Extended KTP Trip oct 2013

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Day 13 - 15th October - Continued

Brunch time!

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Day 13 - 15th October - Continued

We were back at KK and they were fixing the waterhole.

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We saw this crew a lot during the trip they seem to have a large number of water holes to fix. Not really surprising I guess due to large animal traffic.

Some vegetation:

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Great bird sequence ^Q^ ^Q^


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beautiful flowers O/\ O/\


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A January bush Gnidia polycephala ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

and very pretty Wild Everlasting Helichrysum argyrosphaerum


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Can't remember if we got that far in your TT on the yellow side and if I mentioned it there already,
but your cheetah is Monica. One of Lisette's 2011 girls. :-)

Like your feasting birdies! ^Q^


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Day 13 - 15th October - Continued

After lunch we rested for 2 hours as normal but when we got up we decided to treat ourselves to ice cream/carnation milk and peaches which went down really well as it was still extremely hot.

We departed for our afternoon drive at 3.30pm and sat for more than 2 hours with the single cheetah in the hope that it would come closer and be more active in the late afternoon and in good evening light. This was not to be so eventually we gave up and left and then ran into the 3 cheetah about 50 metres from road and by now fading light. We took whatever photos we could and then departed back to camp arriving at 6.45pm.

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•Female cheetahs select a lair, either a rocky outcrop or marshy area with tall grass, before giving birth to their cubs. Mothers only leave the cubs to hunt, before returning to nurse the young. Males do not help with the rearing of young.

•The cheetah originated over 4 million years ago. That’s long before any of the other big cats of today.

•Cheetahs are caring, affectionate and dedicated mothers. They spend a long time caring for their cubs and teaching them essential survival skills like hunting. Cubs typically stay with their mothers for one and a half to two years.

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Cheetah

•Cheetahs are smaller than other members of the big cat family, weighing only 45 – 60 kilograms.

•A cheetah has amazing eyesight during the day and can spot prey from 5 km away.

•Cheetahs cannot climb trees and have poor night vision.

•Cheetahs only need to drink once every three to four days.

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wonderful pictures ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Is this Ekon?


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•Cheetahs are smaller than other members of the big cat family, weighing only 45 – 60 kilograms.
and they are so flat (when they have not just eaten) that it looks almost impossble :shock: O:V


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