Live Cams of Africam and WildEarth

Have you ever seen an orphaned rhino cub dreaming in his boma shelter? A party of young lions at the watering hole with their mother. Elephants contemplating the splendor of an African sunset. A large gathering of zebra. Wildebeest enjoying a good roll in the mud. A python snatching a meal. A family of baboons. Rare cheetah cubs at Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre. A graceful genet. A caracal whose lightning-fast reflexes leaves only a blurred smear of light. Eagle fledglings enjoying parental care. An ostrich male patrolling his beat. Terrapin taking to the water. Various interspecies encounters. Almost a decade before Netflix first launched, Africam began its wildlife livestreams, first from the Sabie Sands game reserve, then expanding to over thirty locations around Southern and East Africa, including Etosha in Namibia, the Serengeti in Tanzania, Maasai Maru and Tsavo West in Kenya, Hwange in Zimbabwe, the Boteti River in Botswana and Timbavati and the Kruger National Park in South Africa. One fascinating webcam provides unique insights into the daily lives of Black Eagles. Another shares the story of critically endangered charges such as cheetahs and rhinos who find a safe haven at the Hoedspruit. The Facebook Group shares regular highlights in the form of photos and video clips.

Members: 14.3k, at the time of writing. 

Trigger Warnings: Animal Predation.

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Wild Dogs of Africa

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Wild Dogs of Africa

Although their evolutionary path parted ways with those of domestic dogs around three million years ago, Africa's painted dogs are nevertheless eerily similar to their distant cousins in the ways they move and socialize. But their exploits are larger than life by comparison. Hunting in packs, they take down larger prey such as impala, zebra, waterbuck, reedbuck and kudu by their sheer tenacity, persistence and close co-operation, or even brave a skirmish with a pair of crocodiles. There are signs that the African wild dog was once highly regarded by the San community and also in prehistoric Egypt and the oldest fossils go back 200,000 years. The Facebook Group dedicated to the Wild Dogs of Africa take us into their world through the lenses of wildlife photographers and safari tour guides. We also meet their fiercest defenders and advocates, such as Jealous and Edward Mpofu, and catch the dogs themselves in rare moments - such as expressing playful joy at a surprise shower of rain. 

Members: 13.1k, at the time of writing

Trigger warnings: inter-species violence.

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Birding, Nature & Wildlife Diaries of World

For World Animal Day, this awesome community shares the wonder of birds animals and nature.

What makes this Facebook group different? It's in the details. The main focus is on birdwatching, which is why you will see spoonbills, kites, ibis, heron, bunting, water hens, egret, cormorant, stork, hawk, crows and shrike (amongst others) captured in London, Portugal, USA, India, Italy, Brazil, Bangladesh and the Netherlands. There is a directive to share at least some information about the location and the species captured, but some posters are even more generous than that, chronicling details of the encounter and sometimes even the equipment used to capture. Besides avians, there are also rabbits, red deer, black bears, chipmunks, elephant and wolves. Some images capture the subject matter in exquisite detail (there's that word again) while others show unique moments. 

Members: 17.8k, at the time of writing.

Trigger warnings: None.

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(Photo credit: Alexas Fotos on Pixabay)

You know you're a zookeeper when

Welcome to the secret lives of zookeepers. Well, I haven't really done an occupational-hazards group for a while and this one is loads of fun. You can check out the information section to find out just what to expect from this unusual profession. (Perhaps career counselors should start recommending Facebook Groups as additional reading.) Threads on the discussion board include 'Where do you work? What species do you work with?', 'What's the funniest/coolest thing one of your animals has ever done?', 'Things That the Public Throw into the Pens' and 'The Brilliant Public'. There are over 300 zoo images in the gallery.

What's great about this group: it introduces the ups and downs of a zookeeper's day.

Update (24 October 2024)

This Facebook Group still exists, but has opted to go private. It has 20,700 members and still seems fairly active. Go here to request access.