Archive for September, 2007
Savannah Fire: Video
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Fire is often used as a management tool to control bush encroachment and maintain species diversity.
Man induced fire has been a part of the African savannah for centuries and many of the plant species have adapted to it. But they haven’t adapted to the intense heat created by hundreds of Quelea nests blazing in their […]
Tjololo 29th September 2000
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29th September 2000
For the first time in a long time Tjololo wasn’t around where we’d left him. After much searching with tracks heading west and then east again we eventually picked him up moving north along the boundary with the Kruger National Park.
He tends to follow this boundary all the way north which is extremely […]
Hyaenas tackle hippo: Video
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This young hippo bull probably died of his wounds from fighting with another bull. They are seriously territorial and with those huge teeth of theirs often inflict fatal wounds.
Hyaenas are one of the only predators that can make inroads through that inch thick hippo hide. And with a pack as large as this one they […]
Tjololo 28th September 2000
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28th September 2000
As we were approaching Tjololo where we’d left him, a herd of kudu must have almost run over him. He still seemed dazed when we found him, probably having had his sleep disturbed by them.
He was on the move before sunset heading straight south down the center of his territory following the road/track […]









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