Gallery: The Animals of the Serengeti Get Caught in Surprise Selfies

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    A southern ground hornbill.
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    Cheetah on the move.
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    A hyena.
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    A zebra colt.
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    A curious baboon playing with the camera.
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    Lion family.
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    Nighttime wildebeest.
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    Porcupine.
  • An elephant trunk.
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    An elephant trunk.
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    Hippo!
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    Giraffe butt.
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    A serval.
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    A baby eland surrounded by its elders.
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    Lion, noshing on a zebra leg.
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    An old, scarred lion. The wound on the haunches is likely from a fight with another lion.
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    A jackal.
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    A reedbuck.
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    Cheetahs in repose.
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    Wildebeest on the move.
  • Eye of the...lion.
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    Eye of the...lion. (Because there aren't any tigers in the Serengeti, dummy)
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    Thompson's gazelle.
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    Lion butt.
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    An aardvark.
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    Giraffe neck.
  • Cheetah hindquarters.
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    Cheetah hindquarters.
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    Zebra at dusk.
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