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Warthog Water Hole, Africa, 1998

Although fierce in appearance, the warthog would rather run from predators, like the lion or leopard, than fight. The diet of a warthog consists mainly of grasses, roots, and berries, along with the occasional carrion.

(Photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Cheetahs: Ghosts of the Grasslands," December 1999, National Geographic magazine)

Photograph by Chris Johns

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