7 members of the Nduna pride downed a buffalo calf. It's cries bring back the herd. The lions try to hang on to their prize but are chased off by the buffalo several times. The calf's mother comes to its assistance and amazingly after being under lion tooth and claw for 10 minutes the calf gets up and follows its mother. Daily action live from the bus on Wildcast.net
Less than a year old, the CUTEST little elephant calf was going absolutely wild in a mud wallow. And once everyone had left he slipped and slid not able to get out sliding back into the 'melting pot of mud'. Tried again, with lots of slipping and sliding and eventually made it out.
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In the little time Manyari has to herself she grooms and collapses exhausted. She's hardly rested and the male is on to her, this time missing the mark. He waits till she arouses and they mate, the male again up to his tap-dancing antics. Their rest is shortlived when the brother comes running in. He is quickly intercepted by the mating male and kept away from Manyari.
I thought this lactating lioness was heading to her cubs in the hills. But then Nduna, the pride male, arrived on the scene being very possesive of her. He had competition. A young male of the Nduna pride also had eyes on the lioness. Nduna stayed close to her side while the other male kept a watchful eye for an opening. This behaviour looked like typical lion foreplay.
A pack of hyaenas march on a wild dog den and the wild dogs take the battle to the hyaenas. But soon realising their pups are safe the wild dogs back off.
It was a beautiful sunset over Banyini pan when in the distance I heard the distress calls of a buffalo. Racing over there I found a male lion had downed a huge bull. As it struggled a second lion arrived and went straight for the stranglehold muffling the bulls distress calls.
In the throws of giving birth the calf is coming out all wrong. The mother tries desperately to give birth but in 3 hours there is no change. The calf appears to be dead. Now to survive the cow needs to rid herself of the foetus. Will she make it?
White rhino's were close to extinction in the early 1900's but with conserted conservation efforts in South Africa, their numbers have bounced back from possible extinction.
Manyari sustained a massive injury while chasing after zebra in thick bush last night. A tree stump ripped muscle and skin away from her chest and another huge gash in her groin. She was in a lot of pain and coulnd't even lick her wounds. She managed to take only 10 steps and lay down for the rest of the night.
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The lions have caught a young impala, hardly enough to feed even one lion. But they don't believe in sharing and it's everyone for himself. It's not long and the impala is ripped apart, Sjambok making off with most of it. Manyari and the brother have a full on fight over the non-existent scraps.
The Nduna pride downed a buffalo cow and were chased off. A minute later they downed this cow, but the herd were slow in coming. 7 lions held the buffalo down while a young lioness battled to deliver the killing bite. The buffalo herd approached a couple of times but the lions stood strong and the herd backed off. This is 3 1/2 minutes of unedited foorage, but the buffalo took 20minutes to die.