Africa Wild

A revisit to the lions w/ the giraffe found them plump and lazy, as expected.



After awhile, one got up and made the long trek to the waterhole. I stayed with the remaining one, as pics of a lion walking, drinking, then walking again didn't interest me, not to mention all the cars trailing behind him.

Eventually this one got up and approached the carcass.







As it got hotter and hotter, he made a laudable attempt to drag it into the shade.









Unsuccessful (naturally), he walked over to the shade, trailing a string of innards, and snoozed. His partner returned to guard the prize. A successful tag team approach that insured no thievery under their watch.

They did allow this crow to peck around,



but this poor jackal could do nothing but wait even longer than the 2 DAYS he had already been there. What an incredibly harsh life, and sometimes hard to contemplate.



Back at camp, fire blazing, a more serene scene brought another exciting day to an end, and inspired introspection and quiet conversation with myself.

Just caught up again ExFmem.

You should get one of them tiny military type can openers. Them works betterer than the real thingy.

Like this one......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-38_can_opener

Great pics of the lions on the carcass.

Amazing macro shots of all the insects.

Stunning birdy pics as well. Love the tawny.

Jeez, Ex...

Don't know where to start, and...well..speechless!

Will nominate My favourite pic, and ja, I know we are not really about nominations, but there we go!

the Lion trying to drag the Giraffe is hilarious
about 200 kg vs more than 1000 kg

love the birds and the peace of the evening... solo



PS with a swiss army knife there is all we need for all thing

I never go out without my Swiss army knife I have lost two forgetting to put it into the suitcase going onto a flight

Disgusting amount of flies, but it's their life after all

Lion trying to pull a giraffe

Nice leopard sighting

Lovely birds

A very convincing crow

I hope that there is lots more to come

oups forgot Masego
in the Kgalagari we can learn about the position of the animals... thanks to the open landscape, and anticipate an eventfull action

Awesome lions shots, ExFmem

and on top that Leopard, the bee eater and shaft tailed whydah - A more than successful drive

Lovely leopard sighting and great pics of the lions! Amazing pic of the crow with the drops of blood flying in the air!

How very helpful of the gemsbok to point you into the right direction
Masego looks better than in some of the previous photos after her splitting from mum. She seems to be a real fighter

I figured that your young(er) lions were the one who took out the giraffe and the lion I had seen at it, was an older male scavenging
The three of them had a bit of a scrap over the kill but seem to have settled for the idea that there was enough food for all of them.

The crow photo doesn't show for me. I see a page of a notebook scribbled with stuff I can't read.

ExFmem wrote:

Mello?