Hippo’s lick blood?: Video

The lions were calling in the valley below camp at dawn.

Striding Bull
There was no sign of them at Malilangwe dam, but the hippo were on their way out to bask in the sun. Which they always do, but with me around they just don’t do it.

Hippo pod
Today I was able to sneak up behind a grass thicket and shoot through it without them knowing about my presence.
But as soon as they became aware of me while photographing them they made a dash for it. Dash to safety?!

Dash
The dam was as usual alive with other much other activity, crocs, impala, waterbuck and especially birds. As it dries up now more and more waterfowl congregate on the dam.

Gyppos
Searching around midday I found the elephant herds still in the hills around Lojaan. They were just their casual selves today and still so wonderfully accepting of my presence.

Stripper
I left them in the hills and then ploughed deep into an antbear hole with wheels spinning. Only way out was digging and jacking. No big deal, but just as I started digging I looked up and peering over a bush not too far away, was the one and only, Brutus giving me the eyeball. There weren’t any other elephant around. Had he been following me?

Stuck
He carried on feeding and left me to dig myself out. And once out there was no further sign of him.

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