Again Grumpy, his lady, his brother, the female with the tree cubs and
the wounded young male, the same crew of the buffalo... they were around the
other side of the river and it was beautiful in the early morning sun.
We stayed far from Grumpy but the sun was up so there was
no problem. The cubs eventually moved into the bush and the mother went
guarding them from the bank few meters from us.... Stunning.
The wounded cub was in the open, the gash on his back even worst then
yesterday, bite marks and claw marks all over.. he probably met Grumpy
before sunrise.
The highlight was in the afternoon, Mapalala and Kahimba called me
saying that lions were hunting giraffe close to Mwagusi. I flew there
with my guests and we had a weird situation. A giraffe standing in the
open, bleeding copiously from the back left leg and two lioness
dozing less hen 2 meters from it.
Obviously the cats attacked it already but run out of energy so they
were waiting for the sun to drop and the air to cool down.
The stand off went on for 2 hours... if the giraffe was trying to move
the lions would wake up and then it would freeze again.
One lioness walked the other side of the girafe but then could not
stand the sun so walked back to the bush.
Eventually the giraffe gained her courage and started walking off...
the lions to our disappointment this time did not follow and it was
free....
WEIRD.
Beautiful buffs running to drink at lulenga in the evening.
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