At last it rained: Video

At last it rained! And I’m hoping it’s not just a tease, but the beginning of more to come.
The dogs were listening to strict instruction this morning. “Head south, then east all the way to Banyini open area.” When they got there it must have looked like on huge Christmas party for them. There were animals just everywhere, at least 400 head of different species. Impala, zebra, giraffe, wildebeest, eland and hartebeest.

With such a choice the dogs were beside themselves and gave chase running in every which way you can imagine. But for the pups no way was the right way and soon they were all together standing around mesmerised probably wondering what had gone wrong and where were mum and dad?

Dad arrived from east about half an hour later and regurgitated for his kids. But he never took them to the carcass.
10minutes later mum arrived, but she came from the west. She regurgitated for the pups and then at a run took the pack back west. About 1.5kms away they got to her kill, an adult male impala. It was plenty to really feed the whole pack well.

Then out of nowhere the rain came. It looked like it’d just be a gentle drizzle but soon the heavens opened. I was soaked through but the warm temperatures didn’t make it unpleasant at all. I left the dogs to put up my cover but on my return they scattered when seeing the contraption. I was really bummed about that as I so wanted to film them in the rain all huddled up under a bush.

I left my friends and managed to film the giraffe, wildebeest and zebra on Banyini. It was surprising to see the zebra standing with their faces towards the rain, when at all times I’ve seen animals in rain, they face away from it. I do too! I wonder if horses do the same or was this just a strange bunch of zebra?
The rain only lasted about 20mins and not much later the sun was out. I took the opportunity to empty and dry out my vehicle back at base.

Spending time with the dogs again in the afternoon I soon had to abandon when they ran off west, as the ground out that way is really sticky.