Giraffe Dance: Video
Published by Wildcaster 1 year, 1 month ago Tags: adventure, africa, animal kingdom, blogumentary, bush knowledge, cites, conservation, documentary, dog, ecotraining, education, endangered species, flickr, giraffe, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, IUCN Red List, kill, malilangwe, mashable, mating, narrowcasting, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, peace parks, photos, podcasting, polls, predators, teach, video, wild dogs, wildcasting, wildlife, wildlife documentary, zimbabwe.The Mupanigawa pack were back south of the hills today killing an adult male impala.
They’re all looking pretty well although some of them rather uncomfortable with their coats full of burrs. These burrs stick in masses on their coats and can become quite uncomfortable. Only as they dry out and become more brittle do they eventually fall off a bit at a time.
Punk still seems to be in charge as the Alpha male.
Sash is looking well and going out of his way to greet the Alpha female.
Now that mating is over the competition for the top spot seems to be over and everybody seems to be friends again. It sure must be a time of great turmoil in the pack when the alpha female is in oestrus. But what happens when another female comes into oestrus? The alpha female will presumably try to prevent her from being mated. And will the alpha male be the man in there? The other female will probably move away from the pack followed by a male or two.
Sash.
The pack still seems to be sitting at 20 members. Whisky is there, so I really don’t know who is missing.
Floppy was being his normal self, and on a number of occasions today came to check out the vehicle. He sure seems to have his own little character and is more independent than his siblings.
Cracker-Jack had a wound on his back that seems to be healing well. I wonder what could have caused that big hole?
One-eye still has his bad limp but now seems to be putting weight on his injured foot.
Toffee’s limp too seems a lot better.
Split is just a happy boy.
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Kim: I have a question off the subject. What are your thoughts on tourist balloon flights over protected areas? What about the “safari” industry? Obviously, no intrusion is best, but are there some methods that you believe to be better than others? thank you, Cynthia
It’s really great that you really get to know the individuals in the pack and have the chance to meet them from time to time.. .
keep the dogstories coming!
Cynthia. Hmmm…….. so you’ve got me on the block. Of course balloons can be very unsightly over wilderness areas as they are so huge and seem so intrusive. But I think if there are massive areas where this can be done without interference to the ‘wilderness’ experience of others then i don’t have too much of a problem with it. As far as the animals are concerned, they soon get habituated to this sort of thing. Just like when vehicles overloaded with tourists first arrived in their territory. Unfortunately wherever man goes will be an intrusion, but we try to keep this to a minimum to the animals and also to other tourists. And of course one can’t discount the revenue that is generated from such activities that is then some way or another pumped back in to conserving the area. Africa today needs money for conservation. It is only this hard cash that will keep our wildlife areas areas alive today. So balloon safari’s? I’m not a big fan but I think they do have a niche.
Thank you, I was just wondering if it might be less intrusive, but I guess for a giraffe that is a silly question!
hey kim. do most dogs go through periods of bad injury or is this just alot of bad luck? i know the digs have an amazing ability to recover but why are so many injured at the same time??
thanx 4 the videos, photos and stories.
not ‘digs’ but ‘dogs’
I think injuries on the open plains of East Africa are far less than the thick bush that our dogs hunt in. but yes, i think a lot of it is bad luck out here.
Kim, Im wondering if you would think about this. I loved all the pics of the individual dogs. I was thinking that it would be nice if we had photos to tell them apart. maybe a full body profile photo so we could see the color patterns and markings of each dog. Im still trying to tell them apart when the videos of them are posted. Its somewhat difficult. The same with the elephant herd would be nice too. Maybe something in the header of the site, like the Tjololo diaries or the Bushman Paintings. There could be a link for “the pack members” or “the herd” Just a thought. I certainly dont want to tell you how to run the site. Still love what you do. and cant wait to see some of the night footage of the lions when the shoulder is healed.
Paige
Have had this thought in mind for some time now. Still haven’t done it for myself and still don’t have images of all the dogs. I plan to try and get that up to speed when the dogs are denning again in May/June. And definitely plan to post this on the site. Not so easy to get pics of all of them as you have to do both sides of each animal.