Sam Chevallier presenting
with Jeandré
Gerding on camera
&
Brent Leo-Smith presenting
with Bryan
Joubert on camera.
Sam,
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Sam starts drive off just the way
we like it, with Karula female leopard lying in the sand in front of him.
This is Sam's first time meeting
her other then when she ran from him and Brent on foot.
Brent,
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Brent
starts his afternoon off with a great view too, but his is of a massive
elephant bull 40 to 45 years old in his prime with huge thick tusks the biggest
Brent has seen in this area. The bull's tusks are a good 15cm in diameter or
around a inch and half maybe 2in around, they aren't that long but very thick.
He is in full musth as well.
31
degrees Celsius = 87 degrees Fahrenheit
Warthog
sow
He
finds the elephant bull again at the power line
Sam,
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Back to Sam with Karula still
lying in the sand panting heavily
Brent,
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15:37 We
get out last views of the monster ellie bull as he moves off out of our
traversing area.
Sam,
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16:00 Karula is on the move
walking down the road in front of Sam.
Brent,
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16:05 A
view from Impala plains looking out over the Mluwati.
Sam,
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16:06 A
wildebeest watching Karula as she approaches a waterhole for a drink.
We
watch her drink for a few minutes then she lies down by the water.
A zebra
walks behind her in the brush.
Some
African migrant butterflies.
A tiny
terrapin at the edge of the water
Brent,
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16:32 Brent
has found a different elephant bull eating from a tree above his head
A Nyala
bull walks behind the elephant bull but no reaction
Sam, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
16:50 Karula
is still sound asleep and other people want into the sighting so Sam is leaving
Brent,
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16:55 Still
with the elephant bull
16:58 African
green pigeon
17:04 Lilac
bested roller
Brent
hears monkeys alarm calling.
17:07 Turns
out to be nothing but Brent hears on the radio there is a surprise sighting so
he sends us to Sam as he heads over to it.
Sam,
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17:14 A
herd of waterbuck
Brent,
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17:16 Sun
setting view
A Birmingham
boy - yes a male lion I so love the male lions. Brent tells us there are three
of the male lions where he is but we only have one in sight.
Sam,
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17:28 Sunset
Brent,
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17:32 Brent
is with the of the Birmingham male lion coalition members. A third is nearby
somewhere.
Sam,
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17:41
Sam with Karula next to the waterhole
Brent,
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17:51 Short
view of the sleeping B.Boys
Sam,
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16:53 Karula
just laid back down after another drink
Brent,
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17:55 sleeping
B.Boys
Sam,
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17:59 Karula
is up and walking she goes off road in a thick area so as Sam tries to catch up
to her we go back to Brent
Brent,
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18:05
Male lions
One yawns
Another
moves a bit
Oh! One
of them sat up with the back of his head towards us, and yawns twice 3 times, 4, 5 grooms for a second scratches, more
grooming, 6th yawn, Ok they yawn a lot, another
scratch, another yawn, more scratching. OH come on stand up and roar! Nope
another yawn wow that is a lot of yawning more grooming .
We go
to sam
Sam,
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18:15 Sam
has left Karula.
Sam says his goodbye for
the night
Brent,
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18:16 The
Birmingham boy that was already awake is still grooming.
The
second male finally wakes up and yawns several times looking right at the
camera and Brent, with a very grumpy look, then starts grooming
18:26 They
are up. The two walk to the road and meet up with the skinny sickly looking one
and then all lay down again.
Brent says goodbye and
Thank you to both the viewers and the entire WildEarth Crew.
End of Drive
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