Flavour of the Month - Feb 2013: S56-Shingwedzi/Babalala

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Stunning ^Q^


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Herd of Elephant stationary
'we found these youngsters under a Jackalberry asleep with Mom keeping an eye out'
S56, 5km W of Babalala
Near Shingwedzi
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Fish in Small Puddle Doomed by Hungry Leopard

October 29, 2019


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Wildlife sometimes has its own way of keeping things interesting. In the human world, it often becomes such a rush, that we forget how to appreciate the acts of survival in the animal kingdom. This video shows just how interesting it can be and gave an entirely different meaning to the word “catfishing”.



On a late Thursday afternoon in the ever-exciting Kruger National Park, Tayla McCurdy and a group of friends witnessed this very spectacular sighting of a leopard catching barbel. Tayla told LatestSightings.com more about the event:

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“We were driving along the Mpongolo Loop (S56) when my friends and I spotted a male leopard hanging around a pool of water filled with barbel jumping around in the water. It seemed like this used to be a thriving waterhole that has since dried up to but only a puddle. This would have been mainly from the heat, since the Kruger has seen little rain since summer set in. We watched as the barbel splashed and moved about in the pool, in the little water there was to swim in.”

“The leopard was nervous and disappeared below the embankment where we could no longer see him but we waited, knowing that this is an easy meal but not knowing if the leopard would go for it. After about 10 minutes the leopard eventually reappeared and stalked closer to the water. The writhing barbel were too much of a temptation and so the leopard slowly approached the puddle – planning the hunt. He hesitated for a while and then made his move. At first, it seemed like the barbel were slipping from his grasp as they viciously splashed – causing the leopard to dip his head almost completely into the muddy water. He finally grabbed a hold of his prize, then moved back below us out of sight.”

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“The next morning we went out for another drive in the direction of the dried-up waterhole and found the same leopard sitting upon an embankment in the distance. We knew it was the same leopard because it was covered in mud from head to tail, just as was the one that we saw the day before. He got up and walked over to where an enormous barbel was lying in the sand. We were not sure if this had been the same one that was caught the day before, or if this one was a fresh catch for the day. The leopard picked up the barbel and took it to the shade of a Nyala Berry Tree where it could finally feast on its meal."

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Wow how lucky ^Q^ ^Q^


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S56, Just N of Sirheni junction
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:-0


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stunning ^Q^


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^Q^


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Old ones! 0*\


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