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Cell phone videos are not the best
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A superb sequence by BluTuna north of Muzandzeni in 2014:
https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 3&start=50
https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 3&start=50
BluTuna wrote: ↑Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:56 am
We watched for a few minutes until Stargazer (that's the SO's handle - I've finally managed to get her to register!) exclaimed "Honey Badger" and we completely forgot about the Eagle.
Switch to Aat Mode......
Hmmm, must be something to eat around here.... I'm sure I'll sniff something out....
WOHOO, Yuletide has come early! It's a Crunchy Meat Pie, quick, grab it before it escapes - if I flip it over it can't get away......
It smells great
Now, how do I get this wrapper off?
I think I can get in through this leg hole..
Hmmmm, tasty!
Ahhh, got something!
(By this time we had the company of two bush taxis and the noise level was increasing, the HB suddenly realised it had an audience!)
WHAT THE!!!!!!!!
Bloody paparazzi, I can't even have breakfast in peace?
Dammit, I'm going to take my food elsewhere, so I can eat in peace!
We were thrilled (but sad for the Tortoise), an amazing sighting and we were there for nearly 40 minutes! Honey Badgers are my favourite animal but we have never had a sighting that was anywhere near as long or as interesting - the single-mindedness and bravery of these little animals fascinates me. I would never have guessed that Tortoises are in HB's menu! I guess that they would have to be of a certain size or the leg holes would be too small to get into.
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Kruger Sightings
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14m14 minutes ago
05:20
Honey badger next to the road
H1-1, 100m from Mathekenyane
Near Skukuza
Vis 5/5
Tinged by Manus & Ursula
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WATCH: Honey Badger rescues her baby from Leopard
We all know that honey badgers think they are the boss of the bush… Well, this mother honey badger surely is! She had no second thoughts charging in on a hungry leopard to save her baby. Video courtesy of Kruger Sightings’ YouTube channel
3 hours ago
This incredible and unusual interaction was filmed by Sahara Wulfsohn, a 28-year-old guide at Kirkmans Kamp in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger National Park.
https://youtu.be/hLG_Q8FJda0
Sahara tells us about the sighting:
“Sabi Sands is an incredible reserve with excellent sightings of Leopard. On our drive, we had seen a few elephants but I was really looking forward to showing my group of 5 guests a Leopard. When Joel, one of the other rangers called in that he had found a female leopard not far from the lodge, I quickly responded to the sighting.
At the time, I joked with my guests that we needn’t have driven so far from the lodge, and could have simply sat on the tea deck to view animals from there.
When we arrived at the scene, Joel pointed out the leopard, which was moving slowly through a tamboti thicket towards us. At this point, I was very excited and grateful at having been given this excellent opportunity to show my guests a real-life Leopard. I didn’t notice initially, but there was a young honey badger a few meters away from us, and about 10 meters away from the Leopard.
When I realised what was about to happen I could hardly believe my eyes! The Leopard stalked closer and closer till its nose was practically touching the rear end of the Badger. The badger turned around, and I’m sure got the surprise of its life.
The Leopard launched its attack in a fury of claw and tooth with the small badger fighting bravely and valiantly but not really a match for the Leopard, I was filming at this point and then noticed the mother Badger running at speed towards the melee and rapidly displaced the Leopard.
The sighting ended with the mother Badger dragging her large cub by the scruff of the neck into a convenient and nearby hole in a termite mound. The young badger had probably broken its front right leg, but will almost certainly survive thanks to the strength and protection of its mother.
A Leopard alone, even sleeping, is a rare and wonderful sighting, but this was beyond belief. When I got back to the lodge, the other guides were all amazed at the sighting and the video and pictures which I paraded around the rangers room.
For someone else who finds oneself at a sighting like this, a good idea is to start filming early and get a nice and stable rest/mounting arrangement for the camera It was easily the sighting of a lifetime, I cannot imagine having another opportunity like this, as both Honey Badger and Leopard are very rare to see. Just to see one or the other would have been a great sighting, but this was incredible!
Honey Badgers do not normally form part of the diet of Leopard, as they are renowned for their fierce temperament and savage fighting ability. Badgers are even known to displace other larger predators like Lions. The reason this Leopard attempted to take on the honey badger was her young age (2 years) and lack of experience. She will have been taught a lesson she won’t soon forget!”
https://lowvelder.co.za/467220/watch-ho ... y-leopard/
We all know that honey badgers think they are the boss of the bush… Well, this mother honey badger surely is! She had no second thoughts charging in on a hungry leopard to save her baby. Video courtesy of Kruger Sightings’ YouTube channel
3 hours ago
This incredible and unusual interaction was filmed by Sahara Wulfsohn, a 28-year-old guide at Kirkmans Kamp in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve in the Greater Kruger National Park.
https://youtu.be/hLG_Q8FJda0
Sahara tells us about the sighting:
“Sabi Sands is an incredible reserve with excellent sightings of Leopard. On our drive, we had seen a few elephants but I was really looking forward to showing my group of 5 guests a Leopard. When Joel, one of the other rangers called in that he had found a female leopard not far from the lodge, I quickly responded to the sighting.
At the time, I joked with my guests that we needn’t have driven so far from the lodge, and could have simply sat on the tea deck to view animals from there.
When we arrived at the scene, Joel pointed out the leopard, which was moving slowly through a tamboti thicket towards us. At this point, I was very excited and grateful at having been given this excellent opportunity to show my guests a real-life Leopard. I didn’t notice initially, but there was a young honey badger a few meters away from us, and about 10 meters away from the Leopard.
When I realised what was about to happen I could hardly believe my eyes! The Leopard stalked closer and closer till its nose was practically touching the rear end of the Badger. The badger turned around, and I’m sure got the surprise of its life.
The Leopard launched its attack in a fury of claw and tooth with the small badger fighting bravely and valiantly but not really a match for the Leopard, I was filming at this point and then noticed the mother Badger running at speed towards the melee and rapidly displaced the Leopard.
The sighting ended with the mother Badger dragging her large cub by the scruff of the neck into a convenient and nearby hole in a termite mound. The young badger had probably broken its front right leg, but will almost certainly survive thanks to the strength and protection of its mother.
A Leopard alone, even sleeping, is a rare and wonderful sighting, but this was beyond belief. When I got back to the lodge, the other guides were all amazed at the sighting and the video and pictures which I paraded around the rangers room.
For someone else who finds oneself at a sighting like this, a good idea is to start filming early and get a nice and stable rest/mounting arrangement for the camera It was easily the sighting of a lifetime, I cannot imagine having another opportunity like this, as both Honey Badger and Leopard are very rare to see. Just to see one or the other would have been a great sighting, but this was incredible!
Honey Badgers do not normally form part of the diet of Leopard, as they are renowned for their fierce temperament and savage fighting ability. Badgers are even known to displace other larger predators like Lions. The reason this Leopard attempted to take on the honey badger was her young age (2 years) and lack of experience. She will have been taught a lesson she won’t soon forget!”
https://lowvelder.co.za/467220/watch-ho ... y-leopard/
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A WOW sighting 
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Once in a lifetime 
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain amount of things. Right now I'm so far behind that I'll never die.
Re: Honey Badger
Incredible sighting 
but the poor baby badger seems a bit stunned, if not wounded...
but the poor baby badger seems a bit stunned, if not wounded...