18th December 2000
Temperatures are soaring, 36 degrees C, and the rain still stays away. The bush is still very green and grass very long but at least it’s dry that we can get around wherever Tjololo goes, although in the next few days I think we can expect a major storm.
Still well fed Tjololo was lying up on Kapen Rocks. He did eventually move east. Picking up the scent of another leopard he was calling, meowing and chuffling moving back and forth on the scent trail. I expect it was the scent of the White Cloth female and her cubs.
Tjololo eventually gave up and headed on east. Lining up on 2 young male impala he wasn’t able to stalk the last few meters as he ran out of cover. With the impala standing there chewing the cud Tjololo lay down and waited. But after some 10 minutes he lost his nerve and dashed in. The impala were quick off the mark and got away until in the panic of the moment one of them crashed through a bush. Tjololo was quick to take advantage of its mistake and soon had killed it. He treed it down in a donga.
Already well fed he had a few mouthfuls and rested up in the donga for the rest of the night.
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