Does the Predator Hierarchy Always Hold True?

Barry Bath October 18, 2021 1 33

Predators carry with them a sense of allure and wonder. Most likely due to their elusive nature, their innate sense of stealth brings with it a feeling of mystery. The …

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Do Genets Have a Sweet Tooth?

Guy Brunskill January 20, 2021 20

While out on game drive recently, I saw a genet eating something on the ground, and on closer inspection is was a flower, or at least what looked like a …

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Tsalala Lioness Kills Kudu: Through the Eyes of Trainee Rangers

Jess Shillaw November 12, 2020 32

I recently joined Trainee Rangers Kirsten, Patrick and Kyle on a morning drive. We had two incredible lion sightings; the Birmingham male first and then the Tsalala female with her …

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When No One’s Watching….

James Tyrrell August 10, 2020 24

Take a good look at the photo below. It is of a lion’s paw lunging in to grab a buffalo calf. Wild! We weren’t there to see this action take …

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Waiting for a Decade: Wild Dog Pups on Londolozi

James Tyrrell May 26, 2020 38

We’ve touched on this momentous event far more on some of our other social media channels, but feel we can’t go on enough about how excited we are to have …

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The Curious Case of The Wild Dogs and The Waterhole

Pete Thorpe January 13, 2020 9

Looking for wild dogs (or painted wolves as they are also known) is no easy task. This was a pack of over 10 dogs, which would inevitably leave a good …

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A Superb Run of Sightings: Part 2

James Tyrrell November 6, 2018 1 10

A couple of days ago we published a post about the first of a great run of sightings that senior ranger John Mohaud had with his guests. Today John recounts …

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A Crazy Sighting as Wild Dogs Bring their Puppies onto Londolozi

James Tyrrell September 25, 2018 34

Wild dogs are rare enough as it is, so to see them with pups brings a whole new dimension to a sighting. They den in the autumn and winter, so …

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Hyena Clan Make Stunning Comeback to Rob Wild Dogs of Their Carcass

James Tyrrell August 15, 2018 11

Whilst lions and buffalo or lions and hyenas are often touted as being the most iconic of Africa’s wildlife rivalries, one that often escapes the limelight is that of hyena …

Wildlife

The Most Relaxed Honey Badger at Londolozi

James Tyrrell July 30, 2018 14

It’s not often that we see honey badgers here. There are quite a few around, but their nocturnal habits make sightings hard to come by, and more often than not …

Wildlife

Dreaming of Denning Dogs

James Souchon April 30, 2018 10

Every year as winter slowly rolls in, everyone gets excited for something that the change in season brings about. For some it’s the change in temperature as we move from …

Wildlife

Leopards Steal From Wild Dogs

Rob Jeffery April 4, 2018 3 2

Tracker Judas Ngomane and I were following wild dogs on a hunt. Andrea Sithole and Sersant Sibuyi had found them at Finfoot Crossing in the Sand River at first light. …

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Why Don’t Predators Often Eat Other Predators?

James Tyrrell March 3, 2018 26

The first and most obvious argument is that other predators are dangerous to hunt, and it would be illogical for a lion or leopard to see a conspecific as a …

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Lions Steal Kill From Leopard and Cub

James Tyrrell January 25, 2018 1 4

The Tamboti female leopard had had a successful day, killing a vervet monkey in the morning, which she dragged to her 10-month old cub for it to feed on, and …

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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 …

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