Africa Wild

Yeah, I also don't tend to always read other comments.

Mel wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:03 am I often manage to skip this topic because I think it's the webcam thread (that I don't visit regularly)

Beautiful ladies

Didn't Josie struggle with her eye sight anyways? I seem to remember her being suspected to be nearly blind?
Hopefully Duffy & Dawn will keep supporting her catching food.

Josie is remarkably good at hunting despite her poor eyesight. She has developed a method of digging warthog out of their holes which serves her very well

We took another rapid visit to the park last Saturday and were lucky to see Niklaas & Witwarm near Peasland waterhole. They had been on a zebra kill and although their tummies were big, I think not big enough for an entire zebra, so perhaps they hadn't made the original kill



Unfortunately they weren't hanging around and as we arrived they headed up a hillside and out of view





With the lions departure, the jackals made short work of the remains of the carcass









We also managed to find Josie, Dawn & Duffy as very flat cats on Ngulube loop. Still, we were rather impressed that we found 5 of the 6 lion in Addo within such a short visit

Brilliant lion and jackal shots, PJL

Indeed Incredible sightings

Maybe no lions on the next three trips

Niklaas & Witwarm look like two big boys

Jog my memory again, please... Who is lion no. 6

Definitely very successful short visit there

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 8:57 am Maybe no lions on the next three trips

Niklaas & Witwarm look like two big boys

I'm expecting lions on the next 10 trips at least Lis
They are indeed big lions. Witwarm (on the left walking up the hill) is the bigger of the two

Mel wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 11:53 am Jog my memory again, please... Who is lion no. 6

Definitely very successful short visit there

Jack is lion number 6. His sister Jill disappeared over lockdown never to be seen again, so it seems she died somehow
There is some concern about Jack - he is often calling at the fenceline right up in the north. There are other lions on the Nyathi side so it's almost as if he's looking for company, and so it might make him a prime candidate to try and escape... we all saw what happened with the Karoo lions

Brilliant sighting, Peej!

Very interesting the ridged palate on the zebra skull there, before it wears away!

I love how the jackals use their paws to stabilise the food while eating.

I cannot post what I want to. The forum keeps blocking it