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I visited the Mana Pools NP in the Lower Zambezi Valley during the last week of October. This is an extremely beautiful National Park, bounded to the north by the Zambezi river. During Sept / Oct animals accumulate in large numbers on the flood plain as water and food becomes increasingly scarce inland. As ever, this was a self-drive visit - drive in, camp on the banks of the river and explore the Park. The brilliant thing about Mana is that you can walk without a guide, this is extremely unusual - unique in my experience. Once you have spent time viewing wildlife on foot, there is no going back to vehicle based safari's.
The unfortunate hippo in the following photo's had been excluded from his pod, and led a solitary existence for the last 2 or 3 weeks of his life. He gave up the will to live and after a brief skirmish with spotted hyena, two old male lions (brothers) took initial charge of the carcass.
Time from first to last photo is ~14 hours.
2R4C0277 by Whyone, on Flickr
One of the lions was in especially poor shape:
2R4C0290 by Whyone, on Flickr
2R4C0305 by Whyone, on Flickr
2R4C0319 by Whyone, on Flickr
It was smelly where I was standing -heavens knows what it was like in there!
2R4C0312 by Whyone, on Flickr
2R4C0328 by Whyone, on Flickr
The unfortunate hippo in the following photo's had been excluded from his pod, and led a solitary existence for the last 2 or 3 weeks of his life. He gave up the will to live and after a brief skirmish with spotted hyena, two old male lions (brothers) took initial charge of the carcass.
Time from first to last photo is ~14 hours.
2R4C0277 by Whyone, on Flickr
One of the lions was in especially poor shape:
2R4C0290 by Whyone, on Flickr
2R4C0305 by Whyone, on Flickr
2R4C0319 by Whyone, on Flickr
It was smelly where I was standing -heavens knows what it was like in there!
2R4C0312 by Whyone, on Flickr
2R4C0328 by Whyone, on Flickr
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