Dog Day Afternoons.

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Poring over maps is what got us out of trouble when the Garmin sent us the wrong way. lol

See the artistic impressions earlier. \O

I laid in my tent that night wondering what the noise was out in the channel. I later dreamed that the crocs had indeed caught and killed a buffalo. They were out there, tearing chunks out of their prey, using the "death roll" to rip pieces of hide and meat to gulp down greedily. In my dreams, I saw myself in the water with them, taking photos of the macabre scene.

"These malaria pills sure give one hallucinations." I thought. "I really should not drink so much beer either."

Still, at least I got the picture stuck in my mind of what was going on out there in the wilderness.

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macabre indeed.... but what a sight and a pic ^Q^


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Crocs don't catch buffalo, Deli...unless drought-afflicted? O-/


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A very vivid dream indeed ;-)

The buff must have got stuck -O-


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Those bridges don't look too sturdy! :shock:

Lots of lovely new birdies! \O


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lol lol lol

Thanks Nan, RP, Lis & Flutt's. \O

To be honest, the croc & buffalo pic was much later in the trip. I just couldn't resist. :twisted: Full story of that one to come later.

Nan - it was grisly. X#X

RP - Have you not seen the battle of Kruger video? :twisted: I can quite imagine those crocs being as fast as a cheetah over sun dried, hard baked earth. =O: =O: =O: ;-)

Lis - That's what we thought as well. It could also have been a youngster or sick? We will never know as we only heard what was going on. \O

Flutt's - Those bridges were suprisingly strong. :shock: The one of the pool at the side is where people used to take a dip. It was a regular thing until someone was taken by a croc. :shock:


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Red Lechwe were a first for me on this trip. We came upon two sparring males on our morning drive from Xakanaxa.

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It was also nice to see three species together, we'd later get to see a herd of Sable, a herd of Roan and a herd of Zebra together as well. Roan also being a first for me. O/\

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Eyeing eachother up.

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Sparring.

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Clash fighting.

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Front pressing.

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Two other rams were not so aggressive.

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Grooming.

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Nearby, a trio of Wattled Cranes were in the marsh..........


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Nice to see a new species of antelope O\/ They are very much like the impala, but look bigger?


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Hell, this is confusing...later we saw this but I forgot now we saw that yesterday but here's a pic of something I imagine I saw the next day... 0-

Just go day by day? 0: :O^ =O: =O: =O:

Are those lechwe closer to impala or waterbuck, family-wise? 0()


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Fantastic shots of the red lechwe ^Q^ ^Q^ ^Q^


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