Tjololo 11th March 2000
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11th March 2000
The female leopard, White Cloth female, is still with Tjololo watching his every move and trying all the ways in the book to get him to show at least a little interest in her. With each approach his aggressive snarl soon has her backing off.
They moved north and losing them through a marshy area we picked up Tjololo stalking impala. We were all lined up with Tjololo and impala in front of us ready to launch his attack. Only metres away and muscles loaded, he suddenly withdrew to move to the left around the bush. This alarmed the impala which fled but Tjololo’s chase was immediate and quick and he soon had a young impala. With the event obscured by bush and long grass, we missed again.
Tjololo was shortly chased by a hyaena and treed the carcass. He fed twice in the night but the White Cloth female didn’t feed at all continuing to press on with her desires. No doubt Tjololo will soon give in.
We had to leave the leopards in the early hours as the biting flies and mosquitoes became unbearable. Returning to them at dawn we found the White Cloth female not further with her endeavours.
On the Mala Mala airstrip we picked a cheetah mother and her 2 large cubs. The cubs were boisterously at play.
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