Africa Wild

Flutterby wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:26 pm What a fantastic sighting! You really were in the right place at the right time!

Definitely great timing on this one Flutts

Bushcraft wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:47 pm No traffic on the H4-1 at a giraffe kill I may be wrong, but I think this giraffe hit by a car/delivery vehicle because at 1st there were no predators on it. How did it smell, maybe that cleared the traffic jam

Great male lion sighting on the H4-2

A relaxing early morning at Marloth, I would have been pacing around , but still a good lion sighting at Gezantombi/Vurhami bridge dirt loop

Wow, and then the rest of the lions pulled in. Lucky timing that

Yes I also heard that the giraffe had been knocked over... hard to imagine what kind of impact that would have been
The smell wasn't great but also wasn't too terrible. Maybe everyone had already seen the lion as it had been there for a number of days by then I think
Sometimes the pacing is worth it if the timing is right

Richprins wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:40 pm Exquisite, Peej!

Thanks RP

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 6:30 pm I wonder if it was a pride or part of one There were lots of lions, but they were all very young ones In any case a great sighting

We were also a bit confused about the pride as most of them seemed sub-adult.
One thought is that another pride has recently formed a bit further west along the Crocodile River, so perhaps they came from the Vurhami pride and have more adults

RogerFraser wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 7:20 pm Catching up again .Love the visitors at Marloth .

Wow what lucky timing with the Pride .Does seem to be allot of youngsters in the bunch

Thanks Roger. Definitely a lot of youngsters in the Vurhami gang

Sat 22nd June contd

It had been a really great lion sighting, but time was ticking and they seemed to have settled in the shade so we made a call to carry on our way. Driving back along the dirt loop we saw a nice size elephant bull



We had only just neared the end of the dirt loop when we spotted yet more lion walking in our direction





This was definitely an older lioness with some battle scars showing in places





I'll apologise for the volume of lion photos, but the sighting just wouldn't end what with a couple more young males wandering our way











They crossed the road right in front of us and looked to be heading towards the rest of the pride so we popped along to the Vurhami bridge to see what the situation was. The rest of the gang had actually moved down to the rocks below the dam so there were some greetings and interaction which was cool to see







Some lions were quenching their thirst, including this young male





When looking at the photos in more detail, it seems he had some kind of metal box attached to his ear... not sure if it's some kind of solar powered tracking device
I can't imagine it's massively comfortable attached to an ear

I think I must go and do some waterhole-sitting there!


Maybe it is better than a collar, Peej?

Lions all over the place!! So Lis was right when she asked if it was just part of a pride!

Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:37 am


I think I must go and do some waterhole-sitting there!


Maybe it is better than a collar, Peej?

I think you need to sit there for sure
A collar at least stays in place when they're fighting etc. A lot of scraps between lions involve facial injuries so I just though a swipe to the ear could involve the loss of the device and a chunk of the ear as well

Flutterby wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:40 am Lions all over the place!! So Lis was right when she asked if it was just part of a pride!

Yes they were all part of the Vurhami pride Flutts, but we saw only a couple of adults amongst them all

Maybe it is an ear-activity monitor?

Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:42 am Maybe it is an ear-activity monitor?

Or perhaps a lion's hearing aid

Richprins wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:37 am I think I must go and do some waterhole-sitting there!

Forgot to mention, whilst sitting there during the course of our trip we saw 3 of the big 5 so it's a worthwhile spot