Blue Edition - warning it is a little racy!

All throughout this trip we witnessed creatures mating or displaying their "tackle" (as they say in South Africa). Given Andrew's reaction to all this activity, I don't think this was his normal experience. I didn't capture everything - he warned me not to look at the Zebra's "equipment". I did look but didn't photograph. Suffice it to say they are hung like a horse - very impressive. Here's an assortment of what we witnessed...

Lions - our first stop on the first full day yielded this... The male biting the female triggers the release of the egg in the female, so there is a purpose other than arousal.

Stretching to get ready...

The we came upon some Natal Spurfowl engaging in the same thing -- not the male is also biting the female...

Female Baboons in estrus, a period of sexual receptivity, exhibit visible signs including swelling and redness of the anogenital area. This swelling is a signal to males that the female is fertile and ready to mate.

There were lots of Male Baboons ready for action as well...

First thing in the morning...

On alert up in a tree -- very vocal as well.

Some other mammals proving that they have balls...

Giraffe...

This Cape Buffalo (Dagga Boy) has quite a set...

And even the Lion with a bad hip...

The fighting Egyptian Geese are Males vying to mate with the Female who is looking on and appears to be asking them to stop.

Raptors do it too

Martial Eagle - Apparently this species is rarely capture in action but they were engaging in it for almost 2 minutes -- quite long for birds.

Tawny Eagle - a few days later this species put on a show as well.

She doesn't seem very satisfied...

We happened upon this Vervet Monkey up in a tree looking very Zen except for his "tackle" hanging out.

There were other monkeys nearby -- but he seemed unphased. Clearly he wanted us to know he was a male...