Kim is away and my wife Kylie and I were on an early morning drive looking for something interesting to film. I heard the call on the radio, I guess you could say I was frequency poaching as not to miss out on anything, there was a cheetah kill near Chibi. So of course Mark went on the attack, dug the spurs in and headed to the position. We were disappointed when we didn’t find the cheetah; however, all was not lost because as we were leaving the area we stumbled upon a heard of Sable Antelope.
They didn’t seem as shy as usual and helped us out by posing for the camera. We were now on our way to seek out the lionesses Manyari and Magwaza. I’ve never seen a confrontation, but they say that even lion show respect for the Sable Antelope. There have been numerous instances where the big cats have been gored to death by the Sable bulls. Not surprising though, considering that their finely crafted weapons of mass destruction reach over a meter in length.
On reaching Manyari at her kill from 2 days ago, we found her gnawing away at the hind quarters of the zebra. The smell was starting to get out of hand now; however, Kim has seen her feeding off a kill for 4 days. The vultures knew not to interfere and perched themselves nearby. The males were calling for the females in the morning; needless to say, this game of hide and seek seemed too beneficial for the Lionesses to give away their position, so silence was the name of the game.
Hope you enjoy the next few days with me bringing you stories straight from the wild.
Mark
Enjoyed the post very much, Mark, thanks.
Same here. Many thanks.
Junebug
You have an awesome priviledge to do this for a living! Keep it up
Thanks Mark, great film, wish I were with you! K