Lake Manyara, Monday 8/29 - Tuesday 8/30

	A baby baboon gets a ride from mom. The baboons at Lake Manyara were quite clever about stealing things from tourists; they would wait around the parking and take bags left in cars, giving them back only when you gave them some food. The moral of the story: close your windows in the parking lot at Lake Manyara National Park.
	Most of the monkeys we saw in Africa were vervet monkeys, but these were blue monkeys, or Syke's monkeys.
	The baby baboons loved to slide down the termite mounds; this little one is just about ready to play, but is munching on a leaf first.
	A bachelor herd of impala enjoys the shade.
	I actually have no idea what this bird is. I'll send you a quarter if you can tell me. [Editor's note: the mystery was solved by Aidan Finn, who points out that juvenile martial eagles - unlike adults - have light-colored heads. So we're pretty sure that's what this guy is.]
	A black-breasted snake eagle roosts in a dead tree. The snake eagles often kill their prey (primarily snakes) by bringing them up high into the air and dropping them to the ground.
	Dan is excited because we just saw a hippo running, only the second hippo we had seen even standing up in Africa (they are quite nocturnal). But we didn't get a picture of the hippo, so you'll have to imagine him based on Dan's excited expression.

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