Synonyms, Related Subjects, Ideas for Food Photos Dessicated200 calorie, 500 Cal, A baguette roll, A Bamboo Shoot, A banana skin, A Beef Fillet, A Bunch of Bananas, A Butter Curl, A Can of Cola, |
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 The mummified and dessicated body of an endangered Leadbeaters Possum. |
 Seasons of fat and lean impose an unyielding regimen on Etoshas wild denizens. In a good year the Indian Ocean monsoon brings continual rains from January t o April. They fall first and heaviest--an average of 18 inches--on the parks eastern end. The western section, 175 miles away, receives only two-thirds of that amount. M ost species give birth during this season, when they fan out across the park to drink from rainwater pools and feed on rich vegetation. As the dry months fol low, animal s are drawn to permanent water holes. There they congregate in spectacular numbe rs. Dependence on these springs limits grazing range, causing overgrazing and, in bad years, starvation. To aid the animals, park officials since the 1950s have drilled 5 5 artificial wells, most of them in the dessicated west. But herds there gre w beyond what surrounding forage could sustain, forcing officials to close some wells and hope for the cycle to complete itself. This shot shows blue cranes (Anthropoides paradisea) drinking the small amount of water that remains in the Kapupuhedi wa ter hole during a dry spell in January 1982. For a shot of this water hole bef ore the drought, please see #50010 in this series. |
 Severe drought has dessicated this cornfield. |
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