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on Leopard cub and the Infanticidal Squirrel

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David Dampier
Guest

Unbelievable sequence and story Ad!

Syl
Guest

Quite the story & photo captures Adam:)

Rowena Lafferty
Guest

I hope his experience gave the infanticidal squirrel a distaste for the area and the rest of the babies were safe. What a story.

She is quite beautiful and agile with her first kill. Well taken!

Gavin Rosenbaum
Guest

Incredible sighting, wonderfully captured and told…

Lisa Otten
Guest

Oh my goodness….what a story Ad!! Truly incredible and SO sad for the little squirrel.

Great blog and pics Adam! The pic of the falling baby squirrel is just incredible – what a cracker of a shot…… pity Mark missed it.

bobi baha
Guest

what a stroke of luck for you to not only witness this very unusual behavior but be able to capture these moments. thank you adam for sharing.

Great photos and a story well told-you should write a book 🙂

Anil Bakshi
Guest

Magnificent sequence Adam Bannister….. I love your pics, narration and dedication. Would love to visit Londolozi sometime… and see you face to face and your colleagues…

Anil Bakshi, New Delhi, India

WOW!! AWESOME!!

Rita Shaw
Guest

Being one of those captivated guests was an amazing experience, especially when she took the little squirrel home to show mum, and mum was soooo proud of her! Well told Adam, and of course your pics are incredible!!

What a sighting! And we saw this cub last Thursday! Why did we ever leave?

kiki
Guest

Well done Adam!

I’m truly sorry the cub didn’t get the perpetrator…little bugger. Hopefully, the nasty rodent gets a taste of it’s own medicine, SOON! Very glad the cub was able to hone her hunting skills, however. She looks so proud! Thanks for fabulous photos!

Thank you Adam – goodness. I’m not going to lie – I’m really happy I didn’t see that. Truly just ok to read the story and look at your gorgeous pictures!

John Holley
Guest

Unbelievable sighting, well done Ad man!

priyanka
Guest

nature can be so heartbreaking…i mean a squirrel killing a baby squirrel??

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It was an absolute pleasure to read this article. Poor baby squirrel 🙁
Thank you Adam.

vikranth
Guest

Poor Baby Squirrel 🙁 Story well said !!

Senior Digital Ranger

Wow, what an incredible sighting! A once in a lifetime event for sure.
And the young cub so very proud of herself!

Thank you Adam, wonderful as usual!

Abby Maquera
Guest

any idea who fathered the Dudley Riverbank’s cub? for some reason the cub reminds of Shorty/the Tugwaan male leopard…

Lisa Carey
Guest

What an incredible sighting, and phenomenal pictures! Thanks so much for sharing this rare sighting.

bruna dessena
Guest

thanx for sharing, stunning

Courtney McGuigan
Guest

Amazing and heartbreaking for the little one. I always thought squirrels were a bit sneaky, but I would not have guessed they engaged in infanticide! Excellent photos. Thanks!

beautiful description of a scene indecsrivibile!!!!
what a pity that I can not be there, this Christmas.

Keso
Guest

Great! I’ve seen similar scenes in the Tree Camp Londolozi.
http://cuentaviajes.over-blog.es/article-safaris-desde-tree-camp-londolozi-reserva-sabie-sand-lindante-con-p-n-kruger-61165005.html

Colin Hall
Guest

So touching! What luck to have watched it in real life. I must come back! Blessings for Christmas everyone

Zoe
Guest

Wow, another fantastic write-up Adam. Edge of your seat kind of stuff!

Nan Morrow and Bob (Visited Sept-Oct,...
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Special Merry Christmas wishes to Talley Smith, our ranger and to Fred, our guide. Loved the photography by Adam Bannister. We met Simon Bannister first at Boekenhoutskloof when he was “creating” the porcupine for the winery. I actually ordered a case of Chocolate Block for my husband and we are enjoying it. Simon, you are very talented, we both enjoyed seeing your Digital Tree of Knowledge.

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