\"40%\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\u201cEndless pain\u201d, dat had ik verstaan, en ik had op slag nog meer sympathie voor de oorspronkelijke bewoners van de Serengeti die ik grote po\u00ebtische gaven toedichtte. Ik stelde me voor dat ze het&nbsp; eindeloze lijden van de vele impala\u2019s, hartebeesten, gnoes, topi\u2019s, waterbokken en duikers \u2013 voortdurend opgejaagd en bijwijlen opgepeuzeld door leeuwen, cheeta\u2019s, luipaarden, hyena\u2019s en wilde honden \u2013 hadden veredeld en vereeuwigd in de naam van hun gebied.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p4106910-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"Masa\u00ef woman\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/p4106910_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"Masa\u00ef woman\" width=\"40%\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Groot was dan ook de teleurstelling toen ik vernam dat Serengeti niet \u201cendless pain\u201d maar wel \u201cendless plains\u201d betekende. Tja, dat was heel wat minder, want dat de vlakten eindeloos waren, dat kon ik zelf ook wel zien en daar had ik heus geen voor de hand liggende verwijzing voor nodig. \u2018t Is maar dat die gasten ook nog hoog kunnen springen en dat hun vrouwen bijzonder mooi zijn uitgedost, want anders had ik ze geen foto gegund, die oorspronkelijke bewoners met hun onbeduidende plaatsnamen.<\/p>\n<p>Hieronder vind je meer foto\u2019s van onze trip naar Serengeti, Ngorongoro en Lake Nakuru (uitsluitend van \u201cwildlife\u201d). Van \u00e9\u00e9n vogel kan ik de naam niet achterhalen! Waar zitten die ornithologen?<\/p>\n<p><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/01-P4100150.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"COMMON AGAMA: Look near brightly-coloured male common agamas for groups of well-camouflaged females.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/01-P4100150_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"COMMON AGAMA: Look near brightly-coloured male common agamas for groups of well-camouflaged females.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02-P4090099.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"DWARF MONGOOSE: Dwarf mongooses are widespread in savanna and can become semitame around lodges.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/02-P4090099_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"DWARF MONGOOSE: Dwarf mongooses are widespread in savanna and can become semitame around lodges.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03-P4096662.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"HYRAX: Groups of what look like football-sized guinea pigs sitting around kopjes and cliffs are in fact hyraxes, a uniquely African group of herbivores.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/03-P4096662_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"HYRAX: Groups of what look like football-sized guinea pigs sitting around kopjes and cliffs are in fact hyraxes, a uniquely African group of herbivores.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04-P4096691.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"HAMERKOP: The hamerkop's distinctive profile earned it an Afrikaans name meaning &quot;hammerhead&quot;.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/04-P4096691_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"HAMERKOP: The hamerkop's distinctive profile earned it an Afrikaans name meaning &quot;hammerhead&quot;.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05-P4137159.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"GREAT WHITE PELICAN: Pelicans are readily distinguished by their pouch: an elastic flap of skin under the massive bill which in the breeding season glows with color.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/05-P4137159_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"GREAT WHITE PELICAN: Pelicans are readily distinguished by their pouch: an elastic flap of skin under the massive bill which in the breeding season glows with color.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06-P4117079.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"CRESTED FRANCOLIN: Francolins belong to the great order loosely known as game birds that have been the butt of hunters' activities for centuries.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/06-P4117079_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"CRESTED FRANCOLIN: Francolins belong to the great order loosely known as game birds that have been the butt of hunters' activities for centuries.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07-P4090131.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"UNKNOWN SPECIES: Can you help me identifying this bird?\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/07-P4090131_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"UNKNOWN SPECIES: Can you help me identifying this bird?\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08-P4117073.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"SUPERB STARLING: Adult superb starlings are stunning but common birds that can be a pest at picnic tables.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/08-P4117073_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SUPERB STARLING: Adult superb starlings are stunning but common birds that can be a pest at picnic tables.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09-P4117037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"KORI BUSTARD: Although all bustards can fly strongly should the need arise, they are consummate walkers.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/09-P4117037_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"KORI BUSTARD: Although all bustards can fly strongly should the need arise, they are consummate walkers.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10-P4096724.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"TAWNY EAGLE: The solitary tawny eagle is one of the most widespread resident birds of prey in East Africa.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10-P4096724_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"TAWNY EAGLE: The solitary tawny eagle is one of the most widespread resident birds of prey in East Africa.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-P4096713.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"SACRED IBIS: Small groups of sacred ibises can be seen feeding in wetlands, cultivation and even gardens.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-P4096713_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"SACRED IBIS: Small groups of sacred ibises can be seen feeding in wetlands, cultivation and even gardens.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/13-P4086619.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"TRIP TO SERENGETI, NGORONGORO AND LAKE NAKURU: April 2009 - Jan, Astrid, Etienne en Peter\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/13-P4086619_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"TRIP TO SERENGETI, NGORONGORO AND LAKE NAKURU: April 2009 - Jan, Astrid, Etienne en Peter\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/12-P4086576-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"OSTRICH: Ostriches don't bury their hand in the sand, although they sometimes sit on their nests with neck outstretched on the ground to protect their eggs or chicks.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/12-P4086576_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"OSTRICH: Ostriches don't bury their hand in the sand, although they sometimes sit on their nests with neck outstretched on the ground to protect their eggs or chicks.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/16-P4137134.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"VERVET MONKEY: A troop is mainly comprised of females and young that defend an ancestral home range, assisted by males that compete among themselves for mating rights and dominance.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/16-P4137134_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"VERVET MONKEY: A troop is mainly comprised of females and young that defend an ancestral home range, assisted by males that compete among themselves for mating rights and dominance.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/23-P4130293.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"GIRAFFE: That neck is the longest in the animal kingdom but still has only seven bones - the same as you and every other mammal.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/23-P4130293_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"GIRAFFE: That neck is the longest in the animal kingdom but still has only seven bones - the same as you and every other mammal.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/14-P4137169.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"FLAMINGO: Masses of pink birds shimmering through the heat haze - audible but inaccessible across fields of treacherous mud - make a tantalising sight.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/14-P4137169_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"FLAMINGO: Masses of pink birds shimmering through the heat haze - audible but inaccessible across fields of treacherous mud - make a tantalising sight.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15-P4137233.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"OLIVE BABOON: Intelligent and opportunistic, baboons appear to be expanding their range in the face of human settlement.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15-P4137233_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"OLIVE BABOON: Intelligent and opportunistic, baboons appear to be expanding their range in the face of human settlement.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17-P4096745.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"LION: This is the big cat of the plains, larger and more powerful than any other predator: lions' jaws bite easily through muscle and bones.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17-P4096745_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"LION: This is the big cat of the plains, larger and more powerful than any other predator: lions' jaws bite easily through muscle and bones.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20-P4130255-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"WATERBUCK: If there is any antelope you are virtually guaranteed to see on safari it is the waterbuck. This large animal somehow maintains a stately bearing even when grazing up to its belly in water.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20-P4130255_thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"WATERBUCK: If there is any antelope you are virtually guaranteed to see on safari it is the waterbuck. This large animal somehow maintains a stately bearing even when grazing up to its belly in water.\" width=\"99%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/18-P4137216.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"AFRICAN BUFFALO: Perhaps no other large animal has the African buffalo's reputation: a big bull stands 1.70m at the shoulder - one is even reputed to have tossed a 4x4.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/18-P4137216_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AFRICAN BUFFALO: Perhaps no other large animal has the African buffalo's reputation: a big bull stands 1.70m at the shoulder - one is even reputed to have tossed a 4x4.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19-P4096759.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"HARTEBEEST: The fossil record shows that hartebeests have evolved only over the last million years or so.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/19-P4096759_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"HARTEBEEST: The fossil record shows that hartebeests have evolved only over the last million years or so.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/21-P4116996.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"WILDEBEEST: No other antelopes spark as much excitement as wildebeests on their famous year-long cycle of grazing, rutting and calving known as &quot;the migration&quot;.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/21-P4116996_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"WILDEBEEST: No other antelopes spark as much excitement as wildebeests on their famous year-long cycle of grazing, rutting and calving known as &quot;the migration&quot;.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22-P4096731.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"TOPI: Topis sometimes stand atop termite mounds to scan for danger or to advertise territorial status.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22-P4096731_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"TOPI: Topis sometimes stand atop termite mounds to scan for danger or to advertise territorial status.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24-P4147284.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"WHITE RHINOCEROS: White rhinos are no more white than black rhinos are black: the name is a corruption of weit, a Dutch word meaning wide - referring to the shape of its mouth.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24-P4147284_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"WHITE RHINOCEROS: White rhinos are no more white than black rhinos are black: the name is a corruption of weit, a Dutch word meaning wide - referring to the shape of its mouth.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a data-fancybox=\"gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/25-P4086608.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"AFRICAN ELEPHANT: Besides being the largest animal and truly charismatic, African elephants show some amazing signs of intelligence and what looks like compassion.\" src=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/25-P4086608_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"AFRICAN ELEPHANT: Besides being the largest animal and truly charismatic, African elephants show some amazing signs of intelligence and what looks like compassion.\" width=\"33%\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cEndless pain\u201d, dat had ik verstaan, en ik had op slag nog meer sympathie voor de oorspronkelijke bewoners van de Serengeti die ik grote po\u00ebtische gaven toedichtte. Ik stelde me voor dat ze het&nbsp; eindeloze lijden van de vele impala\u2019s, hartebeesten, gnoes, topi\u2019s, waterbokken en duikers \u2013 voortdurend opgejaagd en bijwijlen opgepeuzeld door leeuwen, cheeta\u2019s, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/?p=629\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Serengeti&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fotos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9SLK-a9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16754,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/16754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intussen.blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}