Puzzles torments pups: Video

The pups had a stand off with some zebra when I arrived. As soon as the zebra saw me they took off with pups in tow. But it didn’t last long and the zebra had disappeared.

In the meantime the male was off after impala. I tried to follow but there was no ways I could keep up with him in that thick bush. I found him about 5mins later just leaving the sub adult female impala he’d killed and fed on.
I waited and eventually the rest of the pack arrived. The adults first and they tucked in. The pups watched for a short period and then moved in en masse. Of course the adults had to leave. That is the wild dog way.
But the pups were still well fed from yesterday and didn’t care much for the carcass but they still dominated it slowly nibbling their way through.

Puzzles kept up her harassment of the pups, all in good fun but also with the objective of trying to get back to the carcass. She only succeeded once the pups were totally bulged out and then there was little left for her and the male, although they’d both fed well initially.

There is of course always the bigger stuff left behind that those little jaws of the pups can’t handle, so the adults can always count on that.
It was a really cold overcast day with a slight drizzle, which meant the dogs were active till a lot later in the morning. So when I joined them in the afternoon they weren’t about to get active in a hurry.
In this weather all I wanted to do was cuddle up in bed, but it just wasn’t there. I suppose that’s one of the sacrifices of the living in the bush.

On my way home I found this rather grumpy looking buffalo bull. He looked like he’d just got out of bed AND on the wrong side. I’m glad I didn’t bump into him while walking!