Oscar Betts
Oscar is a digital nomad who was born in the UK. Most recently he’s spent over a year and a half travelling through southeast Asia and Australia. He has a master’s degree in English literature and enjoys writing fiction in his spare time. As a freelancer he’s worked in a variety of roles, including education and essay marking, and writing articles, blogs and book reviews. He’s always had a soft spot for animals, in particular birds and cats both big and small. On his travels he’s been fortunate enough to see all kinds of new animals, mostly birds and lots of lizards, but he’s also been able to enjoy some safari experiences, seeing amazing animals like crocodiles and elephants up close.

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Lion Ruins An Impala’s Relaxing Swim
This impala thought it would be safe from predators in the water, but little did it know that this swim could be its last.
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Rare Caracal Behavior Caught on Camera
After spotting 2 caracals on the road, these tourists couldn’t believe their luck. They reversed to keep up with them for over a km, when finally, the caracals stopped and put on the show of a lifetime! Hopefully, some more caracals will be coming soon!
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Watch Lioness Sneak Up On Sleeping Hyena Cubs
These lionesses thought they’d have an easy time of it when they spied some sleepy hyena cubs, but despite a perfectly executed stalk, things didn’t go as planned.
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Dead Impala Manages To Torment Male Lion
This lion spied a tasty treat up in a tree, but it had a much harder time than it anticipated trying to steal the leopard’s kill that was tucked up there.
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Sad: Giraffe That Can Never Drink Because Water Keeps Falling Out
Despite injuries making simple acts like drinking difficult, this giraffe defies the odds through the very act of survival.
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Watch Hippo Attack 3 Lions Crossing The River
These three lions got more than they bargained for when they tried to swim across a river. Watch Now: The Great Plains Conservation project sent in this sighting showing a pride of lions hugely underestimating the threat of a hippo, and paying the price. The lions were at the Selinda Reserve in Botswana, where they…
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Cute Sighting: This Pangolin That Really Loves Swimming
This little Temminck’s Pangolin called Dithlong (also known as Ditsi) had a whale of a time swimming! Watch Now: In this adorable video shared by the Manyoni Private Game Reserve we see Ditsi, a pangolin in the midst of rehabilitation, playfully enjoying her time in the water. Law enforcement rescued Ditsi from poachers, and the…
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Watch Lions Attack Crocodile Walking On Land
This crocodile was just getting in a quick rest when a pride of lions ganged up on it.
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Watch Dead Snake Fight Back And Choke Bird
A huge dead snake got posthumous revenge on a juvenile southern ground hornbill with eyes bigger than its stomach.
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Moment Lost Cheetah Calls Brother & Instead Attracts Baboons
After a baboon attack separated them, a lone cheetah tried to rejoin its brother in hostile territory, but the baboons weren’t done with them yet.
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Wow: 1 Warthog Fights Off Leopard & 5 Hyenas
This hero warthog refuses to go down without a fight, taking on a hungry leopard and five hyenas to make it back to its burrow.
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Curious Bird Destroys Its Own Research Camera
This ground-hornbill, in the course of investigating a research camera, manages to completely break it instead.
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Wildebeest Escapes Small Croc To Swim Into Monster Croc
Unfortunately, the wildebeest is too big for one small crocodile to manage, but the second absolutely dominates them.
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Leopard Plays With Innocent Impala
Two young leopard cubs play with an impala gifted from their mother because, due to their youth, they don’t really know what else to do with it.
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Watch Moment Hippo Crushes Buck After It Gets Stuck
A buck finds itself trapped in an awful situation, trapped between a pack of wild dogs, and an angry hippo which throws it around like a rag doll.
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Old Lioness Tries Escaping Gang of Hyenas
A tragic scene in the Kruger National Park as an old lioness faces down a hyena clan, in what could have been her last moments.
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Moment Buffalo Throws Calf Into The Air To Save It From Lion
A buffalo managed to defend its calf from a lion attack by using unorthodox methods, such as catapulting the calf into the air to get it away from the lion.
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Watch Baboons Get Stuck On Bridge To Avoid Lions
Careless baboons find themselves trapped beneath the West Street Bridge when a pride of lions takes them by surprise.
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Incredible: Watch Hyena Appear to Swim Backstroke
Playful hyena finds a way to pass the time at the Renoster Pan watering hole.
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Watch Buck Headbutt Huge Leopard
See this incredible scene of courage in the Kruger National Park, as a baby duiker fights back against a leopard more than twice its size. Johan Seekles captured the sighting during the late morning as he headed towards the Satara Rest Camp, spotting a leopard and her cub first, before realizing the big cats weren’t…