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A Week in the Bush Vol. 171

on Sep 06, 2017

With last week ending on a high with the interaction between the Tsalala males and Avoca males, things were still pretty tense between the two coalitions, and this was not helped by the elephant carcass which attracted a lot of animals all wanting to claim their piece of the prize.

The Southern Pride managed to feed off the carcass for a couple of days before the Avoca males showed up. In an impressive show of aggression, the Southern Pride females managed to chase the Avoca males off and sent them running.

The following day, two of the Tsalala males were found on the elephant carcass, fending off 15 hyenas and a large contingent of vultures.

All three of the Tsalala males were reunited briefly with one of the males attempting to take down a buffalo but was chased off by the rest of the herd, giving the young buffalo enough time to recover.

We were surprised on Sunday morning when we heard a commotion as the Avoca males were found fighting with one of the Tsalala’s who became submissive. The Avaco’s then turned on the other two chasing them south and vocalising with authority. This sent the remaining Tsalala heading north away from his coalition.

On the leopard front, Maxabeni male and Kashane male yet again had a run in with each other and at one stage were lying about 100m away from one another! Both were seen later in the week with very minor injuries.

Kigelia was seen resting and posing beautifully next to some rocks earlier in the week.

25Kyle 2 Sep Kigelia Shadow 3 Final

We enjoyed a huge variety of other sightings this week and some of the favourites are shared with you below.

We were all saddened to hear of the passing of a female leopard who we were fortunate to have enjoyed many special sightings of over the years; and most recently, watching her successfully raise her young cub to independence, the White Dam male.

What an incredible week of sightings and we look forward to what the coming week brings...

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Until next time...

  • Blog by Wendy Claase
  • Images by Terry Ennever, Kyle Strautmann, Franscois Rosslee and Pravir Patel
  • Videos by Chanyn-Lee Zeelie and Terry Ennever
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