Was it any consolation that 64-year-old wildlife artist Simon Combes had died in 2004 doing what he loved? Combes was killed by an unprovoked Cape buffalo while on walkabout with cheetah expert Mary Wykstra near his home in Nakuru, Kenya—terrain he had roamed since age six. It felt as though Africa were extracting her price for his years in her embrace, mastering the details of animal anatomy, expression, behavior, habitat, and social interaction. Full article
Out of the Shadows
