Dung beetles come in a variety of shapes and sizes with more than 4 500 different species world wide. About 1 800 are found on the African continent. Varying in size some are incredibly small but others can be as big as six centimeters. This obviously is due to the fact that different species perform different duties.
Some will create little balls of dung and fly off with it. Some, like the bigger cousins will roll the ball to cover it in sand and then excavate a tomb and stash all the dung balls inside after which the female has laid here eggs inside. Only a single egg is laid in each dung ball. This will provide a rich food source for the larvae once they hatch. By using the dung for their breeding purposes, the Dung beetles also ensure that a lot of harmful bacteria are destroyed.
Again in a new scene we find this quite bizarre collection of animals and humans. What is quite striking is the human figures running with this long object resting on their shoulders. What could it be? What are they doing?
It seems like there are quite a few smaller human figures running along side the bigger ones. These could be children.
Boys are back on the road again. And Tjololo was taking it easy at Charleston koppies when we found him at midnight. It would appear he only got out of Kruger today. Leaving Charleston koppies he ventured into never never land across the ‘swamps’. We tried to intercept him along the way but his calls continued on through the bush where we couldn’t follow.
In the south 3 young male lions had killed a pregnant giraffe.
In the north the 2 lions that stole the nyala kill from Tjololo a few days ago had killed a waterbuck bull. Very interestingly we heard from the Mala Mala rangers that a 4 month old leopard cub was sneaking in to feed on the carcass when the lions were resting. A very dangerous past time for the little fellow.
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