Elephants slide to drink: Video

I left the dogs to themselves today hoping they’ll get used to the hide. So tomorrow I’ll try my luck again.
I was out early to see if I could find the dogs hunting but it turned out I was too early as I found their tracks over mine when I went back to Manyuchi pan.
Later in the morning I got reports of a dead leopard. On investigation it turns out to be the leopard we’ve had someone working on. Her carcass was in a tree. So obviously put there by another leopard. The vet came to do a post mortem on what remained of the carcass. It had been well fed on leaving only skin and bones. The vet found puncture wounds in the skull and haemorrhaging on the one remaining front leg. She had obviously been killed, and so it must have been another leopard.

This is the 3rd such incident on Malilangwe. Why are the leopards killing each other? I really don’t think there’s an over population of them. Not sure what it could be.
With that sad news I moved down to the Chiredzi River and saw these elephants sliding down the very steep river banks to come and drink. And it’s not even 10minutes and the matriarch has them on the move again back into the woodlands to go and feed.

Also taking advantage of the river were these vultures that often come down here to sun themselves, bathe and then have to drip dry.

On leaving the river I encountered this young bull on top of the bank. He was in to showing off and gave me a headshake as I arrived, but only to them resume feeding again.

I must say it was just good to be driving across the whole property again checking out the usual sights, especially after having been so tied up with lions for so long.