African Baobab

These shots were taken from the DVD series, Planet Earth. I had seen about five of the segments, but had not seen this one called Seasonal Forests. Again, I recommend this series to anyone, and there is so much more than I can cover here, but I would like to focus on the African Baobab tree. I really didn't know that this tree has a very lovely flower to bloom in the rainy season. You can see (in the video) that the flower blooms within one minute. Another shot shows a mouse lemur licking the nectar of the flower after hybernating during the dry season. And the last couple of shots show a giant hawk moth collecting nectar and by travelling from tree to tree they cross-pollinate.