Ranger Diary
20 December 2010
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The month of December continues to be a wet one, with the reserve having received 38mm of rain to date. As would have been noted with the weekly sightings updates, this has brought on a spurt of births amongst the antelope species. It is a perfectly timed scenario, were calving is timed with prevailing good conditions, enabling cows and ewes to provide their offspring with nutritious milk due to an abundance of foliage to feed on.
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The lioness and her four cubs in the main section of the reserve had successfully brought down and killed a warthog under the watchful eye on onlookers near one of our main watering holes, only to have a cub, find and show interest in a Leopard (Mountain) tortoise. These tortoises are the largest member of this group in the Chelonian Family (Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles) in South Africa, and the only specie that has the ability of being able to swim. The cub eventually lost interest and proceeded to rest its head of this slow moving creature.
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1 Response to Pumba Wildlife Images and Ranger Diary 20 December 2010
The kitten with her ball is my favourite! :)
By Jolene (4 years ago)