A Hot-diggity Dog Flutter!

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We arrived at Tshokwane and were about to head for the loos when someone told us about wild dogs just up the road! :-0 So we jumped back into the car and went to have a look-see. They were in the river bed not even 1km from Tshokwane! O:V They were having a ball - running, jumping and playing like puppies! O\/ It wasn't easy to get pics as they kept disappearing into the reeds but the Brat managed to get some shaky video. ;-)

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They eventually started to settle down and we managed to get a clearer view of them.

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Tired out by their antics they flopped down in the shade and went to sleep. We counted 13. :-0

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A two-tone rhino. ;-)

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We left the dogs to sleep and returned to Tshokwane. There we started chatting to a guy who had come down from N'wanetsi and told us that the S35 Lindanda Road was full of game and he'd also seen 2 lions there. We hadn't done this road in ages, so decided to give it a try, and there was plenty of game - impala, steenbok, wildebeest, kudu, warthogs, baboons, zebras and ellies! :yes:

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A first for us in Kruger - Temminck's Courser. O:V

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We looked for the lions where the guy had seen them, but they had obviously moved off. We turned onto the S37 to head back to the tar when my dad suddenly stopped. Right next to the road was a puddle of water and a lion having a drink! O/\ We have never seen lions drinking before and it was even on the Brat's wishlist so we were very happy! :yes:

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Finished with his drink he came towards us to join his brother lying in the shade of a tree right next to us, and we were the only car there! :-)

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While sitting with the lions, the guy who had told us about them arrived and we started chatting again. He told us that his daughter and son-in-law are the N'wanetsi region section rangers, so he spends a lot of time in the park visiting them...lucky guy! :-0 We soon went our separate ways, with my dad convinced that he knew this guy but not sure from where. -O-


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That poor lion doesn't look good. Maybe still asleep -O-


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Great doggie show and the video is not at all bad \O

Nice that you got a Temminck's Courser and a drinking lion ^Q^ ^Q^


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wow Painted ones O/\ O/\ O/\
Lions and magnificent two-tone \O

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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Eventful day :shock:

I bet you were tired that evening O**


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Rare location for the doggies, Flutts! And close to where aat saw them at the klipspringer spot?

Great pics again, and Mommo has a sharp eye still! X#X


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Catching up:

Love pics of the Hyena and Bee Eater

Two tone two tonne \O

Then Doggies and Lions all together and not just sleeping what luck ^Q^ ^Q^


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A first for us in Kruger - Temminck's Courser.
^Q^


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Alf wrote:That poor lion doesn't look good. Maybe still asleep -O-
He looked healthy enough and they had apparently been on a buff kill the day before, so maybe it's just the pics. -O-
Lisbeth wrote:Great doggie show and the video is not at all bad \O

Nice that you got a Temminck's Courser and a drinking lion ^Q^ ^Q^
Thanks Lis. \O
nan wrote:wow Painted ones O/\ O/\ O/\
Lions and magnificent two-tone \O

^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^
It was a good morning. :yes:
Toko wrote:Eventful day :shock:

I bet you were tired that evening O**
I'm sure we were! lol ;-)


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Richprins wrote:Rare location for the doggies, Flutts! And close to where aat saw them at the klipspringer spot?

Great pics again, and Mommo has a sharp eye still! X#X
Ja RP, never seen dogs there before. I always thing of Aat's amazing sightings when we do the H10. :yes: Mommo's eyes aren't all that great but the lions were very close. lol
RogerFraser wrote:Catching up:

Love pics of the Hyena and Bee Eater

Two tone two tonne \O

Then Doggies and Lions all together and not just sleeping what luck ^Q^ ^Q^
It's always great to see animals doing more than just sleeping. :yes:
Puff Addy wrote:
A first for us in Kruger - Temminck's Courser.
^Q^
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