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when... but when those sort of 0- will end 0*\ :evil:
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When does Sanparks learn to give sensible intelligent answers? 0*\


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Lisbeth wrote:When does Sanparks learn to give sensible intelligent answers? 0*\
They have, it’s called “the art of creating doubt and diverting attention from the truth”, which is the current norm in SA at the moment 0:


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There is a possibility this may be a hoax:

The pic came up over two weeks after it was allegedly taken.

The whole arrangement of the carcass looks staged.

The road may not even be in Kruger.

It may be photoshopped.

One front leg has been cut off for some reason.

The time of day indicates plenty of time for predators to have sorted this feast out since morning, or earlier.


But maybe not?


Who is to say when the photographer found the relevant place to post it? Many of my friends have little idea of the relevant sites, and FB probably eventually came up?

The arrangement of the carcass may be consistent with the butcher being just about ready to load everything, when surprised? They take all parts, for all sorts of reasons?

I think it is a Kruger road...the flattened ellie/rhino dung indicates heavy traffic and is typical.

I don't think it's photoshopped, shadows are consistent, also regarding the time of day. The bodily fluid trail draining off to the side of the road is an unusual detail, probably seepage that occurred slowly while the whole consignment was lying there!

I have seen a roadkill impala lying in a tar road early in the morning, and upon returning that afternoon expecting all sorts of predator action, found the carcass lying there absolutely untouched!



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maybe poachers had a bakkie load of poached impalas , and one of them fell off the back of it O** Well , that's what it looks like to me - :O^


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Sounds reasonable, but do they skin them before leaving the park? :-?


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Agree with Okie that it might have fallen off a vehicle, but if its hunters from inside or outside the park is difficult to tell. I would assume a poacher on foot won't skin an animal so not to smell of blood and attrack predators, but definitely some-one that is not going to walk with the carcass and rather load it on the back of a bakkie.


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But if it has fallen off a bakkie there wont be a blood trail leading to the side of the road


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There might, Alf, if it lay there for a while and juices came out? -O-


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There appear to be some " splat" marks on the road :-?


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