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Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle here with you today with the June post in my Animals Photography section on LatinosUSA – English Edition. This month I am featuring Mammals that Jump.

Next week’s photography category is People. This month I’m featuring pictures of people climbing (stairs, mountains, etc.).

I would love all the photographers out there to contribute. If you have a photograph of people climbing to share in the People category, please email me at cheadlerobbie@gmail.com and use the title Photography – People. Please also include a short write up about your photograph.

Waterbuck and kudus by Robbie Cheadle

The waterbuck is a large antelope found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Waterbuck prefer areas near water sources like rivers and lakes and this is how it got its name.

Waterbuck are know for the distinctive ringed markings on their backsides which look like a toilet seat. A waterbuck can jump as high as 6 feet if necessary although their preferred method of escape from predators is to retreat into water. Waterbuck can swim and will submerge themselves to hide from land predators.

Kudus are my favourite antelope. The males are magnificent with their long curling horns.

Mating Ritual by Robbie Cheadle (double ennead poem)

Two magnificent males
With great headdresses
Spar savagely while their femme fatale watches
They shove one another
With their spiral horns
***
Will this fight prove fatal?
Death from puncture wounds
Or from the interlocking of those huge horns
Leading to starvation
By both eager bulls
***
The winner will receive
Permission to mate
Before returning to solitary life
Roaming about dense bush
Until the next year

This poem is from my book, Lion Scream.

Kangaroo by Thomas Wikman

Thomas Wikman has two wonderful blogs. The first, https://leonbergerlife.com/, features amusing and heartwarming stories about his late Leonberger dog Bronco, as well as other Leonbergers. It also has a lot of information about the Leonberger breed, the history, care, training, Leonberger organizations, etc. Thomas also wrote a wonderful book about Leonbergers which is available on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Life-Times-Bronco-von-L%C3%B6wenh%C3%B6hle-ebook/dp/B0B5NN32SR

Thomas’s second blog, https://superfactful.com/, aims  to create a long list of facts that are important, not trivia, and that are known to be true yet are either disputed by large segments of the public or highly surprising or misunderstood by many.

Thomas is a dog lover and I enjoyed his special book about his Leonberger which also includes entertaining stories about his other dogs. I love all animals so his blog is a must read for me.

What Thomas says about his picture including kangaroos taken in Australia:

Feeding Kangaroos in Australia. The kids are laughing because one of the Kangaroos grabbed the bag from their hands and spilled it, instead of waiting for a handout.

This is a wild Kangaroo in the blue mountains. I was taking a leak along the road. I walked into the forest a bit and stood by a bush taking my leak when I suddenly saw this kangaroo behind the bush. We both surprised each other.

Ponies and foals by Derrick Knight

Derrick Knight is a wonderful photographer and shares delightful book reviews and garden and home posts on his blog. You can find links to the related blog post as well as another delightful pony post beneath each set of photographs.

Click on the photographs in the slideshow below to view the ponies.

The blog post from which these adorable pony pictures have been extracted is https://derrickjknight.com/2021/05/17/hes-just-found-hes-got-legs/.

This is another delightful pony post: https://derrickjknight.com/2023/07/16/hale-purlieu-and-godshill/

About Robbie Cheadle

South African author, photographer, and artist, Robbie Cheadle, has written and illustrated seventeen children’s books, illustrated a further three children’s books, written and illustrated four poetry books and written and illustrated one celebration of cake and fondant art book with recipes. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels and a collection of short stories published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

You can find Robbie Cheadle’s artwork, fondant and cake artwork, and all her books on her website here: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/