We have been filling our time this side with various shoots to complete the pick-up lists on Kim’s movies. Time flies when you’re having fun, but the days are jam packed and we only barely find time to get back to our animals. I have been spending most of my time trying to get the hyenas to warm to me again. It has been exciting to see them growing up and now exploring away from the den. Two days ago I spotted something else exciting, there are now two new additions to the clan!
Hopefully this means that I will have access to their sports for an extra few months. There is no tracking device on any of these guys so when they disappear I’ll have trouble finding them again. The lions were around Banyini Pan this morning followed by a large herd of buffalo – this all seemed to be the wrong way around. And to top it all, this amounted to no action and me not even being able to find the lions.
I managed to catch up with Magwaza and her three cubs the other day. There is that phrase that all parents eventually end up uttering, “Oh, they grow up so quickly.” I think that applies for both the lion cubs and the hyena cubs, also, if animals could talk they would also be saying it.
This was the first real bonding session with the lion cubs and it was good to see them all inquisitive and playing around. Magwaza had killed a buffalo and the cubs were beside themselves at first, even burrowing their bodies right inside the carcass. Two young hyenas were on their way to pick up the remains the following morning and even a leopard had a go at any easy meal. That was until the lions returned and chased the rather chilled cat off their kill.
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