I left camp this morning planning to traverse most of the reserve, but mainly the south, in search of any evidence of other wild dog packs.
Unfortunately I didn’t find any but then I could easily have overlooked/missed them. I think I need an ultra-light so I can really cover the property. I used to use one up here many years ago and it was brilliant. Very tempting to get another one.
Well after dawn I was so happy to find this bunch of hyaenas. There were 7 of them just doing their hyaena thing, but it was pretty late for them to still be on the move. They seemed to be agitated by one hyaena that had bloodstains from a kill. It looked like a male and was very submissive whenever approached by the others. They all kept just moving around not really going anywhere and then rested up. I was hoping they would lead me to the den as they so often do at dawn. There were 2 lactating females in this group.
Now just look into the eyes of this hyaena and see if you see “killer” in them? I find hyaenas have such gentle faces and un-menacing eyes. And a lot of the time they are just that. Gentle and loving. But they too have to eat.
The bush takes it’s time to drop leaves and the mopanie are now in full swing of gaining their autumn colours. And it’s from now until the rains again that the elephant will rely heavily on mopanie to see them through the dry winter. Right now they’re still feeding on what green leaves remain, but later they’ll be stripping the bark.
I was so chuffed to see this giraffe dude again, I just had to film him. I’d seen him before, about a year ago and was stunned at his incredibly dark coat. What a handsome brute!
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