The rhino appears to levitate with all four feet off the ground as it rushes. KENYA, AFRICA. MEDIA DRUM WORLD+44 (0) 333 321 1546
The rhino appears to levitate with all four feet off the ground as it rushes. KENYA, AFRICA. MEDIA DRUM WORLD+44 (0) 333 321 1546 Rampaging Rhinos By Aimee Braniff Cree **EXCLUSIVE** A TERRIFYING image shows a wild rhino charging straight at a brave photographer from just twenty feet away. The unbelievable image shows a rhino running with all four feet off the ground appearing to levitate. Another image shows a huge dust cloud being kicked up by the two tonne beast as it rushes around, while we also see a group of rhinos all scattering in different directions. These images were taken by engineer Gurcharan Roopra (44) from Nairobi Kenya. Gurcharan is an ambassador for the Solio Game Reserve, Mwiga, Kenya where the shots were taken. Gurcharan used his Nikon D6 and Z9 and the images, he was extremely lucky to capture the rhinos as they can run 25mph. ?I often get to see the rhinos when I am out on game drives in Kenya, ? said Gurcharan. ?When they charge it is such an adrenaline rush, the anticipation is that the vehicle is much larger than the rhino, so sooner or later it will change direction, but you don?t know when. ?In these instances I spend a lot of time with the rhino?s so that they can get comfortable with me, sometimes the aggression they have towards other rhino?s finds its way to everything around. ?For me as the photographer, it's amazing to nail what I had seen coming towards us, it's not always the case, but when it happens, the feeling of achievement is great. ?In many cases the rhinos come to smell me. I?m hoping I will always smell good so they carry on. I am the outsider in their world, I do not want to also be an interruption to their behaviours. ?Having an animal with so much strength and size right next to you, it's really something special, calm but fearful, knowing the animals have the capacity to do a lot of damage. ?My favourite images are the rhinos running at
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