Friday evening, lions & Leopards
After the great Friday morning drive, we rested to get ready to go out again that evening. This is one amazing area for wildlife! Within the first 30 minutes the guides found a very recent leopard kill. An aardvark! Very rare to see one, as they are only out late at night. Melvin, our guide had not seen one in 15 years!
The dead aardvark. I also have a different shot of the rear end and tail.
She is resting on the ground right below the tree. On a termite mound, which provides an elevated viewpoint for her.
I love this shot. I did have to pay her a hefty tip for this great pose.
We left the area only to see hyenas prowling around about a mile away. Knowing their great sense of smell, we thought that they might smell an aardvark dinner awaiting them, so we went back to the kill site and sure enough they arrived shortly thereafter. So, the leopard just climbed the tree and watched as the hyenas got frustrated with their inability to get up there as well. They were quite excited, she was rather bored with it all and mad about the sleep interruption.
Ok, off to find lions. But, first the daily sunset tree.
The king of the jungle has arrived.
They are majestic for sure
OK, the hunt begins. The females actually do the hunting. The one male waits around until they have made the kill and then he takes over to eat it. Not a good gig for the ladies for sure.