After I heard about the Hyena den that was active, I had to check it out! Kylie and I headed for the den first thing in the morning, it wasn’t very difficult to find and we could even smell it before we spotted it. There are two entrances to the den, one large entrance and another small tunnel, which only the cubs can fit into, this is a state of the art design against larger predators.
Although, this doesn’t help anything when the cubs are so inquisitive that they come strolling out to find out what all the fuss is about. We didn’t wait long for them to make their appearance.
At first, the male was a little uncomfortable with the cubs strolling around outside the den, but after he had tested the temper of our bull bar, he was happy that we weren’t a threat and they eventually were all playing about around the vehicle – what an awesome moment!
Kim was on the dogs today, they effortlessly killed an impala this morning. Then they proceeded to chill out alongside the Chiredzi River for the rest of the day, but Kim is a little worried about them crossing over again. The water level is still pretty high and one has to let the vehicle’s tyres down to get across the river. I’m on a mission to find Black Rhino, I didn’t have any luck today, but I’m hoping to get a list of their last seen locations from the field technician tomorrow.
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