Daily Archive for February 13th, 2007

Elephant calf not eating: Video

The rains were great and kept on till midday today.

Wildebeest herd
Temperatures are now more bearable and I was able to get into the field in the afternoon.
The elephants as usual had moved into the sandveld as they so often do after the rain.

Being brave
Mandlovu and her herd were on their own but the main herd were about half a kilometre away.

Tangled
Chipfongwe has come a long way in mastering the use of his trunk. But he has yet to master the use of it and chewing at the same time. He constantly seems to be chewing something but when you watch him feeding, whatever he manages to put in his mouth usually falls out.

Pinocchio
At dusk a hyaena heavy in milk, walked past the elephants. I followed her hoping she would lead me to her den, but had to give up when she headed into some deep dongas/gullies.

Top up

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to follow up on the wild dogs with the conditions being too wet on the clay soils along the Chiredzi river.

Over enthusiastic

Chinzwini No.21

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Chinzwini 15B

These artists have me constantly guessing what they’re up to. With pieces of rock having flaked off and paintings being covered in chemical deposits, the guessing gets more intense.

This new scene to the left of the last one, is also possibly just an extension of it. Another scene of people and animals.

Chinzwini 21 A

This female kudu is facing in the opposite direction to all the other animals. Is she confronting the hunters because her calf is lying hidden in the grass near her?

Chinzwini 21 B