Thirteenzeronine

This is a very important date in my calendar, it is 2 years that Chiara and Manu are married. It is strange to think at that day from here in the middle of nowhere but makes me happy.
Bush wise was a stunning day, we started with lions eating giraffe close to mwayembe, the light was that golden crispy one of early morning and the area was a flat plain with not even a tuft of grass between us and the cats.
The kill was made yesterday so there was not the usual havoc of a fresh one but the noise of them eating was still pretty good.
Jackals and hyenas were watching from a distance and half of the lions were sleeping, a couple of females and cub were still eating in rotation, one out the next one in, just a bit of growling in the overlap time.
It was a proper sighting again and we had plenty time to enjoy it.
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We spotted lions 4 more times in the morning, amongst them a couple mating. I just finished to say to guests that the 2 were probably in mating session that they performed in front of the car. They must have been at the beginning of their week long liaison because they had a go 4 times within half an hour.
The 2 forest pride walking in the river bed completed the morning.

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The afternoon brought us what has been a standard in the last three days, leopard!! Amazingly same leopard of yesterday, in the same tree of yesterday, just on a different branch.... this place is insane..
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