{"id":36616,"date":"2014-10-16T05:30:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/?p=36616"},"modified":"2014-10-16T04:39:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T11:39:39","slug":"no-laughing-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/no-laughing-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"No Laughing Matter?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BMP9667.jpg?quality=100\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BMP9667.jpg?resize=433%2C650&#038;quality=100\" alt=\"_BMP9667\" width=\"433\" height=\"650\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36617\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BMP9667.jpg?w=433&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 433w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.moosepeterson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/BMP9667.jpg?resize=389%2C585&amp;quality=100&amp;ssl=1 389w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 433px) 100vw, 433px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If there was one species of critter I wanted to photograph here in Africa it was the Hyaena. 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