Lion - Løve

The lion is one of the five big cats. Some males exceeding 250 kg in weight it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Lions live for 10–14 years in the wild. Males seldom live longer than 10 years, as injuries sustained from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity. Photo taken on my safari tour in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014. More photos here.

African Elephants - Elefanter

One species of African elephant, the bush elephant, is the largest living terrestrial animal. Their large ears enable heat loss. Males stand 3.2–4.0 m tall at the shoulder and weigh 4–6000 kg. Photo taken on my safari tour in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014. More photos here.

Hippo - Flodhest

The hippopotamus, or hippo, are recognizable by their barrel-shaped torsos, enormous mouths and teeth, stubby legs and great size; adults average 1,500 kg. Despite its stocky shape and short legs it can easily outrun a human, being capable of reaching 30 km/h (19 mph) over short distances. Photo taken on my safari tour in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014. More photos here.

Mating Lions - Løver

The couple copulates twenty to forty times a day, often forgoing eating. Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

Zebra

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.Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

Cheetah - Gepard

The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal— as fast as 112 to 120 km/h (70 to 75 mph) in short bursts covering distances up to 500 m (1,600 ft), and has the ability to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds. Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

Wildebeest / Gnus - Gnuer

Wildebeest – also called gnus - in Maasai Mara, Kenya during the Great Migration. During these migrations, wildebeest spend 10 months per year in the Serengeti National Park and two months in the Masai Mara. Numerous documentaries feature wildebeest crossing rivers, with many being eaten by crocodiles or drowning in the attempt. Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

Sea turtle - Havskilpadde

Sea turtle at Hawaii, USA.

Hippopotamus - Flodhest

The hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae. The hippopotamus is the third largest land animal (after the elephant and the white rhinoceros) and the heaviest extant artiodactyl, despite being considerably shorter than the giraffe.

Polar Bear - Isbjørn

The polar bear is a bear native largely within the Arctic circle encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. It is the world's largest land carnivore and also the largest bear. An adult male weighs around 350–680 kg while an adult female is about half that size. The IUCN now lists global warming as the most significant threat to the polar bear, primarily because the melting of its sea ice habitat reduces its ability to find sufficient food.

Lion female - Løvinne

Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years. In the wild, males seldom live longer than ten years, as injuries sustained from continual fighting with rival males greatly reduce their longevity. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland, although they may take to bush and forest. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats.

Kangaroo - Kenguru

A kangaroo is a marsupial from the family Macropodidae (macropods, meaning 'large foot'). Kangaroos are endemic to the continent of Australia. The kangaroo is a national symbol of Australia. The kangaroo is important to both Australian culture and the national image and consequently there are numerous popular culture references.

Rhinoceros - Neshorn

The rhinoceros family is characterized by its large size (one of the largest remaining megafauna alive today), with all of the species able to reach one ton or more in weight; herbivorous diet; and a thick protective skin, 1.5–5 cm thick, formed from layers of collagen positioned in a lattice structure; relatively small brains for mammals this size; and a large horn.

Wolf - Ulv

The grey wolf, often known simply as the wolf, is the largest extant wild member of the Canidae family. Gray wolves are social predators that live in nuclear families consisting of a mated pair which monopolises food and breeding rights, followed by their biological offspring and, occasionally, adopted subordinates.

Penguin - Pingvin

Penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their life on land and half in the oceans.

Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus and family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.

White Stork

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Mandarin Duck - Mandarinand

The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41–49 cm long with a 65–75 cm wingspan. The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers".

Ostrich - Struts

The Ostrich, Struthio camelus, is a large flightless bird native to Africa. It is distinctive in its appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at maximum speeds of about 70 km/h, the top land speed of any bird. The Ostrich is the largest living species of bird and lays the largest egg of any living bird.

Duck - And

Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. The ducks are divided between several subfamilies in the Anatidae family; they do not represent a monophyletic group but a form taxon, since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, mostly smaller than the swans and geese, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.

Masai Giraffe - Giraff

The Masai Giraffe is the largest subspecies of giraffe and the tallest land mammal. Photo taken on my safari tour in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014. More photos here.

African Elephant - Elefant

African elephants may eat up to 450 kilograms (992 lb) of vegetation per day. African elephants are highly intelligent. They are amongst the world's most intelligent species.Photo taken on my safari tour in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014. More photos here.

Hippotamus  - Flodhest

Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation. They are widely considered to be one of the most dangerous large animals in Africa. Photo taken on my safari tour in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014. More photos here.

Mating Lions - Løver

The mating behavior of lions is a painful process for the female. The penis is barbed and its withdrawal hurts the female who may twist around and attack the dismounting male. Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

Impala

The impala is a medium-sized African antelope. Only the males have the characteristic slender, lyre-shaped horns, which can grow to be 45–92 cm long. Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

Masai Giraffe - Giraff

The Masai Giraffe is the largest subspecies of giraffe and the tallest land mammal. Adult males usually reach around 5.5 m in height—although they have been recorded at reaching heights of up to approximately 6 m—and females tend to be a bit shorter at around 5–5.5 m (16–18 ft) tall.Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

African Buffalo - Bøffel

Known within Africa as one of the “big five”, “The Black Death” or “widowmaker”, the African buffalo is widely regarded as a very dangerous animal, as it gores and kills over 200 people every year. Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014.

African Elephants in sunrise - Elefanter

Photo from my safari in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya 2014

Rhinoceros - Neshorn

Rhinoceros, often colloquially abbreviated rhino, is a name used to group five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family rhinocerotidae. Two of these species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia. The Indian Rhinoceros is endangered, with fewer than 2,700 individuals remaining in the wild. The White is registered as "vulnerable", with approximately 17,500 remaining in the wild.

Lion female - Løvinne

The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times.

Hippopotamus - Flodhest

The hippopotamus it is the third-largest land mammal by weight (between 1½ and 3 tonnes), behind the white rhinoceros (1½ to 3½ tonnes) and both species of elephant (3 to 9 tonnes). Despite its stocky shape and short legs, it can easily outrun a human. The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as the most ferocious animal in Africa.

Giant Panda

The Giant Panda is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body The Giant Panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China. Due to farming, deforestation, and other development, the Giant Panda has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived.

Brown Bear - Brunbjørn

The brown bear is a large bear distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America. It can weigh from 300 to 780 kilograms (660 to 1,700 lb). While the brown bear's range has shrunk, and it has faced local extinctions, it remains listed as a least concern species by the IUCN, with a total population of approximately 200,000. The brown bear is the most widely distributed of all bears.

Seal/Pinniped - Sel

Pinnipeds or fin-footed mammals are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals comprising the families Odobenidae (the walrus), Otariidae (eared seals, including sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (earless seals). Their bodies are well adapted to the aquatic habitat where they spend most of their lives.

Flamingo

Flamingos or flamingoes are gregarious wading birds in the genus Phoenicopterus and family Phoenicopteridae. There are four flamingo species in the Americas and two species in the Old World.

Lion male - Løve

The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia with a critically endangered remnant population in Gir Forest National Park in India, having disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times.