It’s been a while since I’ve had to upload on the blog and I wanted to come back with a bang. I couldn’t wait to return to the driving seat and find those hyena cubs I left behind. However, they were nowhere to be found, but after persisting with the little critters they eventually emerged near the second den site. I think they remembered me and I was able to spend some time bonding.
Three lionesses had been spotted two days ago on the Chiredzi river fighting the crocodiles off a giraffe kill. What a luck, this is not the kind of action you find every day. It was unclear who actually took the young giraffe down, it could have been a crocodile and the lions just saw the opportunity to scavenge.
Either way, the giraffe was lying half in the water and the crocs were savagely tearing the insides out of the animal. It would not be long before the whole carcass landed up in the water. The lions didn’t seem to want to take any chances with the crocodiles and rested up on the bank of the river.
To get anywhere close to the scene I had to drive up on the opposite side of the river, I was happy on the sand away from the massive crocodiles. I came back to the scene first thing the next morning and all evidence had dissolved in the Chiredzi.
The days are beginning to warm up again with temperatures hitting the thirty degree mark, even the fish are hanging around where the sun is warming up the water – this is every fisherman’s dream, perfect time to break out the rod.
Nice to see some Croc footage, any chance of some more soon?
Hey Mark, cool film of the lions and crocs on that giraffe kill, you dont see that often. Glad to hear you found the hyeana and her cubs, I hope they are doing ok.
Great footage! Thank you.
Question: Did you or Kim ever find the lion cub with the snare again?
Thanks
Ivanova
Amazing to see such powerful predators “sharing” a kill. Giraffes always look so vulnerable when they are drinking. I guess that may have been this one’s demise.
Good to see you back, Mark. And glad the hyena cubs were found.
Giraffes, with their splayed out legs and long, slender neck are put into a precarious position while drinking. Not easy to move while doing a split.
This was the same pride that had the cub with the snare, it was not long after we tried to take the snare off that they were spotted with only the one cub.