Richprins' Short Business Trips to The Park

[Pumbaa]

Besides the bushes and trees a bit green is gladly to be seen and good to know there is still water left

Richprins

[Richprins]

Pleasure!

Will do this one fast, as it is recent!

[Richprins]

We hit Renosterpan...with some action...





The viewpoint is a bit silly, with the big parking, a row of bushes, and then a narrow road leading in front of the bushes on the water side, which ends up in a tortuous track back to the entry road...


But a couple of tortoises!















At first we thought it was a mother and baby!




But it became apparent there was something else going on, and I remembered tortoises don't operate like that in their family structure...







Mp: "Wow, look how fast they are going!"

Pw: "Ja, and the baby follows the mother's every move"

RP: "Maybe it's a daddy wanting to play with the mommy?"












And yes, never seen tortoises move that fast!



What ensued was a ribald discussion of the merits of this mating thing...we eventually suggested she must just lie down, and Momprins was extremely derisory about the optimism of the little male...










Anyway, they disappeared over the horison, and on cue a visitor arrived:














On the way out we saw cars parked behind the reservoir there...I'm not sure if one is allowed to drive in, but it was a well-worn entrance, so off we went?






Some wallows around, and some more visitors:










Two or three babies together again...saw 4 together on the last trip...

[Mel]

Interesting conversation about those tortoises

Love the ellie shot and the little giraffes are just so sweet.

Can't make out any swallows though.

[Toko]

This tort male will follow his potential mate and she will escape.

[Richprins]

Wallows....mudholes, you silly girl!

Here's a video of "Persistence"...


http://v9.tinypic.com/player.swf?file=xpy0cx&s=9

[nan]

little male..........

[Richprins]

Story of our lives, nana...one has to try!

[H. erectus]

RP: "Maybe it's a daddy wanting to play with the mommy?"

What do you suppose daddy wanna play???? Hop scotch, maybe let's go shopping!!???,

and then Daddy hopefully wishes mommies bettery flat, wishing for a jumpstart situ,.

..

[Richprins]

I'm just glad they didn't start there....it's a noisy and messy business...