Not long back from a trip to Thailand. Lots of birds photographed (some fairly well!). A lot of the photography was in shaded situations requiring the best equipment to deal with the low light levels. However, we also encountered this little beauty. It's a Lesser Mouse Deer; it is the smallest hoofed animal in the world, weighing up to 2 kg. It inhabits quite dark forest where it moves around furtively, as if terrified of what is around. Highly strung. We were in a hide photographing birds at the time when two of them appeared in the background. From the sniffing that was going on I would say that there were a pair. |