Dimwits Talamati Oct 2015 - With Guest Commentary

[Alf]

That elephant way too close

[Lisbeth]

The big ellie showing who is the boss

Nice story telling

[Flutterby]

Did he try to come through the gates?

[Bushcraft]

Those ellies always follow that route, but you are brave I have a pic of one with it's butt in the gate, not sure why it was trying to reverse into camp.

Waiting for the BS addition

[Pumbaa]

In fact a scary moment, Richprins

[Richprins]

Howzit! RP and Dwarf finally got a pozzie in the hide, so their pelicans were gone. By now the sun was taking serious strain, so their mik en druk had to do the job. It seems they were heavy on the 'tea" again, something I can't do with all 12 of my ailments.
By now RP's other chinas had pulled into camp, and went straight to their unit, 14, which is the best in the camp unless you like units 1-13, which is also cool, but 2 and 4 are under renovation, so maybe check out 15, good for the Rats when we stay there, as they are getting bigger and you can throw the bodies of any boys that try and visit over the fence out of view of the other units.
So then Borderline pitched up at the hide and said the other two were checking out a leopard that was cruising past the other hide, obviously on the way to the water! RP's teeth were hanging out, as he could just sit and wait and didn't have to move other than get a quick dop.
(I have seen leopard at both hides five times in one day, so I can imagine they were chuffed! Couldn't get pics though, as, errr.... my laptop is at work, hectic at the moment.)
Then things started getting hectic! The faulty sable started jogging around and did a lap right along the fence in front of the hide and gone, like a horse race! RP caught a serious wobble, but soon things were calm again, and the leopard was apparently close now, as GB and Frewells could be seen approaching along the fence from the Skukuza side, following it.
Suddenly there was chaos, as from the right a big male lion ran in, being chased by an elephant bull. No jokes, and there was a lot of noise. The lion ran off to the left, and the elephant gave up and left as well. There was now major activity in the hide:
"Get the Binocs!"
"I can't find them, quick, where's the camera?"
"It's too dark for the camera!"
"Try anyway!"
The other two arrived at the hide, also chuffed, saying that a sable had come running past them while they were checking out the leopard, but the leopard had after that frozen, then ducked sharply off down and away in Skukuza direction. RP told them about the lion, so that is what had spooked the sable and the leopard! The others tuned him big time where was the elephant and lion then, but suddenly the lion pitched chilled again and had his drink.

[All-Nature]

This was and exciting afternoon

Time well spent gone through all 22 pg's. of your entertaining TT

On track for more

Sable are my favourite antelope!

[Lisbeth]

Now I know why BC's TT are always so full of tension, he is inventing it all

[nan]

a lot to catch/watch
love Yellow-billed Oxpecker and Sable

and the Boons arrive

your camera drunk too much for some pix

[Richprins]

nana and AN! One can see the lion in the middle of the pic!