Mammals: Interesting or Unusual Behaviour
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A fantastic scene! The way he is walking
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Not in Kruger:
This was filmed by 32-year-old safari guide, Joshua Loonkushu, on an evening game drive near the river.
Joshua tells us his story:
“On the previous day, we had spotted this pride of lions that had just killed a wildebeest within the banks of the Sand River in Maasai Mara. I decided to head over there the next day to try and track them down. Luckily I managed to find them!
In the beginning, I couldn’t imagine that the male lion was going to behave like this! He got up and kept on creeping towards the lioness, almost stalking. He was taking all effort to keep as silent as possible.
I told my guests that we are up to something quite interesting here. As he got to the lioness, he bit her! It took the lioness exactly 2 split seconds to go from fast asleep to be in defense mode and ready to attack!
Soon after this scuffle, the rest of the pride joined the two, hugging them as if they were asking what was the matter?
In my 8 years of guiding, this was the first sighting of its kind! I’ve never seen something like this, and if someone else comes across a great sighting like this, I say share it with the world!”
https://lowvelder.co.za/466530/watch-not-wake-lioness/
This was filmed by 32-year-old safari guide, Joshua Loonkushu, on an evening game drive near the river.
Joshua tells us his story:
“On the previous day, we had spotted this pride of lions that had just killed a wildebeest within the banks of the Sand River in Maasai Mara. I decided to head over there the next day to try and track them down. Luckily I managed to find them!
In the beginning, I couldn’t imagine that the male lion was going to behave like this! He got up and kept on creeping towards the lioness, almost stalking. He was taking all effort to keep as silent as possible.
I told my guests that we are up to something quite interesting here. As he got to the lioness, he bit her! It took the lioness exactly 2 split seconds to go from fast asleep to be in defense mode and ready to attack!
Soon after this scuffle, the rest of the pride joined the two, hugging them as if they were asking what was the matter?
In my 8 years of guiding, this was the first sighting of its kind! I’ve never seen something like this, and if someone else comes across a great sighting like this, I say share it with the world!”
https://lowvelder.co.za/466530/watch-not-wake-lioness/
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Interesting indeed
Next trip to the bush??
Let me think......................
Let me think......................
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Brave girl
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Maybe he just wanted to play !
For the previous post (the Girafe), maybe it did not have the strength to kick back. It is lucky because the Lions chew the tendons so that the animal cannot walk properly and fall.
For the previous post (the Girafe), maybe it did not have the strength to kick back. It is lucky because the Lions chew the tendons so that the animal cannot walk properly and fall.
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WATCH: Honey Badger rescues her baby from Leopard
We all know that honey badgers think they are the boss of the bush… Well, this mother honey badger surely is! She had no second thoughts charging in on a hungry leopard to save her baby. Video courtesy of Kruger Sightings’ YouTube channel
3 hours ago
This incredible and unusual interaction was filmed by Sahara Wulfsohn, a 28-year-old guide at Kirkmans Kamp in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger National Park.
Sahara tells us about the sighting:
“Sabi Sands is an incredible reserve with excellent sightings of Leopard. On our drive, we had seen a few elephants but I was really looking forward to showing my group of 5 guests a Leopard. When Joel, one of the other rangers called in that he had found a female leopard not far from the lodge, I quickly responded to the sighting.
At the time, I joked with my guests that we needn’t have driven so far from the lodge, and could have simply sat on the tea deck to view animals from there.
When we arrived at the scene, Joel pointed out the leopard, which was moving slowly through a tamboti thicket towards us. At this point, I was very excited and grateful at having been given this excellent opportunity to show my guests a real-life Leopard. I didn’t notice initially, but there was a young honey badger a few meters away from us, and about 10 meters away from the Leopard.
When I realised what was about to happen I could hardly believe my eyes! The Leopard stalked closer and closer till its nose was practically touching the rear end of the Badger. The badger turned around, and I’m sure got the surprise of its life.
The Leopard launched its attack in a fury of claw and tooth with the small badger fighting bravely and valiantly but not really a match for the Leopard, I was filming at this point and then noticed the mother Badger running at speed towards the melee and rapidly displaced the Leopard.
The sighting ended with the mother Badger dragging her large cub by the scruff of the neck into a convenient and nearby hole in a termite mound. The young badger had probably broken its front right leg, but will almost certainly survive thanks to the strength and protection of its mother.
A Leopard alone, even sleeping, is a rare and wonderful sighting, but this was beyond belief. When I got back to the lodge, the other guides were all amazed at the sighting and the video and pictures which I paraded around the rangers room.
For someone else who finds oneself at a sighting like this, a good idea is to start filming early and get a nice and stable rest/mounting arrangement for the camera It was easily the sighting of a lifetime, I cannot imagine having another opportunity like this, as both Honey Badger and Leopard are very rare to see. Just to see one or the other would have been a great sighting, but this was incredible!
Honey Badgers do not normally form part of the diet of Leopard, as they are renowned for their fierce temperament and savage fighting ability. Badgers are even known to displace other larger predators like Lions. The reason this Leopard attempted to take on the honey badger was her young age (2 years) and lack of experience. She will have been taught a lesson she won’t soon forget!”
https://lowvelder.co.za/467220/watch-ho ... y-leopard/
We all know that honey badgers think they are the boss of the bush… Well, this mother honey badger surely is! She had no second thoughts charging in on a hungry leopard to save her baby. Video courtesy of Kruger Sightings’ YouTube channel
3 hours ago
This incredible and unusual interaction was filmed by Sahara Wulfsohn, a 28-year-old guide at Kirkmans Kamp in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger National Park.
Sahara tells us about the sighting:
“Sabi Sands is an incredible reserve with excellent sightings of Leopard. On our drive, we had seen a few elephants but I was really looking forward to showing my group of 5 guests a Leopard. When Joel, one of the other rangers called in that he had found a female leopard not far from the lodge, I quickly responded to the sighting.
At the time, I joked with my guests that we needn’t have driven so far from the lodge, and could have simply sat on the tea deck to view animals from there.
When we arrived at the scene, Joel pointed out the leopard, which was moving slowly through a tamboti thicket towards us. At this point, I was very excited and grateful at having been given this excellent opportunity to show my guests a real-life Leopard. I didn’t notice initially, but there was a young honey badger a few meters away from us, and about 10 meters away from the Leopard.
When I realised what was about to happen I could hardly believe my eyes! The Leopard stalked closer and closer till its nose was practically touching the rear end of the Badger. The badger turned around, and I’m sure got the surprise of its life.
The Leopard launched its attack in a fury of claw and tooth with the small badger fighting bravely and valiantly but not really a match for the Leopard, I was filming at this point and then noticed the mother Badger running at speed towards the melee and rapidly displaced the Leopard.
The sighting ended with the mother Badger dragging her large cub by the scruff of the neck into a convenient and nearby hole in a termite mound. The young badger had probably broken its front right leg, but will almost certainly survive thanks to the strength and protection of its mother.
A Leopard alone, even sleeping, is a rare and wonderful sighting, but this was beyond belief. When I got back to the lodge, the other guides were all amazed at the sighting and the video and pictures which I paraded around the rangers room.
For someone else who finds oneself at a sighting like this, a good idea is to start filming early and get a nice and stable rest/mounting arrangement for the camera It was easily the sighting of a lifetime, I cannot imagine having another opportunity like this, as both Honey Badger and Leopard are very rare to see. Just to see one or the other would have been a great sighting, but this was incredible!
Honey Badgers do not normally form part of the diet of Leopard, as they are renowned for their fierce temperament and savage fighting ability. Badgers are even known to displace other larger predators like Lions. The reason this Leopard attempted to take on the honey badger was her young age (2 years) and lack of experience. She will have been taught a lesson she won’t soon forget!”
https://lowvelder.co.za/467220/watch-ho ... y-leopard/
Please check Needs Attention pre-booking: https://africawild-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=322&t=596
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At 13:15 in full sun, 37,5° and they stayed for quite a while
There was also a calf, but it returned into the water, before I got the car and camera ready
There was also a calf, but it returned into the water, before I got the car and camera ready
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The desire for equality must never exceed the demands of knowledge
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