My fourth nomination for the 'Little Five' in Africa is the honey badger. I've only seen one of these guys twice. This isn't a spectacular picture, but I was happy just to see and photograph a rarely seen animal. What is remarkable about this species is its ferocity. It can kill a lion by biting it in the groin and causing it to bleed to death. If a horse, cattle, or cape buffalo gets too close to its burrow, it will attack the much larger animal. Because of this, it has few natural enemies. It's also one of the few animals that uses tools. I would have liked to get lower to the ground when shooting this, but one of the frustrations on a safari is that the profile of the vehicles is higher than I like. I was happy with the low angled sunlight because that brought out detail in the black fur. My settings for this were 1/1000, f/11, and 640 ISO. I used a 100-400mm telephoto set to 400mm.
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