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Richprins wrote:Your spelling, Dear...


You know what helps a lot when visiting unfenced areas, BT...a bungalow!

My trailer is as good as that but it's also on wheels!

Have looked up your "Spider Hunting Wasp", it's an Ammophila. Family: Sphecidae: Subfamily: Ammophilinae

So, you are also good at cooking?

Toko wrote:Have looked up your "Spider Hunting Wasp", it's an Ammophila. Family: Sphecidae: Subfamily: Ammophilinae

So, you are also good at cooking?

So, a Thread-Wasted Wasp then, thanks!

Not good at cooking, I can cook the Welsh contribution to gastronomy - Welsh Rarebit (ask Dewi )- and a few other things like beans on toast. I can also burn meat on a fire and cook rice and potatoes.

Do you mix some white wine and garlic into the cheese sauce? Cool life style, don't waste too much time, energy and creative thinking on food preparation

Toko wrote: Do you mix some white wine and garlic into the cheese sauce? Cool life style, don't waste too much time, energy and creative thinking on food preparation

Cheese sauce?????? Garlic????????? White Wine????? What are you talking about?????

Day 3 Tuesday 11 November : Maroela.

Up at zero dark thirty and out shortly after the gate opened. It was a completely overcast day and the light was terrible. We drove down the S140 past Talamati and saw nothing worth pointing a camera at. After we turned onto the S36 towards Muzandzeni, we were looking forward to a break at the picnic spot and perhaps a spot of brekkie.

Finally, we spotted something! A juvenile Martial Eagle being mobbed by some Drongoes. The Eagle landed on a tree and the Drongoes started to hit it on the head as they dive bombed it.




We watched for a few minutes until Stargazer (that's the SO's handle - I've finally managed to get her to register!) exclaimed "Honey Badger" and we completely forgot about the Eagle.

Switch to Aat Mode......

Hmmm, must be something to eat around here.... I'm sure I'll sniff something out....





WOHOO, Yuletide has come early! It's a Crunchy Meat Pie, quick, grab it before it escapes - if I flip it over it can't get away......

It smells great


Now, how do I get this wrapper off?




I think I can get in through this leg hole..


Hmmmm, tasty!




Ahhh, got something!


(By this time we had the company of two bush taxis and the noise level was increasing, the HB suddenly realised it had an audience!)

WHAT THE!!!!!!!!


Bloody paparazzi, I can't even have breakfast in peace?


Dammit, I'm going to take my food elsewhere, so I can eat in peace!







We were thrilled (but sad for the Tortoise), an amazing sighting and we were there for nearly 40 minutes! Honey Badgers are my favourite animal but we have never had a sighting that was anywhere near as long or as interesting - the single-mindedness and bravery of these little animals fascinates me. I would never have guessed that Tortoises are in HB's menu! I guess that they would have to be of a certain size or the leg holes would be too small to get into.

We had intended to stop for breakfast at Muzandzeni but the weather put us off. We went back to camp instead, photographing a pair of Giraffes on the way

awsome... fantastic... genial... the sighting and the photos
like you said, poor Tortoise

like too the "bomb"

at last... I understand the title

Astounding, BT!

I suspect that badger may be one that has learned this tehnnique by chance, although they are simply voracious!

Don't think your eagle is a martial...how big was it, sort of?

Will forward!

WoW - What an incredible honey badger sighting, BluTuna

I was thinked the same... when a Honey Badger catch my attention

I think is a Tawny