I was all set to spending another day in the hide and already busy transferring all my kit when I got a call on the radio that the lions had a buffalo kill on Banyini.
It took me some time to find it but eventually after sorting out east’s from west’s I found 3 members of the Nduna pride with the bony remains of a buffalo kill.
They had obviously killed it last night and the 9 lions had polished off the whole carcass, a buffalo cow.
Manyari was the last to leave the kill and reluctantly so. The vultures and jackals had already begun arriving in force but Manyari was having none of it and chased off any who ventured too close.
Eventually with her stomaching swaying her from side to side, she relinquished the carcass but only after having the last lick to be sure there wasn’t drop of blood left for the scavengers.
The vultures then packed the carcass. They were mainly White-backed Vultures but also a number of Lappet-faced Vultures and some Hooded Vultures.
As they crowded the carcass, there was no space for a jackal who had to settle for scraps on the perimeter and even for that he had to fight to keep the birds away. One vulture that was that little slow had some of his tail feathers plucked when the jackal bit at his bum.
It wasn’t long and the vultures had left the carcass stripped clean of any meat, leaving only the white bones, the horns and some skin as evidence of the dirty deed.
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