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Kenya: Bird Perches on Chinese Man’s Head in Masai Mara

A video taken in Kenya’s Maasai Mara on August 30, 2025, shows a small bird perched on a Chinese man’s messy hair, refusing to leave no matter how much he shakes or turns his head. The moment highlights the peaceful coexistence between people and wildlife in the region.

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KENYA-NAROK-MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE-WILDLIFE

A lion is pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, Sept. 4, 2025. Photo by Yuan Lin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KENYA-NAROK-MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE-WILDLIFE

A leopard is pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, May 22, 2025. Photo by Yuan Lin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KENYA-NAROK-MAASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE-WILDLIFE

A leopard leaps across a river in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, Aug. 30, 2025. Photo by Yuan Lin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giraffes At Maasai Mara National Reserve - Kenya

Giraffes are pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2025. Phot oby Yang Guang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giraffes At Maasai Mara National Reserve - Kenya

Giraffes are pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2025. Phot oby Yang Guang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giraffes At Maasai Mara National Reserve - Kenya

A giraffe is pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2025. Phot oby Yang Guang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Giraffes At Maasai Mara National Reserve - Kenya

A giraffe is pictured in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya, Sept. 1, 2025. Phot oby Yang Guang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

A Maasai villager sells souvenirs in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai children have fun in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers communicate in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

A Maasai villager performs the traditional dance in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers perform the traditional dance in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers perform the traditional dance in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers perform the traditional dance in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers communicate in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers sell souvenirs in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

A Maasai villager stands in front of his home in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers play traditional musical instruments in a village in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

A Maasai villager sells souvenirs in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Maasai Village Open To Tourists - Kenya

Maasai villagers sell souvenirs in the Masai Mara National Reserve in Narok, Kenya, on August 21, 2024. Maasai, one of the major tribes in Kenya, is mainly scattered in the south and southwest parts bordering Tanzania. The tribe is still living in nomadic way. Their settlement covers the world-famous tourist destinations of Masai Mara National Reserve and Serengeti National Park. With the development of local tourism industry, the Maasai people have opened their villages to embrace the tourists, as a way of increasing their income while maintaining their traditional lifestyle. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Using bees to protect elephants from poaching

MAASAI MARA, Kenya - Locals set up a hive box near Maasai Mara National Reserve in south-west Kenya in August 2014, at entrance of a forest to keep elephants, known to avoid bees, in the forest. The effort is expected to protect elephants from poachers and financially support local residents with honey harvest.

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KENYA-NATONAL PARKS-WORLD ELEPHANT DAY

(220812) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 30, 2021 shows elephants at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. World Elephant Day falls on Aug. 12. It is an annual event to raise people's awareness on elephant conservation. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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KENYA-NATONAL PARKS-WORLD ELEPHANT DAY

(220812) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows an elephant at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. World Elephant Day falls on Aug. 12. It is an annual event to raise people's awareness on elephant conservation. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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KENYA-NATONAL PARKS-WORLD ELEPHANT DAY

(220812) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows an elephant at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. World Elephant Day falls on Aug. 12. It is an annual event to raise people's awareness on elephant conservation. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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KENYA-NATONAL PARKS-WORLD ELEPHANT DAY

(220812) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows elephants at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. World Elephant Day falls on Aug. 12. It is an annual event to raise people's awareness on elephant conservation. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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Africa's savanna wildlife

Young lions that recently left their pride are pictured on Dec. 4, 2016, at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Africa's savanna wildlife

An elephant is pictured Dec. 2, 2016, as the sun sets at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Africa's savanna wildlife

Rangers patrol for poachers at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya on Dec. 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Africa's savanna wildlife

Photo shows a zebra with a leg missing, presumably lost in a trap set by poachers, on Dec. 6, 2016, at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Africa's savanna wildlife

A ranger collects a wire trap set by poachers, during a patrol at Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya on Dec. 2, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Using bees to protect elephants from poaching

MAASAI MARA, Kenya - Locals set up a hive box near Maasai Mara National Reserve in south-west Kenya in August 2014, at entrance of a forest to keep elephants, known to avoid bees, in the forest. The effort is expected to protect elephants from poachers and financially support local residents with honey harvest. (Kyodo)