Rhino will often come down to the water during the last light of the day for a drink. This thick skinned heavy weight is known as one of the most efficient grazers. Due to the square shape of its lip, it can pick swards of grass very easily enabling it to feed more in a given space of time.
Rhino will drink twice a day if water is available but they can go with out it for up to three of four days if water isn’t close by.
Cows and calves are often found in groups like this but the bulls are mostly solitary.
Just above our hunter scene, there is this herd of elephant that seem to be on the run.
Various human figures are running after the elephant, armed with bow and arrow. Are they hunting?
What is interesting as well is this hunter also armed, running away from the elephant.
Were the other hunters trying to save this one from being trampled?
At least we didn’t get stuck last night, but again no sign of Tjololo, but did have more female leopard tracks in the south. Possibly those of Tjellers.
3 lionesses had killed a zebra, probably around midday. When we found them, they were rather weary of the vehicles. Later one did return to feed. We left so the others could feed freely. Vultures had also taken up residence in the area hoping for a nibble, but the lions were making sure they weren’t getting any of their spoils.
Early morning we had a showdown with an elephant bull. He was walking down the road towards us. Neither of us wanted to leave the road for fear of getting stuck. I slowly reversed with him following only meters away. He wasn’t going to give in and we just had to keep moving back. Eventually the temptation of marula berries close to the road were too much for him to resist. Cautiously not wanting to get stuck, he step by careful step left the road enough for us to get past while he gloated himself on the berries.
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