Dried up Carcass


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December 11th 2012
Published: June 17th 2017
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01 Lioness01 Lioness01 Lioness

A lioness laying in the shade.
Geo: -24.7867, 26.2903

This afternoon I joined Paul and his parents on a game drive. His parents have come to Jaci's for a short visit. About ten minutes into the drive we heard of a lion on a kill on the radio. Soon after we arrived. The lioness was laying about and resting. About 20 metres away from here was her kill - a zebra. The kill was not very fresh at all. It was drying up and covered in flies. I would be surprised if she was still eating from it. We watched her for a little while, but she was not doing much. Then we continued on.

Our next sighting was a black rhino hiding in the bushes and quite shy. We were not able to observe it for very long as it took off. Further along the road we saw a lonesome dagga boy (old male buffalo) and lots of plains animals - giraffe, zebra, red hartebeest, kudu and impala.

At the end of the drive we enjoyed a beautiful sunset, as the animals ate grass.


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02 Dried Up02 Dried Up
02 Dried Up

Part of the dried up zebra carcass.
05 Resting Again05 Resting Again
05 Resting Again

Once again the lioness is resting.
06 Print06 Print
06 Print

Lion prints in the sand.
08 Rhino08 Rhino
08 Rhino

A black rhino that ran away quite soon after I took this photo.
09 Buffalo09 Buffalo
09 Buffalo

An old dagga boy.
10 Plains Game10 Plains Game
10 Plains Game

Zebra and giraffe.
12 Giraffe12 Giraffe
12 Giraffe

One of the other giraffe.
14 Impala14 Impala
14 Impala

Impalas in the gorgeous afternoon sunlight.
15 Red Hartebeest15 Red Hartebeest
15 Red Hartebeest

A small herd of Red Hartebeest eating grass.
16 Side On16 Side On
16 Side On

A side on view of an impala.
17 Red Hartebeest17 Red Hartebeest
17 Red Hartebeest

A Red Hartebeest in the setting sun's light.
18 Three18 Three
18 Three

Impalas, Red Hartebeest and Kudu eating grass.


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