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What Bird is This? #27

James Tyrrell August 1, 2020 25

This is a fairly easy one for the initiated. If you haven’t seen this bird before though, you may well be left scratching your head. I remember my first encounter …

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The Week in Pictures #450

James Tyrrell July 31, 2020 21

The Ntsevu pride have been in and out this week, walking right across the reserve on an east-west trajectory, but as far as the actual sightings go, they have generally …

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Did You Know That Giraffes Eat Bones?

Pete Thorpe July 30, 2020 20

There is a story that has been passed on from several generations of rangers at Londolozi about a guest that repeatedly kept asking a ranger whether giraffes eat meat: Guest: …

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Glorious Winter Rain

James Souchon July 29, 2020 21

As I stepped out of my house a couple of mornings ago I was quite excited to see that it had been raining during the night. This is not a …

Wildlife

Leopard Kill From my Back Door

Sean Zeederberg July 27, 2020 24

Without the full compliment of staff at the lodge, the village is a much quieter place. Most animals avoid humans, but since there are fewer of us around, it feels …

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Virtual Game Drives: The Week in Video #19

James Tyrrell July 26, 2020 19

We caught up with two of our favourite lions this week, tracked some more that we don’t see all that often, and had multiple leopards move through the same kill, …

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Exploring The Unknown: Our Only Certainty

Pete Thorpe July 25, 2020 25

James Tyrrell said it himself to me this week. “If we knew what was going to happen out here, we would all have grown bored long ago…” There’s one thing …

Wilderness teachings Wildlife

The Week in Pictures #449

James Tyrrell July 24, 2020 30

The big question being discussed in the Rangers Room at the moment is the fate of the Mashaba female’s cub. The last evidence we have is trail-cam footage of it …

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Has the Mashaba Female Already Lost Her Cub?

James Souchon July 23, 2020 1 26

The life of the Mashaba female is probably one of the most documented of leopards that we get to observe at Londolozi. A few weeks ago we were thrilled to …

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Never Before Recorded Footage Of a Male Leopard Carrying a Cub

Pete Thorpe July 22, 2020 41

Male leopards are well-known to practice infanticide, i.e. killing cubs that are not their own offspring. This is well documented across large cat species. Once the cub has been killed, …

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Incredible Otter Sighting: On Foot

Pete Thorpe July 21, 2020 26

To co-inhabit an area with another species for over a decade without even seeing it is testament to how rare Cape clawless otters are at Londolozi. This is the track-record …

Wildlife

Rescuing a Trapped Honey Badger

Sean Zeederberg July 20, 2020 38

The afternoon drive had been relatively quiet for ranger Pete Thorpe and I, when I noticed something poke its head around from behind a large dead Marula tree right on …

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Virtual Game Drives: The Week in Video #18

James Tyrrell July 19, 2020 34

The usual characters were out and about this week, but the BIG stories didn’t feature big cats or wild dog pups. No, it was some of Londolozi’s smaller and rarer …

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