Taste of Kiwi: Blog of Author Shelley Munro

My husband took this photo of a sperm whale at Kaikoura in the South Island of New Zealand. Kaikoura is one of the few places in the world where the whales hang around for the entire year.

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I took this photo at the Wellington zoo. This is an elderly chimp and all she wanted was to eat her treats in peace.

We snapped this shot during a visit to the Grand Canyon. This squirrel looked as if he was sightseeing and enjoying the view the same as us.

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This is one of our holiday shots from our last trip to the US. We visited Vancouver Island, which is actually in Canada, and did a trip over to Bute Inlet in Campbell River to search for grizzly bears.

We had two sightings, and this is one of them. Personally, I thought this was close enough. They have wicked looking claws.

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I took this photo in Egypt near the St Simeon Monastery. This camel definitely had an attitude.

I think he’s trying to tell his owner he wants a day off. What do you think?

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This week my Camera Critter is an elephant seal. We stopped at Point Piedras Blancas when driving from Monterey down the Big Sur in the US. The male elephant seals look really weird with their “trunks”. They’re definitely not attractive animals. They hang around the beach with harems of females and fight each other. The seal pups are often crushed by the adults who are very large. They’re unpredictable in behavior–definitely not animals to approach on the beach. We kept a healthy distance!

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Hubby and I took this photo of a mountain goat not far from Mt. Rushmore. Mountain goats are not true goats, but are really goat-antelopes. They inhabit alpine areas and are very nimble, able to jump up to twelve feet in one leap. This was one of a group, and they were busy drinking the water trickling down the face of a cliff.

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We came across this determined duck in Wellington. She was crossing a busy road and the traffic came to a halt while she and her ducklings marched from one side to the other. I couldn’t resist a photo as she headed into the botanical gardens.

Why do you think she was crossing the road?

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This week’s photo was taken at the local agricultural show. A shearer is demonstrating the shearing process. I can’t decide if the sheep looks happy or not…

What do you think?

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I took this photo at the Sydney Botanical Gardens in December of last year. He was strutting around and posing for all the tourists.

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