Day: September 21, 2024

“These two male lions are known as the Mantimahle males, descendants of the mighty Mapogos. We found them crossing from the Manyeleti Game Reserve in the northern Sabi Sands (Buffelshoek).”
“After losing visual we tracked them and tried to loop around to get ahead of them. That’s when we actually stumbled upon the hyenas feeding on the hippo, just by chance!”

Hyenas don’t normally take down hippos and tend to stick to scavenging for food. It’s likely this hippo was already dead or killed by a different predator. However, a large enough clan of hyenas might be able to attack a weak hippo.

But, Jordan and his guests weren’t the only ones to find the hyenas…
The smell must have attracted the two big lions, and the hyenas were so focused on eating that they didn’t even notice before it was too late!

“The lions didn’t think twice before charging in and grabbing two of the hyenas! It was a show of pure brute strength!”

Hyenas and lions are natural competitors, so lions will take any chance they get to remove their rivals from the equation. Male lions are significantly stronger than hyenas and can easily take one out.

In a daring daylight heist, a troop of baboons managed to outsmart a group of geese and steal their precious eggs. This captivating scene was captured by a vigilant observer at Sweni Hide and shared with Latest Sightings.

Nestled in the heart of Kruger National Park, Sweni Hide offers a prime viewing spot for wildlife enthusiasts. On a seemingly typical day, visitors were witnessed an extraordinary sighting involving baboons and geese.

The baboons approached the area, seemingly uninterested in the protective geese guarding their nest.

Suddenly, in a swift move, a baboon snatched some eggs from the nest. The geese reacted immediately, honking and flapping their wings in a futile attempt to chase the intruder away.

While the geese were distracted by the one baboon stealing their eggs, another took the opportunity to sneak into their nest and steal more eggs.

In next to no time, the baboons retreated with the mother goose hot on their tails, but sadly the geese, although distressed, could do little to reclaim their eggs. The baboons were too agile and determined for the geese to fend off and ultimately the baboons managed to retreated to a safe distance to enjoy their spoils.

Piet Van Wyk is the head ranger at MalaMala Private Game Reserve, he was on safari when he spotted the daughter of a well-known leopardess in a tree, but he didn’t spot the squirrel that would soon be annoying her!

This leopard is quickly growing to be as loved as her mother, the Sibuye female, and everyone was excited when they found her in an Apple-Leaf Tree. They hadn’t been at the sighting long when something caught the curious cat’s attention.

Turns out, the young leopard was sharing a tree with a squirrel all along! As soon as the leopard realized, it triggered something and the fun and games began.

Being about 100 times smaller, it would be safe to assume that the squirrel would make a dash for it, but no! Not this squirrel, it wanted to have some fun first! It waited for the leopard at the bottom of the trunk, and as soon as the leopard came near, the squirrel shot back up the tree!

Up and down, and around they went. It was like this squirrel had something to prove, or maybe just the heart of a lion! At one point, the leopard was so confused that it completely lost the squirrel, who was dead still, right in front of her face.

Then, with a slight movement, the leopard found it again, and the games were back on! The squirrel had the poor leopard running from the tip of the tree all the way to the ground again, but each time, it never gave up!

This lasted for about five minutes, and eventually, it was the squirrel that darted into the bushes. Maybe it became too tired or just had enough of messing around. The leopard was still determined and ran after it into the bushes, but never ended up catching it.