| Etosha is known for its pan - an immense, flat, saline desert.
After exceptionally rainy periods, the pan fills with up to a metre (3ft) of water and enormous numbers of flamingoes and pelicans arrive to feed and breed.
We saw the pan when its surface was dry and caked with salty dirt.
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| The hyena sleeps in a hole during the day. Then he appears, all smiles, for a night's hunt. |
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| We saw a zebra confront these hyena and get away with it. These must be vegetarian hyenas. |
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| The next day we saw a zebra that wasn't so lucky. Curious elephants investigate, but this zebra is beyond even a genius veterinarian's help. |
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| This ground squirrel is not happy to have hyenas as neighbors. |
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