Black Rhino Charge: Video
Published by Wildcaster 1 year, 9 months ago Tags: adventure, africa, animal kingdom, black rhino, blogumentary, cites, conservation, documentary, ecotraining, education, endangered species, experience, experience adventure crash, flickr, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, IUCN Red List, lions, malilangwe, mashable, narrowcasting, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, peace parks, photos, podcasting, polls, predators, teach, video, wildcasting, wildlife, wildlife documentary, zimbabwe.I’m back in the saddle and finished off the day with a charge from one of my favourite animals.
I was out the car taking photos of this “mass grave” of armoured crickets when not even 20 meters I suddenly heard some black rhino wallowing in the pan, hidden by the long grass. They hadn’t heard me because of the din being caused by all the Quelea roosting in surrounding trees.
Eventually the rhino got my scent and I saw 3 of them taking off into the thick undergrowth.
I got in the vehicle to drive on to the next pan when another black rhino appeared. She wasn’t running away, but came charging straight for me. In a flash I was up behind the camera, but missed the first charge only to get her standing in her own cloud of dust.
Then she ran off a short distance and circled back for another charge. Then another and another. What was her problem? Was she having a bad day and just wanted to sort me out?
She had no reason to keep coming back, but in typical black rhino fashion they must repeatedly charge anything they’re not sure of. Most animals would run away, but not a black rhino. They are pumped with aggression! So cool!
Having just got back from my time off in South Africa where at times my adrenalin ran high being stuck in traffic jams and surrounded by so many people, it was a relief to be back in the bush. I was back in surroundings that I feel so comfortable in that a black rhino charge doesn’t even get the adrenalin going.
It really is just a fear of the unknown. Most people would be terrified of a black rhino charge, just as I’m terrified when stuck in a big city.
Earlier in the day I went to check on the lions. 10 members of the Nduna pride were lying up south of the airstrip and all looking in good shape.
And just when I thought I knew lions, of course expecting them to stay resting until after sunset, they were suddenly on the move a couple of hours before sunset. They headed south to drink and then for over an hour they kept moving until I had to leave them in dense bush.
After sunset I found them again much further south and still on the move. Where are they heading? To look for the missing pride members?
I’ll be checking up on them tomorrow.
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“A Black Rhino Charge a day will keep the Dr. Away!” Love this Kim!
Awesome stuff Kim and Barend!
Glad you’ve had a well deserved break but also chuffed that you’re back - this site keeps me sane whilst i’m cooped up in the Big City!
Hope all is well on Malilangwe.
Keep well.
Hi Kim,
great to be able to see your stuff again.
Been travelling through Africa for the last couple of months, and in Cape Town at the moment for a course, so back to internet access…
Once again, great footage. You’re so lucky to have black rhinos there, they really are something special.
She didn’t wanted to go away probably because she loves that camera of yours too much…
Stay safe, and all the best.
Cheers,
D.
These dudes are just so cool.
Paige. While I was away the video clips and photos are those saved from the last month. But when I’m on location the clips and photos you see are all from that day. So far everyday I’ve managed to get a clip up from that same day. And you can see that from the photos on Flickr. Each photo has a date on it from the camera’s onboard computer.
Awesome!I’ll vicariously live the life thru your lens! Great footage.
Looking through the Flicker photos I came across one from April 28 06. It was of a young elephant calf with an injured left rear leg. Can you tell us more? Does anyone know what happened to the calf? It looks like an injury similar to one of the elephants at the sanctuary in Tennesse.
Thanks
On the same line as the elephant. The zebra that had the bloody gash on its side back in Dec. Has anyone seen how it is doing since than?
Paige. That elephant calf was born deformed and seemed to be doing fine. it was at Mala Mala. the herd would hold back sometimes for it to catch up.
I presume that gash on the zebra was from a lion attack. I’m not sure if it survived but they are really tough animals and usually survive this sort of thing.
What a cool video! This morning I was watching a dvd about man killers and man eaters and the black rhino was one of the man killer culprits.
What a fascinating creature!