Lions On The Loose

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What grand mousebird pics, Peej! [O]

Marloth is such a pleasure in winter, we were there too yesterday. :-0


And a "proper" live lion sighting! X#X


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Lisbeth wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:35 pm Lovely mouse birds \O

And your idea of an excursion down to Gezantombi turned out to be excellent ^Q^ ^Q^ Young healthy lionesses :yes:
Agreed Lis, she looked like a very healthy young cat \O
Flutterby wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 12:47 pm Perfect timing!! \O \O The lions look quite young still.
Yep definitely a youngster :yes:
Richprins wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:18 pm What grand mousebird pics, Peej! [O]

Marloth is such a pleasure in winter, we were there too yesterday. :-0


And a "proper" live lion sighting! X#X
Nice! I wonder whether the lions are still at large in Marloth lol
Indeed a very much alive set of lions \O


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No, the lions are gone, and in fact there are quite regular hoaxes anyway, it seems! lol


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Richprins wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 1:34 pm No, the lions are gone, and in fact there are quite regular hoaxes anyway, it seems! lol
Helps keep the crime down \O =O: =O:


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Sat 22nd June contd

As we sat watching the lioness by the water, more and more lion suddenly started appearing O\/ O\/

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We realised that it must be the entire Vurhami pride moving in. We were really thrilled with our lucky timing O/\ O/\

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There were lion moving all over the place, so it was difficult to work out how many there were, but the kids were sure there were at least 15 :shock: :shock:

Some were coming up from the water, whilst others came down to meet them or just parked off in the shade O:V

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Many of the lion were still quite young, but this lioness looked to be the adult-in-charge ;-)

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The meanderings continued for a while between shade and water...

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Eventually the gang seemed to settle into a couple of shady spots and we figured that they would all be asleep pretty quickly

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Here's a video of some of the activity X#X

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What a fantastic sighting! You really were in the right place at the right time! ^Q^ ^Q^


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No traffic on the H4-1 at a giraffe kill :shock: I may be wrong, but I think this giraffe hit by a car/delivery vehicle because at 1st there were no predators on it. ..0.. How did it smell, maybe that cleared the traffic jam O**

Great male lion sighting on the H4-2 O:V

A relaxing early morning at Marloth, I would have been pacing around O** , but still a good lion sighting at Gezantombi/Vurhami bridge dirt loop X#X

Wow, and then the rest of the lions pulled in. ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^ Lucky timing that :-0


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Exquisite, Peej! :shock: :shock: :shock:



^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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I wonder if it was a pride or part of one -O- There were lots of lions, but they were all very young ones :-? In any case a great sighting ^Q^ ^Q^ \O


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Catching up again .Love the visitors at Marloth .

^Q^ Wow what lucky timing with the Pride .Does seem to be allot of youngsters in the bunch O\/ \O


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