Long night with the lions.
I spent last night with the lions only getting back to them soon after midnight. They were still chewing on the carcass in relays.
Somewhere in the night the hyaenas had moved in and tried to make a stand trying to intimidate the lions with their giggles and whoops. But there just weren’t enough of them and they had to spend the rest of the night lying in the wings waiting.
At dawn the lions were into a renewed feeding frenzy, all trying to get their last bite of what really was nothing.
The young male was the last to hang on stuffing himself.
As he moved away the vultures flung themselves at the carcass in numbers and seemingly in desperation. But their feast was short lived.
Descending on the carcass as they did was the cue for the hyaenas that all was safe and they could move in.
They moved in cautiously but soon had command of the carcass and tucked in to what the lions just couldn’t chew. But with their tremendous jaws the hyaenas were soon working the carcass all the time on the look out for the possible return of the lions. They never did come back.
About 8 hyaenas feasted and having all but cleaned up the carcass they left the scraps to the vultures.
I headed back to camp for a few hours nap before moving out again for the afternoon.
The Marabou’s were still on Banyini along with giraffe, impala, zebra and of course thousands and thousands of quelea.
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