5th December 2000
It was unusual to find Tjololo on the move soon after we’d headed out. It was still very hot and usually he’d lie up until it cooled down. Luckily he was back on home ground anyway. But he soon rested up until around sunset before continuing on his boundary patrol westwards along the river.
Not seeing much of him now as the undergrowth along the rivers is very thick, we headed off to the hyaena den but with no activity there headed back on the trail of Tjololo.
He left the river and headed north. Another young impala was unfortunate to be his next victim. Again using his “chaos” tactic to surprise the little fellow. He carried the carry a few hundred and treed it to feed and then rested up.
We went back to the hyaena den and waited there. In the early hours 2 of the cubs came out to play and a little later an adult arrived. So at last I was able to get some useful footage around the den.
At dawn Tjololo finished off his meal and headed into the river.
A couple of lionesses graced us with the presence a while after sunrise but as it got hot they rested up.
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