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The Week in Pictures #315

James Tyrrell December 29, 2017 13

I couldn’t imagine living in a place without a significant change in season. Whether one season is good and another is bad, or they are very different but equally as …

Wildlife

A Happy Ending: Survival of a Scrub Robin Chick

James Tyrrell December 28, 2017 13

How does a Scrub Robin chick survive? With a great deal of luck. That’s mainly it. Actually it’s a little more complicated than that. Apart from the unpredictable, like a …

Birds Wildlife

Going Solo

James Tyrrell December 27, 2017 2 24

The problem with reporting on stages of the lives of individual animals is that after a number of posts, it might start savoring of repetition. When lions reach a certain …

Leopards Wildlife

What is the Big 5?

James Tyrrell December 26, 2017 12

It’s a term that forms the foundation of literally thousands upon thousands of safari bookings each year, but the Big 5 is nevertheless a concept that many first time visitors …

Wildlife

How Does Meat Taste to Carnivores?

James Tyrrell December 24, 2017 11

I’ve often wondered just how certain animals can stomach certain things. Taste buds play an important function in letting an animal know what is good or bad to eat. If …

General Nature Wildlife

How Do Birds Manage To Sleep On The Wing And Not Crash?

Amy Attenborough December 23, 2017 11

If you look up to the skies above Londolozi at the moment you might see a tiny bird called the Alpine swift flitting about against the blue. Imagine being this …

Birds Wildlife

What Happens When 3 Leopards, 3 Hyenas and a Pack of Wild Dogs Converge: Part 2

Sean Zeederberg December 21, 2017 2 7

Yesterday you may have read Guy Brunskill’s account of our crazy morning game drive. Below is the remainder of that story… In the frenzy, the wild dogs ran off and …

General Nature Leopards Safari Experience Wildlife

What Happens When 3 Leopards, 3 Hyenas and a Pack of Wild Dogs Converge?

Guy Brunskill December 20, 2017 3 12

It was a cool morning. The temperature was perfect and as the sun rose we stayed protected with a bit of cloud cover. A pack of two wild dogs had …

Leopards Sunday Stories Video Wildlife

Reconciliation Day: How To Restore Harmony For All

Amy Attenborough December 16, 2017 1 20

A few weeks ago I watched a female leopard resting high up in a dead Brown Ivory tree. In the tree was nestled a leopard orchid and in that sat …

History Occasions Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #313

James Tyrrell December 15, 2017 4 24

Comedy and drama often go hand-in-hand in nature, as was the case with the hyena footage published yesterday on our blog. Despite the rarity of the sighting and the implications …

The Week in Pictures Wildlife

Mating Hyenas: Incredibly Rare Footage

James Tyrrell December 14, 2017 10

It will come as a surprise to many people that spotted hyenas are generally representative of a highly developed and pristine ecosystem. Misunderstood by many and vilified by some, these …

Wildlife

How Long Does it Take to Eat a Hippo?

James Tyrrell December 13, 2017 6

A winter almost never passes at Londolozi without a hippo bull succumbing to injuries sustained in a territorial fight. These gargantuan herbivores are armed with enormous and lethal teeth, and …

Wildlife

Leopard Makes Miraculous Recovery

James Tyrrell December 12, 2017 19

It has been two months since our last update on the badly injured Ndzanzeni female. During that time she has made a remarkable recovery, and not only is her back …

Leopards Wildlife

Pied kingfisher, hovering, fishing, bird, PT 2017

Do All Kingfishers Eat Fish?

Pete Thorpe December 8, 2017 4

One might think that this question is a no-brainer. A kingfisher must surely be the best in the world at catching fish? I mean, they are the kingfishers. However, don’t …

Birds General Nature Wildlife

The Week In Pictures #312

Fin Lawlor December 8, 2017 2 11

As the first week of December draws to a close, most of us at Londolozi are struggling to get to grips with exactly where this year has gone. The game …

The Week in Pictures Wildlife