Flavour of the Month - August 2014 H1-4: Satara-Olifants Tar Road

[Dzombo]

Here's one walking through the same river on the Olifants Webcam, 28 Jan...

Exactly! So why didn't this one leave the island?
Perhaps it was seriously ill?
I guess one can only speculate

[Richprins]

Yes...maybe its instincts developed a glitch?

[Flutterby]

Very strange!

[Flutterby]

Mystery solved!!


This is What Actually Killed the Giraffe That Was Stuck

February 12, 2019

Recently, there was a sighting that touched many hearts all over social media.

A ting on Latest Sightings came through of a giraffe that looked like it was stranded in the middle of the Olifants River in the Kruger National Park.

The first report came through on the 29th of Jan 2019, which was already day 2 for the giraffe being stuck.

12:00
Giraffe in the Olifants River
“She can’t leave the place. She has been there since yesterday”
H1-5, Olifants High level bridge
Near Olifants Camp
Vis 5/5
Tinged by Eduardo

Naturally, there was a lot of speculation as to what caused the sudden rush of water. Two main reasons according to the facebook page comment section, were, one - due to a dam wall in Mozambique being opened, letting all the water suddenly hit the Olifants river. However, the reason that is to be the actual one, is there was a lot of rain, causing the level of the water to rise pretty fast.

The Kruger National Park is a natural reserve, so even though there were lots of shouts to get human intervention in order to save the Giraffe, the policy is to let nature take its course.

As the level of the water lowered, there was no clear indication as to why the giraffe didn't just cross the water.

This was now on the day 5 - 1st of Feb:

09:55
Giraffe still stationary
H1-5, Olifants bridge
Near Olifants
Vis 5/5
Tinged by Hannelie

Then, day 6 - 2nd of Feb:

09:00
Giraffe still in Olifants river
H1-5, Olifants bridge
Near Olifants camp
Vis 5/5
Tinged by Donnavan

It was a sad sight to see that on the 2nd of Feb, the giraffe was reported dead. Up until now, it was believed that the giraffe starved to death, Gareth Bright has the actual story for us:

"It was an old bull giraffe. At 5:30pm on the 2nd of Feb, we arrived on the bridge below Olifants, where the younger dominant male and this older one were having a battle, swinging there necks and delivering hard blows to one another.

The younger bull eventually delivered a crashing blow which knocked down the older bull.

Within minutes of him going down, a large croc moved onto the bank and went to work, appearing to suffocate the giraffe!

The younger bull then crossed the water, between the island and the mainland with ease. It then stood and watched as the crocodile finished killing the giraffe.

Click on the link below to see the photographs:

https://www.latestsightings.com/single- ... QcmX3ySAMU

[Alf]

Would actually want to see evidence of that

[Alf]

I think this guy was smoking something good

[Lisbeth]

I am rather but by now it's history.

[Richprins]

The pics are on the link, Alpheus!

[Alf]

The pics are on the link, Alpheus!

I’ve opened it and didn’t see any pictures

[Alf]

It took some time to load