I’ve been 2 metres away from a Tiger in the wild face to face. They are massive. It’s a good story, but in a nutshell: if you want to eat me there is nothing I can do about it. Luckily he/she turned and vanished. Later that day I narrowly avoided being kidnapped by terrorists and it didn’t end there…
I think large birds of prey in the high mountains and small UK birds make me very happy. Got some Goldcrests in the garden atm and I never tire of watching them.
Bataleur eagle, essentially a bird without a tail…its the agile fighter of the bird world, unstable. As it grows up the tail gets shorter and shorter, so as the bird learns how to fly it loses it’s stabilisers…
Impossible to pick an absolute favourite but I’ve always loved cats; particular favourites would be Snow Leopards and Scottish Wild cats and my wife and I were particularly delighted to see both the the Highland Wildlife Park when we had a a week in Inverness last December.
I also have a particular soft spot for Cephlapods (Octopi, squid, cuttlefish etc.); remarkable creatures with amazing abilities to change shape, texture and colour (clever too).
First few minutes of this documentary shows what they can do.
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXd5P-FWrXo[/video]