After a long night last night, the Nduna pride made a late start only getting active around 22h00. They kept their direction moving north-west and so constant I couldn’t help thinking they were heading somewhere specific.
They took us through bush/jungle that I hope I never have to experience again. It was like being attacked by a monster octopus but with hard dry limps grabbing at anything they could get a purchase on, clothes, arms, head, ears, nose and eyes!
It was no wonder we couldn’t keep up with the lions and while trying to locate them again for the umpteenth time, some zebra came charging through the thickets towards us. It was then we heard the death cries. The lions had caught a young zebra and luckily for us it all took place in a small clearing.
The kill was brutal as usual and the young animal took about 15minutes to die.
It’s always harsh to watch lions do what they do, but they too have to survive.
But in our films we always soften the blow somewhat and edit it to take the sting out the tail. In the video today the sting and reality of this murder is all there, although condensed into 3minutes.
The lions killed around midnight and by dawn left nothing but the zebra’s head and hooves. We got lucky in being able to sleep all this time. Although sleeping next lions feeding is not always that peaceful. The rest was good anyway.
Well fed and with nothing left to chew on the lions headed back east straight to Nyamsikana pan for a good long drink and then rested up in the thickets close by.
On my way home this big tusker gave me some attitude but he was just being a boy. A big one at that.
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