Armed with a shotgun and tracking a rare species of antelope, Ernie Dosio, 75, was killed after stumbling across the animals in dense vegetation in Gabon. The carcass collector had been moving through thick undergrowth with a professional hunter when the pair unknowingly walked into the herd. The animals were said to be so well […]
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The Greater Kudu
It is one of the 2 largest antelopes in Africa. It is found in dry savannah wooded with acacia trees from which they feed. Their grey-brown coat lined with light lines conceals them from predators although they are very powerful and can inflict severe wounds and even kill a Wild dog with a hoof kick. […]
Mashatu grazers and browsers
This is a fourth post from our recent trip to Mashatu Nature Reserve in south-eastern Botswana in mid-August 2017. In winter in Mashatu the grass dries and thins out. This forces grazers to become browsers but nature is bountiful. As one source of food disappears another more localised source appears. An adult Kudu bull with […]
Thirst of a Kudu
The sound of a francolin’s call fills the air – air which is crisp with chill, fresh as only a new day in a remote piece of African bush can be. The sky is painted the hue of a delicate rose. It’s dawn, that magical time of day when the bush comes alive, when everything […]