Skittish impala signal presence of unseen predator - 11:31 am
17 Jun 2009
Just after sunrise we came across a herd of impala peering anxiously into a thick mopane forest to the east. They barked in alarm and shifted nervously, sure sign that a predator lurked in the tree-line. The impala soon bounded off to safer ground and we searched in vain for what might have caused their consternation. It was in all likelihood a leopard but the very thick bush rendered our search fruitless.
Vehicle problems forced us to limp back to camp earlier than we would have liked and we will have to head in to Maun tomorrow for spares and general camp supplies.
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2 posted at 10:02am on 20 June, 2009 by Pete Beckman
Hello Penny and Graham. I’m guessing the lions are still outside the park?
Below are the pictures I took of the Earth-touch crew as you followed the lions. The links are to the low-res versions, in case you are bandwidth limited.
If you delete the “-thumb” from the link you can grab the hi-res if you like. I also sent them to Penny via email.
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~beckman/earth-touch/DSC_1108-thumb.JPG
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~beckman/earth-touch/DSC_1114-thumb.JPG
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~beckman/earth-touch/DSC_1118-thumb.JPG
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~beckman/earth-touch/DSC_1119-thumb.JPG
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~beckman/earth-touch/DSC_1372-thumb.JPG
-Pete
1 posted at 06:44am on 19 June, 2009 by Chi
Hi!
What a fantastic blog. And the photos! Amazing.
I found you one the 4x4 Community, and I’ll be back to read more.
Cheers!