A Buisy Easter
April 5, 2010 by Jean KZN
I had a very busy Easter – two boat cruises a day – and two of my sightings stand out.
The first was a serious battle between two Wildebeest. Towards the end the winner had the looser on the ground and was goring it. The weaker one got to his feet and ran off only to have the other chase him out of the territory horning him so hard in the backside that it lifted his hind quarters clear of the ground over and over again. In the end the weaker one fell over again and was gored for quite a while until the winner ran triumphantly off. We waited quite a while for the poor boy to stand up and limp away.
The second sighting was a black rhino sleeping in the open on shore. When we got close (I initially thought it was a pile of red soil) it stood up and posed wonderfully for the guests before trotting off into the forest.