PICS: Wildlife selfies in Kruger steal the show
In a selfie era, most visitors to Kruger National park (KNP) want to get a pic either of the big five or of them with the big five, but it’s not often that one hears of wild animals themselves taking selfies.
In a selfie era, most visitors to Kruger National park (KNP) want to get a pic either of the big five or of them with the big five, but it’s not often that one hears of wild animals themselves taking selfies.
The Black Rhino Guardian Programme in KNP has, however, yielded exactly that, albeit unintentionally.
The programme saw the deployment of more than 100 cameras throughout Kruger with the aim of monitoring the movement of black rhinos specifically.
The cameras are set up with normal flashes and black flashes (that are less intrusive to the animals) and automatically take a photo every 5 seconds when it detects movement.
However, the cameras don’t discriminate with what it captures and, in the process,, KNP has built up a wealth of information through date, time, and GPS stamped photos of a variety of animals in its boundaries, meant for scientific research, but also yielding lovely animal selfies.
Courtesy of South African Parks (SANParks), here is a selection of some of the best wildlife selfies captured by accident in Kruger.
