In Search of Some Good "Spots"

[Bushcraft]

Sjoe, lucky with the cubs

Some great lion sightings

[Twigga]

I've enjoyed your TT tremendously thus far

Astonishing sightings ones again!

Just loooooove that 2 sleeping beauties

[Ratel]

Thanks Flutterby, Lisbeth, nan, RP and BC for staying on board, and great to have Twigga joining us too!

We had been so eager to find Lion cubs as we expected them to be much more active and animated than the adults. These cubs didn't disappoint and proceeded to put on a show for us. They seemed especially fascinated with the Buffalo carcass and used it to practice their moves.

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[Flutterby]

What gorgeous cubs! Always great to see them playing!

[Lisbeth]

That's the age that I love the most; they are irresistible

[Richprins]

Aaah, what lovely behavioural shots, Rattle!

They have to learn quickly!

[Bushcraft]

Brilliant sighting

Your teeth must have been hanging out

[Mel]

I love the little ones when they try to claim the kill their mummy made as their own

[Ratel]

Sunday 27th August continued...

The traffic jam at the Lion sighting was totally bizarre. The cats were spread out in a clearing that contained just scattered shrubs to obscure the view. At that hour of the morning the vast majority of the traffic was arriving from the south, and the Buffalo kill was also sitting at the southern end of the clearing, so the cars were piling up and having to queue at the south. It was total bedlam! They were parked at all angles, driving off-road to get closer or to just get out of the scrum, people were hanging out of windows and sunroofs, and they were packed in so tight there wasn't room to swing a cat! Meanwhile there seemed almost to be an invisible line on the road at the midpoint of the clearing that nobody was parking beyond, so arriving from the north we had about 30m of clear road in which to park. As BC rightly predicted, our teeth were totally hanging out!

We took full advantage of this clear road and moved back and forth at regular intervals depending on where the action was, and it was only when cars finally started arriving from the north that we had to chose a spot and stay put. By this time the cars at the northern end of the scrum were moving off so we quickly grabbed their prime real estate.

Anyway, here is a series of shots of the cubs interacting with the adult males. I love how tolerant the big guys are of the little ones!

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[nan]

cute image of the 2 "dads" and the little one