There are also cheetahs hiding out in the short grass plains and leopards silently waiting in the treetops.
Once gone, only distant owl calls interrupt the sound of wind rushing through the treetops.
Wambugu was born in 1953, just a few kilometers away from Treetops, Kenya's famous game reserve.
Till then the males fly in biblical swarms among the treetops, serenading the fair sex.
Her eyes stared above his car roof as if scanning the treetops for rescue.
Plenty of mayflies would still get away for their one ecstatic night of reproducing in the treetops.
She was staying at Treetops, the most famous lodge in the 766sqkm park, when she learnt about her succession.
Overhead, unseen birds screech and hoot among the treetops, and palm leaves rattle like paper in the breeze.
The flowers bloom in dramatic fashion, their light pink colour spreading across previously barren treetops to welcome spring.
The comedian is a long-time supporter of the charity which cares for children at Treetops hospice in Trentham.
The low gray sky was tangling with the treetops as murky blotches of fog rested in the yards.
It seemed only minutes later, with the sun barely on the treetops, that the carriages were waiting out front.
From just above the treetops, elephants can be seen bulldozing through thick brush.
Wire-guided fighters alighting on treetops were wondrous to American audiences, but that was old hat for Mr. Lee, more like an homage.
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Aside from the whir of his fishing line, the sounds are of rushing water, birds hidden high above in the treetops and the crunch of leaves underfoot.
It is a crudely drawn yet beautifully rendered story of a man and a girl who find peace living in the treetops, away from darkness of the earth.
Devotees of old wuxia movies will particularly delight in the scene where Jen is chased by Li, both gliding along the swishing treetops of a luscious bamboo forest.
You pitch your tent right on the platform, each of which has a braai and a sheltered counter for preparing food, and sleep suspended between the treetops and the forest floor.
From a high vantage point, there are infinite views of treetops and thick bush stretching over deep valleys, intersected with sheer slabs of flat-topped, saffron-coloured cliffs fringed with green.
The Treetops Luxury Lodge and Estate in Rotorua, New Zealand, for example, offers everything from fly-fishing tutorials to a food tour that teaches guests about local cuisine and culture.
Building a hotel in the treetops is hardly a new idea: Brazil's Ariau Amazon Towers Hotel has been inviting guests to explore the jungle canopy from its rooms since the mid-1980s.
If you check in from the Westcliff Hotel in Johannesburg, you'll see this tip from CNN South Africa Correspondent Robyn Curnow: The bar has a wonderful view over the treetops of the suburbs, the Johannesburg skyline and, on a clear night, the blue rim of the Magaliesberg Mountains.
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