An Alien birthday weekend at Sirheni

[Alf]

A dead elephant is always striking

Our first time seeing a dead elephant

[Alf]

Oh, yes... I can fathom that smell

That smell was horrible

[Alf]

a scavenger start .The smell

That's why they say one must keep your window closed

[Alf]

Those are side-striped jackals, Alpheus!

Thought they were black backed jackals

[Alf]

Interesting...do you know how it died?

Have no clue. Couldn't even see his back side or any predators that could have been there

[Flutterby]

Strange that the tusks had not been removed. We saw an elephant carcass on the S40 a few years. It had died of natural causes but the rangers removed the tusks immediately and left the carcass for the scavengers.

[Alf]

Strange that the tusks had not been removed. We saw an elephant carcass on the S40 a few years. It had died of natural causes but the rangers removed the tusks immediately and left the carcass for the scavengers.

Maybe it died that morning and the rangers didn't know about it

[Lisbeth]

Then the smell would not have been so strong. Maybe nobody had told them

[Alf]

Then the smell would not have been so strong. Maybe nobody had told them

It's possible that they didn't know about it because you have to turn off onto a loop to get to this sighting

[Lisbeth]