Overwhelmed with Kgalagadi

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Very interesting, Pedro, and thanks very much for the food pic! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Ja, that area is sheep country all right...should have been brilliant! :-0 :-0 :-0

Shame that lion not getting lucky...he looks so forlorn...but the women tease a bit, IMO. Maybe they were not properly on heat yet? But he would not have given up! :twisted:

Nice that you had some tea at TR! X#X

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Richprins wrote:Very interesting, Pedro, and thanks very much for the food pic! ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^

Ja, that area is sheep country all right...should have been brilliant! :-0 :-0 :-0

Shame that lion not getting lucky...he looks so forlorn...but the women tease a bit, IMO. Maybe they were not properly on heat yet? But he would not have given up! :twisted:

Nice that you had some tea at TR! X#X

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Maybe the lady had a headache :-0 .

And by tea you mean barley tea, right?


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The 23rd August in the afternoon we had to take the plane at Upington to start our long way back home, but we still had time for a final drive at the park until around 10:30, it was the coldest morning of all, -2º at 7:00, and there was a bit of a mist in the road and at the Nossob river bed.

Probably because of the cold there were no animals anywhere until we saw a couple of cars, there was something at the left hand side of the road and it turned out to be two cheetahs, two male brothers I assume.

The first one passed by
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While the second decided to mark the territory, first scratching the tree with his claws (pity he did it in the wrong side of the tree)
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and then scent marking it with his urine
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Then they climbed the dune, watched around
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And eventually passed to the other side of the dune
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Not a lot of action but a great sighting for a late start of our last morning at KTP


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Nice start to your last morning! :yes:


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Why do they always pass to the other side of the dune 0*\ A great sighting anyway O/\ O/\


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Cheetah as a farewell sighting :-0 :-0 :-0

Was it on the Nossob or the Aoub side?


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Mel wrote:Cheetah as a farewell sighting :-0 :-0 :-0

Was it on the Nossob or the Aoub side?
Nossob.


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Is the road from TR to Nossob open now?


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Has been for a long time by now, Lis \O

Thanks, Pedro, for the info... but it seems they are a really challenge ID wise :O^


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Thank you, Mel \O


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