The Week in Pictures #391
“I know of no pleasure deeper than that which comes from contemplating the natural world and trying to understand it.” ― David Attenborough Every day I learn something new here at …
“I know of no pleasure deeper than that which comes from contemplating the natural world and trying to understand it.” ― David Attenborough Every day I learn something new here at …
Linking the pieces of a puzzle together successfully in a track-and-find effort is rewarding, and enormous fun into the bargain. It’s not uncommon though to have that satisfaction of finding …
The Hukumuri male is one not mentioned many times before on this forum, but he has been seen encroaching into the northern parts of Londolozi more and more frequently over …
There are many joys of being out in the wilderness and connecting to nature. The African bush can have an addictive effect on many people; as is evident in the …
Animals are unpredictable. That goes without saying. But behavioural patterns are predictable in many ways, because they are just that: patterns. They reoccur because the animals in question are responding …
Most of you familiar with the Leopards of Londolozi will have some idea about the naming process when a leopard becomes territorial. I use the term “territorial” loosely as territorial behaviour …
We’re going to start posting a few more of these memory lane-style galleries, as for those of you who’ve followed the Londolozi Blog for a while, it’s great to reminisce …
As a child I remember looking at a photo of a hyena walking down a straight road, framed by trees with wonderful orange and red leaves. I realise now that …
I regularly refer to alarm calls while out on drive and I realise that sometimes this reference may be falling on deaf ears. They are without doubt some of the …
A few months ago, my wife and I were on an afternoon safari with Grant Rodewijk and Jerry Hambama. It was getting dark and we were heading back when Jerry …
We often talk about the large predator hierarchy of Londolozi, with lions at the top, cheetahs at the bottom, and the rest filling in the space in between. What we don’t often talk …
Leopards have to learn to hunt on their own. As cubs, their mother will leave them and go off hunting and, when old enough to eat meat, lead them to …
One usually imagines the African bush to be a peaceful place, but as the moon heads towards full, the impala rams are hitting their stride in the rut, and their …
I don’t want to go too much into the science on this one as I’m going to get it wrong and I don’t currently have the research at hand, but …
I’m a big fan of memory lane style posts. We have such an archive of photos and stories on our Blog and on the harddrives that are starting to become …