Monday, June 13, 2016

Sunrise Safari - June 13, 2016

Sunrise Safari- June 13

As most of you are aware, this mornings live Safari will only be 60 minutes in length to allow Rehearsals for the upcoming television show.

Sunset Safari- will be a 3 hour Safari as is usual

We begin with James who will be in the tent
Jamie and Brent will be out on drive but are having tech difficulties and will be delayed.
Stefan is out on a bush walk with Bryan on camera.
Hubert will be doing security detail for Stefan.



Over to Jamie who has lost her gloves.
Jeandre  is on camera and is back after his foot injury.

Over to Stefan.




Stefan shows us White Mongoose Tracks

White Mongoose Tracks And Information 
With Stefan


Over to Jamie with Nyala which are hiding in the brush.



Over to James who draws us a map of South Africa
James Draws A Map



Over to Stefan
 Stefan tells us a funny story that happened to him last night. He was very confused and thought people were outside late at night playing soccer.

Stefan tells us the Soccer Story



Over to Brent
Who is looking for anything that is alive.

 Over to James who has redrawn his map about 75 times (off camera) and has different coloured markers now to explain our various Leopards and their territories.


Leopard Territories
With James


Over with Brent now
A young Bull Elephant  about 20 years old
A few other bachelors in the foliage


 This Elephant Bull is digging up Tubers.
He grasps one that is too large for his mouth so he literally kneels down to split it into 2 pieces using his tusk.

Well worth watching the video

Elephant Bull Impales Tuber With It's Tusk


Over to Stefan who has a Brown Button Spider



This Spider has the hourglass outline on its Ventral side
Stefan calls her "A pretty Spider"
This Spider belongs to the same family as the Black Button Spider which is one of the most venemous in South Africa.
Their bite causes intense pain as it affects the Lymphatic System.

Over to Jamie with her update

She has a surprise for us
She has found a Hyena at a den.
Perhaps they are once again using this den.


Jamie is so excited that she found the Hyena's





Over to James who has a Hyena skull with its teeth.
He shows us how the jaw structure works in like a scissor like fashion to rip and tear skin and meat.



Hyena's Have A Scissor Bite



Back over to Jamie for another look at this Hyena. Jamie thinks it is a low ranking female who perhaps has moved away from the clan to have cubs.
Jamie  says this Hyena looks phenominally peaceful

Over to Stefan
 Who sees this hole and he is going to investigate it.



This Hole Gives Stefan The Heebie Jeebies


Over to Jamie who says Goodbye as they go into Rehearsals
Over to James who takes a few moments to show us where the Hyena Dens are located


 James Explains The Hyena Dens



And that is it for this shortened Sunrise Safari

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