28.8.10

How to climb down a tree

We followed the walk of a big blond male for a couple of km in the most perfect morning light ever, the background was kimilamatonge and was a stunning background. The male never roared, never marked the territory properly, gave the impression of being a king out of his kingdom.
He was a superb creature, lean and muscular, massive and elegant...
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Owen found the pride of ten the other side of the river but definitely not i a hunting mood, we got also lions at the bridge on the mwagusi, they were very full. One impala ewe walked unaware less then three meters from a lioness without seeing her, when the herbivore was just in front of the cat, it even turned to check us out before going in the river bed, she never saw the lioness and the lioness did not even move.... unbelievable.
Other three lions were at breakfast point but sound asleep.
In the afternoon we were blessed with great hyena's show. The pups at the den were out and in a very playful mood, theyc came and went from the car, coming closer then 2 mtrs out of curiosity, the went on bitin branches and twigs, fighting betwen them and running around, really special. They are so cute and so weird in a way with their sloppy backs and spotted coates, but so full of energy.
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We checked out the lions of the morning again and we found a lioness up on a tree, the first fork was at 4 meters and she was up there, we do not know why or how she got there but we witnessed how she came down. She tried for 20 minutes, turning in every possible way, every possible corner, she was pure fun, eventually after pondering for so long she came down, backwards in a huge clawed hug to the tree. Definitely her mother should have taught her what my mother did teach me when I was a kid, never climb something if you are not sure how to climb it down....
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