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One afternoon, while viewing a female cheetah and her 5 cubs, we noticed a female Warthog and a piglet walking towards the cheetah. The female cheetah then moved off and left the 5 cubs on their own. The 5 cubs then noticed the warthog and gave chase and managed to corner the young piglet. As the cubs were only 12 months old they did not seem very sure of...
Posted: Kwandwe by Paul Warner, Date: 8 March 2008
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It is not often that you see a predator feeding off its own kind. Our surprise was great when we came upon a jackal feeding off another jackal. on closer inspection we found that the jackals back had large puncture wounds and a broken spine. We also then found fresh lion tracks around the animal indicating that it had been killed by lion.
Posted: Kwandwe by Paul Warner, Date: 8 March 2008
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While returning to the lodge after morning game drive we came across a Pale Chanting Goshawk that flew out of an acacia thicket. After closer inspection we found a freshly killed Natal Francolin that the hawk had just killed. We then backed off and the hawk returned to feed on the francolin. At first the hawk tried to carry the francolin up a nearby...
Posted: Madikwe Safari Lodge by Paul Warner, Date: 1 July 2007
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While viewing a crash of 6 White rhino one afternoon we noticed that one of the females was in heavy oestrus, and was recieving a lot of attention from 2 males. After sitting very quietly for 10 minutes the one bull came waddling straight towards us!. Not 2 meters from the front of the vehicle the rhino then decided to lie down and have a nap!. Eventually...
Posted: Madikwe Safari Lodge by Paul Warner, Date: 1 July 2007
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One morning, while responding to a lion sighting we stumbled across a lioness with 4 young cubs. She was steadily making her way to the other lions who were feeding on a wildebeest kill. We then followed the lioness and cubs, not sure how the other lions would recieve them as there were already 2 big males and 4 lionesses feeding. Luckily the 2 males...
Posted: Madikwe Safari Lodge by Paul Warner, Date: 28 May 2007
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While on our way back to the lodge one night, we came upon a small spotted genet that appeared to be stalking something. After moving closer we saw that the genet was trying to kill a brown house snake. After nearly 15 minutes the exhausted genet managed to pin the snake down and deliver a killing bite behind its head. It then had to untangle itself from...
Posted: Madikwe Safari Lodge by Paul Warner, Date: 21 May 2007
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