Safari Live - Day 333 | National Geographic

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This program features live coverage of an African safari. It's a wonderful Sunday, and you are looking at a lovely drawn go. And now you're looking at me. I am Trishala, nice to have you on board as always. We have Craig on camera with us. Yes, we do! So it is completely 100% live and interactive. You can use the hashtag #SafariLive on Twitter or, of course, the YouTube chat stream to communicate with us.

Now, I have my hand up here because the sun is beating down on us today— it truly is. It's about 32 degrees Celsius, about 89 degrees Fahrenheit, so it is really, really hot! That means that our plan for today is, of course, to look in any shady spots and to look up into the trees and maybe find some sleepy, very hot leopards. Of course, also to check the watering holes. But I have taken the west of the reserve at the moment, and we have Jimmy, who will be joining us shortly, and you'll meet him. He's taking the east. We will also hopefully be joined by Lauren very soon up in the Maasai Mara as well.

So lots to be excited about today! Now, we do know that Tandi has moved off into another area, and so have the lions into an area that we can't go into. But the lions move quickly through Juma, sort of straight through it into the other properties. So we may be lucky and will be able to see them as well. All of us are looking for patches of shade to stop in because of this heat. So we know that the animals would possibly be doing the same.

You see a few birds flying around, but at the moment, I don't think I can hear anything. Let's listen for a second. It's very quiet at the moment, very quiet. But that'll change as soon as the sun goes down. That will change. So stay tuned; who knows what will happen.

So while I am on the west, or in the west, I will be looking for tracks of Koumori and Shadulu, of course, with hopefully cubs in tow, which would be awesome, I think. Now remember, we had that skittish male around yesterday as well. Now, he doesn't seem to stay in any particular area. Let's try to avoid all the bits of dung. We try to avoid the bits of dung because there may be dung beetles and other little creatures that are in there. And if we drive straight over them, it's not very nice for them, is it? So maybe you guys can tell me what you'd like to see and what you'd expect to see today considering the heat. Remember, use the hashtag #SafariLive and let me know if you're requesting a pangolin. I suggest you don't tweet.

Oh, it seems that Jimmy is up and running as well, so why don't I send you over to him so he can say good afternoon to you all?

Jimmy: Good afternoon, folks! Welcome to Juma there in the Greater Kruger National Park. Trishala, good luck with that skittish leopard! And yes, avoid those dung beetles! I'm Jimmy, and behind the camera is Seb.

Our plan this afternoon is to try and stick in the shade as much as possible and move between some of the permanent water because it's 32 degrees here this afternoon— about double the temperature of the Mara. So, not too much is going to be active while the sun is beating down on us. You can hear there's not too much bird calls either.

So we are going to amble through past different waterholes and see what we can find. Hopefully, we can come upon some elephants or some other antelope drinking and hopefully a cat or two. So let's proceed and move on through this heat. Not too many clouds in the sky today.

Trish: Matthew, I got— did you say how hot was it?

Jimmy: Yeah! And if it was the question, it is 32 degrees in the shade, and that's sorry! What time is it?

Trish: Okay, it is now twenty to four in the afternoon.

Jimmy: So their frikin' time! Yes, some nice shade going into. So if anything's going to be standing around, tall, it starts getting active—it will be in these areas where there's a little bit of density and shade. It just makes it fine, makes our job finding them a little bit harder, but are we gonna keep trying to find you something through here! In the meantime, we're going to send you to Trishala who has a surprise for you on camera.

Trish: Oh my gosh, guys! I've got an ostrich! This is the first one I've seen in Juma! This is amazing! Just watch it. They're coming through the thickets. You should see a gap there. The second—oh, there's a pair of them! How cool is this? Now, we are exerted in an area that's a lot more grassy and a little more bushy. So this is why they're probably on this side and not so much further down in the south.

Wow! So this is obviously a pair! Wow! Let's try and get a little bit closer, but I don't want to scare them off. What do you think, Craig? I reckon we can. I think we can! Are you guys as excited as I am? I think this is quite special!

Ostriches prefer this type of landscape. You can see it's quite open and grassy— that's obviously because of their massive size. They need to be able to move freely, and if they in the bushes and a thicket, that won't be able to happen. They are stunning!

Giraffe: Go! You say you've never seen this before? A pair of ostriches right here in Juma? Well, I'll tell you what, I haven't seen it before— not on Juma! I've seen ostriches before!

Trish: Hi guys, welcome to Juma! Is this your first experience here? And you've already made it to live TV or online TV! Go, guys! Now, these are of course the largest and heaviest birds, and they have very ancient birds.

Seek Truth: You'd like to know if it's a mum and the young one? Oh, look at that prance! Look at it! Yes, yes, it's a bit of a model, and you asked if this is a mum and a young one. You can tell that there's a bit of a size difference, but I don't think this is a mum and a young one. I think this is a pair! Look at that! Now, the females tend to be slightly browner. So this doesn't look like two males. Look at that pose! I always think they look like ballet dancers! They've got these stockings and then these very extravagant tutus on— almost, because the neck doesn't look very much like a ballet dance, especially not when it's down there!

Now, they mostly eat plant material or vegetation, so that's what this one is going after at the moment— very, very cool!

On Car: You'd like to know how tall they are? Well, the males can get up to 2 meters tall! So if I had to stand in front of them, they'd tower over me! I am only about one point five-eight meters tall, so they would definitely tower over me! Wow, guys! This is so amazing to me! Now I saw an ostrich not too long ago in the town very close by here, and this ostrich started to do a bit of a dance to me and whacked its head from side to side against its body.

In the time that I was thinking, "What are you doing?" he sprinted towards me! And it was just the fence in between us. So these guys can actually be quite intimidating if they decide that they don't like you! Check them out— just pulling little bits of seeds from those grasses and of course, little fresh vegetation or vegetation that's right at the bottom.

Well, now it looks like one ostrich with two necks! Absolutely stunning! So, like we spoke about, two meters tall, about a hundred kgs for the males, about 90 for the females. Oh, look at that! Now these guys are not designed for flight, and even though you can think they probably have a really big wingspan if they open it up, the feathers are actually not designed for flight. They’ve rather been reduced, in terms of the sort of barbs and hooks that hold feathers together. They don't have that very much.

And if you've seen an ostrich feather, it's not intact like in the same way as other birds' feathers are— rigid and hard in order to get the air to flow over them. These feathers are very, very soft, and they're not really linked together by those barb's like the other feathers are.

Hello! Look at how brightly colored that beak is! Wow! The silence of the bush has finally given us something wonderful! I am so excited! I'm just going to call this in, because this is quite a rare sighting. Maybe some other people would like to join us, and I'm sure the audience would like to join us as well. So, let me call this in quickly, and then we can invite some more people on board here.

Trish: Good afternoon, mobile stations! It's Trish from Wild Earth! I have located a pair of ostriches on Sandy Patch and just where the junction of Audry's and Sandy Patch is— maybe moving about 100 meters west... Well, yes, I think we could have some more people on board! This is truly rare! Ah, so someone else has just told me that these two have been here earlier in the day, and they've already seen them!

Copy that! They're lovely— really, really nice! When you see something like this, sometimes it's just really cool to just sit and watch them because all the things that you read in the books are just nothing compared to sitting and watching them, in their way that they behave!

Hello and welcome everybody! We are here in Juma Private Game Reserve, and we have quite a rare sighting— it's a pair of ostriches right here in the western section of the park! Isn't this beautiful? Now we don't often see them here, which is why it's such an exciting moment, and they're here in the short grass in the grassland on this side!

Wow! Now you can see those tall legs and the long necks— absolutely stunning! Look at those big feathers! And they're feeding along quite happily on all the vegetation as they go! They've been very good to us! Absolutely beautiful!

Tarawa: Oh! You say that they're as big as trees? They certainly can be as big as trees— two meters tall! That's what we said! See, this one's starting— oh! Put that neck to good use! You can scratch all the way around! Now I think what we are looking at is actually two males.

When you get a side of the other one— well, Karen, you say they're huge! They are huge! If you look at him there with us standing with the neck up straight! Now you can get a good idea of the height! There is a tall bird! Very tall bird right there! We don't often get to see that because you see them in more of this relaxed pose.

Even that, he's a little bit stiffer, the neck held up high— wow! Absolutely stunning! Now, these are very ancient birds, and they are huge! Males to about 100 kgs, females to about 90 kgs— really, really big guys! Now I'm saying that these are both males because the males are mostly black and have a bit of white on the wings and, of course, a white butt on the tail, which is what we're seeing there. That's a bit dirty at the moment! For the females, it's a bit more brownie but grayish.

Cool Barbara: You'd like to know how I think related the penguins are to the ostriches? Well, of course, they are both birds! So they do fetch— I suppose— into the same group! But they have— how much water do they need compared to penguins?

Well, of course, penguins need a whole lot of water because they are water-dependent in order to eat and survive and breed! Whereas—Cathy! Penguin? She says you mean ostriches. How much is the requirement of ostriches? I'm not quite sure, but I would think that they would need some water. We see birds always near the dams and things like that looking for water, so I would assume that they would need some.

But I would check up for you, definitely! Now, I'm gonna reposition, because they're still around you, and they're moving quite slowly, and they're being very good to us! So let's do this quickly! Now, they are quite used to the heat, and you do see them in sort of arid areas, so they are not so much looking for shade as much as I am, are they?

There we go! Here we've got a small gap! How's that, Craig? Very cool!

Cleanly: You'd like to know what I would suppose that predators would do if they come across these ostriches? Did I hear that correctly? Sorry, I was just repositioning at the same time.

Trish: They see they've noticed us, and they're quite still at the moment. I would suppose that they may try to hunt these ostriches. But ostriches are really, really big, and they also have quite dangerous claws on their feet! So to the extent where once I read a story about a guy who had an interaction with an ostrich and went foul, unfortunately.

And the ostrich had actually ripped through the front of his shirt and his leather belt, so that'll give you an idea of exactly how strong and sharp those claws of the ostrich are! Look at those! No, there are lots of them that can actually gather together, but what we're seeing here is just a pair for the moment!

Even though they do mostly eat vegetation, they have been known to eat termites every now and then, especially the juveniles. Ah, there they go, walking away! The pair head held high— absolutely stunning!

Trish: Well, thank you so much for joining us for this! And remember that if you'd like to keep on watching, you can go onto YouTube and just type in Safari Live, and you can keep on watching this completely live! There'll be these ostriches and many, many other animals, so please do so!

Cool, guys, don't you think so? Now look how they hold their head just above the ground! I think on average, they hold their head about 30 centimeters above the ground, so it's really easy to just snap that. Now if you look, actually, the way that it just moved, you could see that if it were running and being chased by a predator like we were asked earlier, it could easily change directions and sort of move from side to side.

But I've said this before— they can be quite intimidating, and they look quite intimidating, especially if they want to give you a bit of a display, and they start swinging their necks around, hitting the sides of their body. There they go behind that bush! Let's try and get a little bit of a better view of them!

I want to make the most of this because it's something we don't see very often. They seem to be fairly comfortable, although they've moved up on the other side. Now there's a bit of an animal path in front of us! We can use that to get to them.

Also, don't want to die! You know, I just have this feeling to come to the west today, and I'm so glad that I did. Okay, I'm just gonna get over this, and then we will stop!

Sorry if you see any blurriness or pixelation; we are just having a small difficulty at the moment. So I'm just gonna stay put so we can get a good signal coming through to you guys! Really huge! Wow! It really is quite inspiring to be in front of them because they are big!

Let's go further along the road! Let's just check with Nina if the signal is all good.

Jimmy: We can move off, and it's quite nice because you can see their heads above the bushes just a bit!

Trish: Well, they seem to have moved off, so I will try to keep up with them! But in the meantime, let me send you to Lauren, who has finally gotten out! So let's go up to the Maasai Mara!

Lauren: Good afternoon! We are here, after all, in the Mara! We just had some rambling issues to deal with, but ostriches in Juma— ostriches in Juma! I can't believe it! I'm so happy for Trishala! That is indeed awesome!

Now, of course, my name is Lauren, and on camera, I have Bungee Cord, and today we are at— it is extremely hot! We have managed to solve all our technological issues, so we are indeed on our way to investigate some lions!

I don't know what lions they are yet, but we will indeed investigate a little bit further and hopefully figure out who they are. Our initial plan was to go to the border and visit the beautiful my brothers—that is the coalition of two brothers of cheetah. However, I think we better— and the space film today! The border is very far away due to the fact that these gremlins might come back and try to battle with us again!

So we are going to keep our plan a little bit more local, but I promise you within the next few days I will get to these sheets of brothers, and we will be able to explore them a little bit further!

So for now, lions will have to be the cave! Now, last night here in the Maasai Mara, we had an absolutely incredible and torrential storm, and nearly blew all of our tents over, to be honest, and wow it was incredible! So I do believe the rains are very much on their way now. This season is starting to change.

Luckily, we were all tucked up inside together watching a movie, so it's absolutely fine, but it was an incredible storm! So it's been very quiet in the Mara today, so we're gonna try and do as much exploring and investigating as we can for now.

But other than that, I don't have any real updates! Now, I'm not sure if Trek this morning was able to give you a little bit more details about the giraffe incident, but he actually went and checked—the mother nor the bad calf remain anymore! So the mother has indeed gone! We don't know where she's gone, but I do believe at some point she just will have moved off!

As far as I can tell, the north plan were really grown in numbers, and indeed they managed to get hold of the calf! So nothing remains there! The mother is not there; the hyena is in sight, and there's also not a carcass! So as sad as that may sound, indeed, the situation—the mother, her diet— for as long as she had to, you know the kids! But indeed, the situation for now is, of course, over!

So that makes me feel a little bit better that the mother can rest, shall we say! Yes, that makes me feel a little bit better! So that was my update on the giraffe situation for now! But other than that, I'm just bumbling, and hopefully, we will come across something exciting!

And the rains due to stay off! I'm absolutely terrified for these rains that are due to come! Not looking forward to driving in them! But you know, I didn't even bring my wellies, either, from Scotland! I do have a multicolored selection of welly boots, and I didn't bring them!

So indeed, we are going to bumble on for now and hopefully get to these lions! But you guys are gonna go back down to Society Africa! Stevo? Jimmy is up soon!

Jimmy: Well damn, Trishala asked to see some ostrich in this part of the world— not too common! And welcome back, Lauren! I'm glad you survived the storm up in East Africa!

We just moved through quite a big drainage line and had a lot of elephant tracks, so we're gonna try and get around and follow up and see if we have any luck.

Sometimes, up on these crests you get some big trees with some shade, so we'll be moving up to that area! We also had a small antelope down in the strange land called a bushbuck, but they are quite elusive. We tried to stop and see if we could get it to stick around, but they're not very used to camera— they're camera shy! So sadly, we couldn't hold on to it.

We’re back out into the heat! Yeah, and we should get some big shade on the top of these ridges!

Trish: Very interesting! Ah, the hardest animal to catch on camera, I would say, in this area? Probably Pangolin! Some of the nocturnal stuff. So I would say Pangolin, porcupine to a certain extent!

And the Pangolin is that— is a scaly anteater, and they're not very nocturnal! Also quite very difficult to find! But once you find them, they're very slow-moving, so they're not too difficult to follow.

And if they sense any danger, they'll just roll up into a ball! I've seen a couple of them! And funny enough, a few times I've found them from predators actually finding them and playing with them!

So that's the way, if you follow predators, they'll sometimes come across them and roll— and they instinctively roll up! And then they’ll play with them, and then you can go in and see what's going on! And that's how you often find pangolin!

So it's like the pangolin is probably one of the more difficult things! And then also probably hard to get on form is sometimes different animals hunting and killing! Because you often down at night, and you don't wanna affect the hunt!

So that would be very difficult unless that's a diurnal animal! Often, cheetahs will normally always hunt in daylight hours, or on a full moon! They've been known to hunt on a full moon, so they're a little bit easier to catch on camera!

Leopards are pretty diverse; they'll hunt day and night! So they've been good captures of leopards hunting in the day!

So yeah, but there's a lot of stuff that's difficult to get on and catch on form! Births obviously— different animals giving birth, especially your smaller stuff!

See how hot that's getting! I'm just gonna point out something to you! Save, if you can just shine on onto these— these... Yeah! I'm just gonna show you; it's definitely moisture needed in this part! Because you can see these what we call round leaf ticks, and when they're small, they are very shrubby, you can see how they wilt with the heat!

And they'll only really pick up when we get some more rain! They're in this area! They seldom get to be big trees because elephants absolutely love them! It's like elephant putting these, and they get a nice yellow flower in— that's a yellow flower in summer!

So, speaking of elephants, we're gonna continue to find some elephants! But we are gonna send you to Lauren, who apparently has some for you!

Lauren: Extremely happy elephants, actually! Who seems to have been wallowing and splashing around in some sort of puddle that I'm not quite able to see! And they are obviously escaping this very intense mid— well, it's not midday anymore— a little bit later than mid-day! But we have a bunch of happy elephants here!

And obviously, elephants are highly social animals. Indeed, they actually make use of such an array of communication— from smelling, communicating verbally, listening, rumbling, and all sorts of ways—even touch, and we are not aware of!

And actually, this is one of the things that most fascinates me— nonverbal communication! And this is why I love looking at animals so much! So believe it or not, I actually have a history of sign language from a child!

I actually grew up signing, and no one in my family is deaf, but we grew up signing for the Deaf— British sign language, of course! Unfortunately, I am not familiar with American Sign Language! But let me reintroduce myself!

Okay, you ready for this? I'm gonna show you exactly what I mean and why I am telling you this! So this is how I used to speak to deaf people when we were at home. We would greet each other completely silently! So it would, of course, be: "Hello! How are you? Good afternoon! My name is Lauren!"

And this has just fascinated me since I was a child! Hi! People and animals can communicate completely non-verbally, and that's exactly what these elephants are doing here! So we do hear them make noise—yes, we do hear them make rumbles and grumbles and even trumpets!

Actually, elephants can be very variable, and they can, of course, be very noisy, but they also have a huge other range of communications! It is really hard to get gripple! They can actually communicate sophisticated; what that means is the tip of an elephant's trunk actually has layers of cells in it that are extremely sensitive to vibrations!

So they're actually able to detect movement of one another and their surroundings from those really sensitive cells on the tips of their trunk and even on the bottom of their feet! So this is another form of communication that humans can't guess— we can just struggle to get our head around! I can definitely struggle to get my head around that!

Because obviously, this is not a capability of humans, and it is just absolutely utterly fascinating! I mean, not even that—the frequencies that the elephants can use to communicate with one another!

Of course, some we can hear— we can hear very loudly! Noise of some sort there, but of course, they actually use frequencies that are even so low for humans to hear! They can be as low as about 12 Hertz! That is completely out of the human range!

So this whole herd here could be communicating to one another in extremely low-frequency rumbles, and we're just obviously not able to pick it up! And this is indeed how a herd of elephants is actually able to stay together and find one another if they do get lost!

They're communicating in all sorts of different ways! Just to give you an indication, human males' voices actually fluctuate around 110 Hertz! So if you think of a hundred and ten Hertz for a human male's voice, and of course, all males do, some are different! I am aware of that!

110 Hertz! I mean, think about an elephant rumbling; it's 12 Hertz! That is incredibly different! An incredibly different range there that humans are obviously just not capable to imagine! And this is probably what's happening right here—Mariko's asking, "Can an elephant DJ?"

What a fantastic question! And honestly, I don't 100% know the answer! But I would believe they could be if there was maybe a genetic problem since birth! I believe, I guess an elephant could be!

Or maybe if it damaged its ear in some way! I guess indeed, it could be! But an animal like this could survive and thrive because they have so many other forms of communication through these vibrations that they're able to detect— through touching, through visual! As long as they've got their eyes, they can see one another! As long as they've got their trunks, they can touch one another!

So indeed, even if an elephant was deaf, I really don't think it would hinder its life much at all! And this is what fascinates me about animals— humans are so reliant on certain forms of communication that we forget to thank animals have so many different ways of communicating— ways that we don't even think of!

Because humans are so used to thinking in our very human-like ways!

So I don't know of anything else, but I do believe that it's definitely possible! So I will indeed check that out for sure! Just what a fascinating topic! And it's just fascinated me since I was a child!

How can we communicate non-verbally? And I guess humans do on a daily base anyway through body language, eye disease, facial expressions—all sorts of things that maybe we’re not even aware of!

Lady Starfire: Do elephants with missing trunk tips? That's a mouthful! Have trouble communicating?

Lauren: No! It goes back to the fundamentals! We've actually seen quite a few elephants missing the tips of their trunks, and although they maybe have to adjust their body posture or adjust their mannerisms in order to feed, they can still use their trunk because it's only the tip that isn't missing.

So they can still use that in body language or touching one another! Indeed, the soles of the feet do contain these special cells for detecting vibrations as well, so it's not just the tip of the trunk! So as long as they can still feed and they can still drink, the trunk will still operate!

So indeed, I do not think that would affect them in terms of communication! Elephants also have body language that we can even read! We know when we can leave an elephant alone or possibly when an elephant is not happy!

So they can also read each other's body language! And there's just so many ways that these fantastic animals can communicate! I just think elephants, in general, are incredible that way!

And I'm sure there is more that we don't even know— that we haven't even learned about these fantastic mammals! But indeed, they have such a variety of ways to communicate that even if say, for example, one is deaf or the other one has lost a tip of its trunk, then indeed, I really do not think that would hinder the lifestyle at all!

What a lovely sighting! They've all just completely got wet, cooled down, and they're feeding and moving at the same time! They're actually all around us!

Gary: Asking, do elephants communicate with other animals?

Lauren: That's quite a tricky question to answer! I'm not sure it's even possible to answer! Because it's not possible really for interspecies communication to work quite like that!

Yes, it doesn't work quite like that! Because of course, if a lion was to approach these elephants right now, they would indeed react! And the elephant way— if that makes sense!

So yes, they would most likely herd together! They would most likely make themselves even bigger than they already do! They would trumpet; they would charge, their tails would go erect! They would definitely show that they're not happy!

The lion or lions are present! But in terms of communicating with the lion, I do not indeed think that is possible!

But they will show their dislike for the lion's presence! And there's many a lot of footage online where you see elephants are really shown their dislike of other animals coming far too close to them! So indeed, they would communicate it— but in their own elephant way!

Which I am sure a lion would probably understand because it's very visual, it's very loud, and indeed these are very big mammals! So I am more than sure that the lion or whichever other animal it could be would indeed get the point and most likely elephants!

So a very tricky question, Gary! But I hope that made sense! Obviously, between two different species is not possible to communicate like that!

So it was a lovely, lovely topic to start this afternoon's Drive. So while we do continue on, and I'm gonna keep thinking about all the non-verbal ways that animals communicate, we are gonna send you back down to Trishala and her ostriches!

Trish: Yes, that it really is wonderful the way that animals communicate! And elephants especially! Because they are absolutely beautiful! And Lauren was telling you about how they communicate in all sorts of different ways!

So even if they are deaf or something's wrong with them, they still have all these other means of communication! And you know what? I'm sure that humans do too! It's just that we're so focused on language that we forget!

Now, I'm still with these guys trying to just follow them down and not too closely! I love the way that they kind of prance! Let's watch them as they walk now!

Now, is the time— on the right of your screen is Juma, and on the left is a different reserve! So where will you go? Back into Juma? Yes! And now, I love the way that they pick up their legs as they walk! It's sort of like they're walking on hot coals!

Very cool! You can see those bare legs—they lose a lot of heat from those bare legs! But in this type of environment, that's very useful because can you imagine carrying around that mop of feathers?

Oh no, chuckles! Hook! Now I've got a question of where I think the female ostriches are! And back again, Claudia, you'd like to know where I think that female ostriches are! I have no idea! Probably close by!

I mean, they do often stay in big groups or bigger groups, and at least a pair now! They've gone back into Juma. I said it just is zigzagging, so the females could be I suppose in such a vast area!

They could be anywhere really! But we haven't seen Emma on Juma, that's for sure! Where have you gone? Where have you gone? They've almost taken me halfway back! Oh, there you go! There you go!

See how they just egg across? Now we were speaking about the water requirement of them before, so I had a bit of a read! From what I understand, they are not very water dependent, so they can metabolize the moisture out of things that they eat— the nice lush vegetation!

But if water's around, they will drink, and they will drink as often as they can! I feel like they need a soundtrack for as they walk away! It really doesn't look like the road is very hot for them, does it?

Where will you go? Where will you go with your tights? Can't you see the ballerina look that I spoke about?

Now, if you get a good look at those legs, the thigh muscles look quite well-developed! Ah, and they've crossed into the other side! How unfortunate! But like I said, they've been zigzagging, so maybe they'll come right back!

And I was still telling you about those muscles just as they walked off, and I would have liked to have shown you that they're quite well-developed, as they kick quite a lot as a defense!

And if you got kicked by that, oh, you would break something! Oh, you guys would like to see the tracks of the ostriches?

Let's go find some now! We know they crossed right ahead there, so let's go find some of those tracks and be careful not to drive over them! That's really interesting! I'd love to see the tracks of them too!

Come on, shall I? Don't drive over them! Do you see any? Great! I see a few there!

Do you see them? Very cool! Actually, let me jump off and have a good look at them! Which one have you got inflamed? Okay! Don't want to walk!

Oh wow, this is the first time I've seen something like this! Very odd-looking, don't you think? I know nothing about ostrich tracks yet, but this is a good example!

Now, you see what a fresh track looks like? Craig gave me this look like there were lions behind me! Don't do that! Like Craig just said to me, ostriches can be quite dangerous on foot!

Like I said to you, that guy had that attack with the ostrich, so it ripped him right through! I think it's a very odd track, but jeez! I suppose we can sort of see! You can sort of see the nails or the claws, but it's such an odd track!

Well, tell you why! I won't forget this! Now, if I see an ostrich track, I'll know exactly what it looks like!

It's gonna have a look further down, making sure that they're not behind me! Very cool! Well, that was an amazing experience with you guys! This is a very small footprint there! Ah, there they are walking in the road!

Let's hop back on!

Looks like they're going for their walking on their way to an audition! See how what I meant about how they're zigzagging in and out of Juma? In and out of Juma!

Very cool! And moving back into Juma! Come on, guys do it! We'd like to keep you here!

Oh, well, it seems that Lauren has found something with a very long neck also up in the Maasai Mara! So let's go to her!

Lauren: Indeed! We have, of course, come across a tower of giraffes, which is indeed quite ironic as we were just talking about them! Although most of them are walking, which I think makes it a journey rather than a tower.

And to continue on the conversation, I was actually asked the other day about the vocalizations of giraffes, and it's funny that we are just talking about— well, I'm just talking about nonverbal communication!

Because indeed, I have actually learned a lot about giraffes, and it goes deeper than I actually thought it went! So giraffes do tend to be more on the silent side, especially compared to elephants, which we just did speak about!

But indeed, they were thought to be so tight-lipped and silent for a long time, and one of the theories was that they do have a voice box! They do have a larynx! But due to this very long neck, they weren't able to get proper airflow and make adequate vocalizations!

Now, this myth has been completely debunked, and in fact, they do! Especially when they're distressed, they will make a very deep bellow—which is a hard thing to listen to— but giraffes really can force out a big bellow when being born!

But not only that, believe it or not, they are actually hummers! No, I'm not a hummer myself! But indeed, giraffes are said to hum all night long! Can you believe it?

I honestly had no idea of that either! And it's supposed to be on the very low ends of the frequency scale! Now, not as low as elephants, but for the human hearing range, or the human acoustic range, it isn't classified as infrasonic!

But it's a very, very low aim for the human hearing! So I'm sure humans couldn't really possibly hear it! But of course, it's done many experiments! Giraffes obviously have excellent vision, and they are the lighthouses out here; you know they can see for miles, and many other animals rely heavily on them for clues as to what's going on!

But indeed, once it gets dark, if you think about it, relying heavily on one's vision or visual clues becomes almost difficult! It becomes almost impossible! We've just got some giraffes crossing the roads in front of us here as well, so if they can sort of rely on their vision anymore because it's dark, then what are they gonna rely on to communicate?

And here you go— apparently, they hum all throughout the night to keep in contact and communicate with one another! So it's not wise enough to attract predators! But indeed, the giraffes can communicate with one another when the vision is nonexistent!

So isn't that incredible? And it's one of the ways that giraffes actually are able to stay together in a sort of loose aggregation like they form! Because they can hear each other! It's just humans that cannot!

Incredible, incredible stuff! And of course, I've spent the last few days with giraffes, shall I say! And it's been very intense, and of course, I've just got a newfound respect for these wonderful, wonderful animals!

And indeed, they're a lot noisier than you think they are! Isn't that just amazing? So of course, we are on a mission to get to the lions! But we keep encountering roadblocks of every shape and size!

I didn't catch the name, but I do know I am being asked how do we tell the age of a giraffe? Okay, let's see if we can get a little bit closer to this one at the back! Boom! Yay!

And indeed, Bremen, I think is the name! You can see straight away from the genitals! This is male! So the males are much larger size than the females! And indeed, those sort of patches that they have on their skin indeed do get darker with age!

And their size increases with age! And also, the ossicones on the top of their heads— they're not horns; they are indeed ossicones— become bolder and bolder as the males age!

So the best thing to sort of look at is a combination of things: coloration, size, and of course, the ossicones! But other than that, it's very difficult to eat a giraffe!

It's very, very difficult! And when you see a male and female together, you would be surprised at how different in size they actually are! I think this is a female here! I'm gonna nudge— the male, because when you look at a female, you think, "Wow, that's a very big animal!" But actually, when you find a female next to a male, a male does tower above her!

You see what I did there? So indeed, it's very difficult to eat a giraffe! But as they get older, the patches get darker, a male’s ossicones get much bolder, and size comes into play as well!

So it is a tricky one! But those are the things you can indeed look for when you are looking at giraffes! So obviously, they're all wandering off into the distance here, so we aren't equal to wander on our mission as well!

As I have not heard your name in so long, and I remember we had to get properly taught how to say your name—and dive live! A lot of people think it is Cena, but it's not! Nice to hear from you now—how do you tell if a giraffe is pregnant?

I think that was the question! Oh, I got more traffic! Nobody wants to let me go where I'm going to be! Indeed, swollen belly! Swollen belly is what you look at in a giraffe!

Now, these are buffalo! So I'm just going to let them cross, because buffalos can indeed get a little bit cross themselves if you cross them! Cross, cross, cross!

So of course, giraffes will indeed get a big swollen belly, just like other animals, just like humans! And you will see the mammary glands starting to swell as well!

And that is the best way, and the best thing to look at— to tell if a giraffe is pregnant! But it's not easy, of course! Even within your big predators and your big cats, it can be really tricky!

I remember we were having a discussion quite some time ago about the possibility of Tandi being pregnant! And it is tricky, because especially in the camps, their bellies swell just like mine do when they eat a lot of food!

A proper food calorie, and of course, that could easily be mistaken for being pregnant! But normally, a cat's belly will swell but much lord towards the rear end rather than a big full and food belly!

And of course, you will see signs of preparation for lactation, swollen mammary glands— all sorts of things! So what isn't indeed easy, but those are the cues that you can look for!

Now, buffalos, are you going to move out of my wave? Possibly not by the looks of things! We are possibly going to blow up loans road for as long as possible! There we go! We finally have a clear road ahead!

So while we get up and go, we're gonna send you back! So Jimmy, because he has a bird!

Jimmy: There’s a pair of them, so we're gonna reposition! A little bit far! But we still have them in sight! I'm not sure if you can see that, but what we have here is an adult and sub-adult Bateleur Eagle!

You can just— there we are! Now you can see its lovely red beak! It's preening itself! There was, I think— I can’t see from here, but I think this is an adult!

Owner, there was a sub-adult that just flew off! Now, the sub-adults take about seven years to get to full plumage, and to get to full maturity!

This is a— it gets its name from the French word Bateleur, which means tightrope walker! Because it's got a typical wavy flight in the air— it dips from side to side slightly!

It very seldom flaps, because they rely heavily on thermals! And being a lightish bird with broad wings, they probably— well, they are one of the first directors up in the morning!

So if there are thermals around, the Bateleur will be up in the air! And they are also known to scavenge! And they will often— between Bateleur and tawny eagles, will often lead you to carcasses!

And then later in the day, obviously, the vultures will come round and come down onto carcasses, because they have bigger, heavier birds! They need more thermal!

So we'll just such a bit longer to see if either its mate or the sub-adult comes back! And we're gonna send you off to Trish hala!

Trish: There's another reptile! I am driving, but I found something, and he's run away just as I say that! Let's see if we can get a better position behind us!

This appeared for tongues, and they vanished! Can you see them, Craig? Sorry, guys! I saw two warthogs just running along there! I quite like them! Near where I live, we get a lot of warthogs!

Ones even tried to come into my lounge before, and it can be quite funny, especially with you both fries and you look at each other and you're probably feeling the exact same thing— slight shock!

Slightly! Don't want them to come much closer! One hand! He's hid already through with the door! And of course, they can be quite dangerous because they're packing a lot of weight into that small body!

You're talking about 90 kgs from the males into that little body! So can you imagine how solid they are? That had to run into your legs! They're gonna break your legs— especially with those sharp tusks as well!

Let's look at these lovely guys! Hello! Lovely Impala! This is a nice bachelorhood! You can see they're all males with their beautiful horns! Chewing away!

Now, let's focus on this one! He's chewing, and there's one scratching behind him! Because I didn't see him tuck his head down, so he's probably chewing some cut, which is the partially digested— you know he stopped to talk to me.

Partially digested food that he would basically vomit back up! But then reach! Oh, bit of grooming as well! Now, of course, they will begin to fight, and the rutting will begin soon again! Lots of things going on! We've got some eating, some pooping, some grooming!

The days of Luician's really spectacular horns! See, there's a female that just came through! These are a few females at the bottom there!

There we go! Now you look at a tongue now! You'll notice that their mouths move from side to side, so they can't really open their mouths up to chew like we can! And that most carnivores do!

So that's one of the things that— oh! Something spooked it! They look like that elephant dung spooked it! So they chew from side to side, and that's necessary to grind up all of this vegetation that they eat!

And remember that most mammals—in fact, all mammals— can't digest cellulose on their own! Our digestive system just can't miss the slap thing!

Lapwing: You would like to know, would they split up during the rut? Is that what I heard correctly or not? But during the rutting season, the males will sort of start to find a little bit— a little bit of territory, and that's when they become too territorial!

Is during this rutting season! They want to bring as many females into their patch as possible! So now you see the males are still together! So once the rutting season is in full swing, the males will sort of despise each other for a little bit!

Now can you see this little one here with the horns? They're looking like a horseshoe! Now this guy is from about 2017! So the ones— if you see ones that have little buds of horns that are coming out, they're from November/December— whenever the first lot was born just passed!

So 2018! But these guys here that have the horseshoe-shaped horns, they're probably from the year before! In fact, they are from the year before, while these ones do—they're impressive horns are fully grown and adults! Pretty beautiful!

I often think that they don't get the attention they deserve because they're so numerous! People think that it doesn't really matter! But I think they're lovely walking around along on the road! Very cute!

Anyway, it seems that Lauren is on the search for some lions! I think that's a wonderful idea! I'd like to do that too! So I'll be looking out for tracks in the meantime! Let's go over to Lauren and see how her search is going!

Lauren: So, two kingfishers! Can you believe it? And of course, dune robins! Typically, do they have flown! Oh! Oh, my first kingfishers of the Mara!

And indeed, they did not want to reveal themselves, which is incredibly annoying! But we're almost at the area where the lions are! So we are going to continue forward.

Now there is a bit of a barrier ahead, but do not worry! We will get through it! Her first reading was that they were beautiful— they were pied kingfishers, and there was indeed two of them!

Now, boom! Back to communication! Lions are a very interesting one, and of course, we're not there yet! But we are gonna get there, and we are gonna find them!

Because indeed, they communicate in a huge variety of ways, of course! Mainly! When they separate, when males separate, or females within a pride separate, they will roar! And of course, the roar is one of the loudest of all the cats!

And this is due to their unique biology, which indeed allows them— their voice box vibrates, and it allows them to obviously roar and call out as loud as possible! And it's said it can even be heard up to seven kilometers away!

If the way there allows for it, of course, if there's winds, bad weather, or other noise, then of course the roars will not be heard! But other than that, that is how lions communicate!

And we've even seen themselves contact calling and doing all sorts of things! Hello, that's my communication!

So indeed, when lions get separated, there were four! But when they're not separated and they're together, they're relying heavily on olfactory clues— their nose!

You can see there's not many mammals that can pick up scents— some things falsely forgotten about! Out of all the senses, and definitely don't mind! I have an extremely sensitive nose! However, they will communicate, for example, within their urine!

It will actually give away a lot of clues about reproductive states. So the males will get clues from the females by doing that famous flyman grimace! By pumping in all the clues into the palate of the mouth—where there is a special organ that houses chemo receptors!

And they obviously receive the chemical clues! And the lion, the male lion, will know, “Hey, hey! This lady is ready! Or, oh, this lady is not ready!”

But in all seriousness, the female has to communicate if she's in estrus or not! Otherwise, reproductive efforts will indeed go to waste!

What is the point in mating, which takes a lot of effort for lions? It goes on for a long period of time and indeed it’s very frequent! It's very exhausting for them!

So more traffic! Hello, impala! So yes, what is the point in going through all that mating process, that whole week of frequent and intense mating which exhausted both parties as the female wasn't ready?

So the female leaves clues! And of course, it's all in that sense of smell! And it's not just lions! For example, lobsters—where everyone seems to think are monogamous— I think Phoebe from friends said that lobsters are monogamous and that they hold claws!

Not true! Sorry, another myth that is being debunked! Their serial monogamous! And what does that mean?

Well, the male will be in his den, and again, the female will wait outside, and she will wash her urine into the den until he accepts it! And so he says, “Okay, yes! I’m gonna let this lady in!”

She won't go in otherwise, because male lobsters can be very aggressive! And he will look after her during the time of mating to which she will completely malt her shell!

So she will be very vulnerable, but he will look after her! He will meet with her and indeed, once it's over and her shell is reformed, she leaves! And the next lady waits outside!

So again, for lobsters, it's all to do with the olfactory clues! The woman watson in her urine and saying, “Hello! Anybody there? I would like to come in!”

Very strangely for us to think about it! But within the animal kingdom, if it can't be, “Hi Mr. Lion! I'm ready! Would you like to meet?” then how else are they gonna communicate with one another?

And one of the main forms is, of course, using that sense of smell! Is it not incredible? So it's not just on land, that's obviously in the water as well!

So from lions to lobsters, I think we managed to cover quite a bit of smell here! And I'd like to say hello to the zebra! Hi, guys, because they are indeed everywhere! Mixed in with a few Thomson’s gazelles!

No, zebra are just a wonderful sight to see! I do enjoy spending time with zebra! And of course, these are also animals that do indeed use the sense of smell to pick up on clues about what’s going on in the environment!

And random! They do indeed deploy grimace as well, which is hilarious to watch! When animals or humans attempt to do it, and of course, they're just trying to understand what's going on!

They're trying to perceive their own environment! And indeed, animals will perceive the environment differently! Just as humans perceive things differently!

And one of my favorite quotes actually is, “There’s no truth, only perception!” And indeed that is for each animal! They will pick up clues, and the various ways of communicating to perceive its own environment!

And that is how they survive! And sometimes, you just have to get into the head of the animal to actually understand how an animal does survive and thrive in its own ecological niche!

Is that a scratch on that zebra's bottom? Indeed, it is! Oh, well the one on the last is much worse! I think that zebra has indeed been involved—sorry for the close-up, zebra!

On your sensitive parts, but that does look rather painful!

Hmm. Sorry, zebra! No, talking of lions! We are gonna continue on our original mission, which is indeed to find those lions that we have indeed just been talking about!

Now we will get there! Once he— there just happens to be a lot of traffic! In the form of cars and many, many different animals that all want to cross the road in front of me!

So it's starting to cool down here for sure, but I'm not sure it's getting any relief down in Juma! So we're gonna send you down to Jimmy to see what he's up to!

Jimmy: Guys, no, it hasn't cooled down much yet here! But we are just moving into some thick stuff after a leopard and on your sons— there we are! You can see!

There we are! We've just moved into this thick stuff, and we believe it's Tandi! I haven't seen— definite! But I believe it's Tandi! I'm on the move!

Yeah, and it's surprising how she's moving in this heat! So we're gonna try and skirt around maybe and get a better visual!

So while we know much are there, you can just see her through these branches! I wonder if she's not seeing something!

Yeah, definitely looking and listening! You don't want to move at the moment, because we might disrupt what's going on!

Yeah! Very easy money—not this year! We've had a glimpse of her yesterday in a very thick drainage line but lost her quickly!

So it's nice to be able to catch up with her again! I'm just gonna forward and get a better view! Got her! She's moving as if she's heard something!

Way! I wonder if she hasn't heard some hollow! I think—oh, Tandi-o! What do you think? They've seen something?

Hey, oh yeah! Three! Maybe move around! We're gonna just get into a better position and send you over to Trishala while we ease into the north of her without trying to disrupt her!

Trish: Oh good luck, Jimmy! I'm so glad that there might be— well, heal you! Hopefully, hopefully find a leopard again! It's been a really, really cool entertaining day!

So I thought, ah, come on, butterflies! It's as if they knew they were going live, and then they decided to fly away!

So we're here by this little mud wallow on the side of the road, and we have these butterflies flapping away! You can see that!

Now, I'm not 100% showing an exact species, but I think that the family that they're in is Laisanidae! I said that correctly, I think so! It's always tough with them—with insects—because they seem to be so many varieties of them!

Now, you can see that these butterflies are moving their wings up and down, up and down! And they'll often do this to catch the sun! This is a large surface area to absorb the sunlight in! And they’ll also do this to kind of warm up their wings!

And you can see that the proboscis is out! One of them I just saw! There you go! You can see that the proboscis is out, and it's searching in amongst those little cracks for bits of water!

A really beautiful looking butterfly! Oh, this one's got tatty wings— shame! Poor guy! Well, wouldn't affect his flight too much, we hope!

Now, these wings have a whole lot of scales on them! And these scales sort of come off as dust on your fingers! You would have seen when you maybe catch a butterfly or a moth that this dust sort of comes off onto your fingers! And those scales provide them with color and reflection!

And it's also a really neat trick, because if they fly into a spider's web— well, mostly a spider's web, or anything else that's sticky and uncomfortable— they can leave those scales behind and escape pretty much unscathed!

Ah, James Richard! Thank you so much! He said that these butterflies are called jokers! I can't imagine why! I suppose maybe they're funny amongst themselves!

Very, very pretty! Now, I did think that jokers kind of had little bits of little ends to their tail! I won't— not to the tail! To the hindwings! Little bits that point out!

But I suppose it's hard to tell when you don't have them up close! Thank you very much, James Richard! I was actually surprised that they were here, where it seems to be quite right for us!

This little wallow seems to be quite dry! But to them, they obviously can pick up little miniscule bits of water that are still trapped in there!

Remember that in pans like this that have been dried up, all the minerals are still logged in there! So it could be mineral-rich, and that's what they're trying to get out of it as well! Very cool!

And you'll notice that butterflies, when they're at rest, will have both their wings sort of above their head—held high! Whereas with moths at rest, they'd both be held down to the ground! Very cute—there seems to be something else flying about there too!

Where did I see it? Quite interesting how they all sort of come together! These spots you'd have seen it with those African vagrants as well! But they all kind of just come together in this communal spot! Hang about!

Or noticed it around water quite a bit now! We were talking about communication! Lauren means speaking about communication! And it comes to butterflies— they also communicate in quite an interesting way!

They use pheromones just like lots of animals do! But they can't kind of leave a pheromone trail as they go about!

And if you've seen two butterflies sort of following each other through the air, it's actually the one— one butterfly, the male, usually following a female and smelling her scent and trying to figure out if she is ready to mate or not!

So communication exists in all kinds of ways! It even happens in colour! Especially with insects! They communicate well with colour!

Gui: You'd like to know how do butterflies mate?

Hopefully, we see— no! Nobody looks like they're in the mating mode! So the way that they mate is sort of they'll attach to one another, I mean, in the usual way!

But the male will fly with the female, and it's quite a strange thing to watch! You're sort of like a crane keeping her in flight with him! And he'll fly with her! They sort of bum-bum, if that makes sense!

If I see one around, I will stop and show you! I've seen a few lately, in the last couple of weeks! It's pretty cool! I like them!

Thank you, James Richards, for identifying exactly which ones they are! I think they're quite cool! So, I'm feeling very lucky today! Craig and I always tell him, and this car, there's no you and me!

It's us! Craig will do this! We're gonna find some interesting things! So we're still here in the West after those ostriches! I feel a little pumped! Yes, I do!

I do! Let's see what other exciting unusual things we might find around the area! That track was quite interesting, don't you think?

I have not seen anything like it! Now I know that they have those really long middle toe! But I didn't expect it to be that long! Because that looked really, really long!

But I wonder if, as they walk, they kind of kick forward! Because lots of animals do that as they walk, including leopards and lions, as their tracks can sort of— the sand can be pushed in the front of them!

That was really interesting! I see Jimmy has caught up with Tandi! Good on him! He's been doing so well these last few days!

So let's go over to Jimmy to give you a bit of an update on Tandi!

Jimmy: We've managed to stay with her and actually nearly lost us in this thick stuff! Now, if you can see, it's pretty much all you can see is a little white tip of her tail! She's definitely heard something to the north of her, to our left!

And we're gonna try and get a little bit closer! But I don't want— I wanna try and get parallel to her! Maybe we've had— is that a hyena?

That was following her a little while ago but seems to have moved off, so she's more relaxed now! But in, heaven, it seems to be having a short rest!

But certainly, alert nonetheless! Is that amazing? Camouflaging this brown grass! Taking that vantage of— I mean, a rest before she moves into action again!

I have seen Shudulu and a while ago! And yes, I haven't seen— I haven't seen Shudulu often! But I have seen— I have seen Shudulu!

Yes, the leopards in Julie—the most familiar with was the leopard which we called the old mother! So she was one of the first habituated leopards in Londolozi and then she had a— had a female cub called Tudu! One female which were acquainted with a big drainage dry riverbed south of her position!

And she was a lot bigger than her mother and had quite a temperament— quite an aggressive female! Although would allow you in her space! But she certainly let you know that you were close enough!

A bit like a— a bit like this female! And she seemed to be a bit bigger than Tandi!

I think she's really probably taking advantage of the light dropping now, because that will benefit her more as it gets a bit darker!

She's been hearing quite a lot! I mean, she was found in the heat of the day moving! So she's moved quite a distance in the heat! So she's certainly making the most of this temperature cooling down now!

Now, she stays alert even though she looks like she's sleeping! Her senses are always ready to be pricked up, and that's obviously how they survive in these environments!

Who has hyena? That’s what she heard! Hyenas just sneaked in and have picked up her scent! In fact, it's a hyena coming to our right towards her!

There we go! You can see! Well, she picked that up long before I heard anything! So watch this! Watch this!

This is phenomenal! She's probably gonna give it a bit of a charge and then take off, I would imagine! Look at her tail! The hyena hasn’t even seen her! Must have seen— I can't believe this! He hasn't seen it!

He's heard it— something! But he hasn't— he's gonna walk straight— but they literally are two meters apart! If he starts moving away, she will just— why not? Because she doesn't want to attract his attention back!

Quite a big female! This far looks at her! She’s taking— you see her back resting again? From absolute alertness and tension to slumber!

Well, let's wait for the next Tani! You know, that was some interesting behavior and action! Yep!

Well, we definitely gonna sit around with her, and while we do that, she takes a nap! We were gonna send you to Lauren in the Mara!

Lauren: Oh! Tandy and her beautiful smile! I do miss her! But most of all, I miss Corki! Please do tell my Corki I miss her!

Now the lion saga is just continuing! Lionesses are coming out of everywhere! And of course, we are losing light very fast! Didn't have much of a sunset tonight because of all the clouds!

But indeed, we have our own two IR infrared because we are losing light! And we want to keep track of all these lions because indeed they're all up to something!

Now the warthogs did a huge loop, a ginormous loop— all the way around! And they have indeed disappeared into the bushes! But the lionesses' interest was still very much piqued!

There's two lionesses that appear very skinny, shall we see, on the hungry side! And they're definitely, definitely interested in something!

But me being a human and inadequate, I indeed cannot pick up what it is! I do not have the eyesight of a lion! But— some—oh! Is that the warthogs ahead?

Yes, it is! It is! Okay, the warthogs are off ahead! Now they're far off! But what these lionesses have done, I’ve actually gone into the thicket, hoping that the warthogs are gonna come back round!

I think now we just have the most terrible view of all! Let's just wait and see where this little family of warthogs go! If they decide to come around, then they could be in some trouble right in that bush!

That you can just see— to your right is a whole gang of lions! Let's just wait and see if the warthogs pass through here!

The camera can definitely pick up more than I can right now! They're in there, they're weaving! The warthogs for some reason want to continue on their original plan!

Okay, so we've got more lionesses on the move here, and they're all heading towards this one bush! It's all happening inside this thicket! We know it's not the perfect view!

But we are a little bit far, and we are using our infrared light! This is the perfect time, the perfect temperature for the lions indeed to get up! It's cooler! It's getting darker!

Their advantage of having that special layer in their eyes called the tapetum lucidum, which double backs the reflection of light! So they get it twice on their retina, and it obviously helps them see better in the nighttime!

Many nocturnal animals have this! Even including sharks in the ocean! It is not just a land-based thing! They're all making their way into this bush, which is so unfortunate for us because of course we cannot drive into the bush!

I would if I could! However, I feel these ladies— and there are a few sub-adult males— are going to hunt! It is hunting time!

She's awfully— are you going, girl? Can you hear that? Oh, they've all run off in one direction! I can hear lots of vocalizations!

And unfortunately, my vision is a mish! There's definitely something going on right now! And unfortunately, we are not able to get any closer!

What shall we do? I think we're gonna wait it out! There's a warthog! Oh, how frustrating! If only we could see exactly what was going on in front of us!

But all these lions are after something! I think I’m just gonna stay put here for now! Maybe go a little bit further forward, and indeed, I think the lions will come back with something!

But let me just go a little bit further forward, although it doesn't seek us any closer, I'm afraid! But possibly we can get a better view this way of what these lions are and indeed up to!

Oh, it’s so difficult to see! I do not have nocturnal eyes! But I think they chased the warthog! Or at least one of them! No!

The lions are very marshy here because of all the rain! Can't be anything just yet! You see anything, Bungee?

Okay! Something's happening! And it always happens just as we're losing light! You've got to just take a scan and see if we can see anything!

We'll use the camera, of course, because that's way more equipped for it than I am! Anything at all, lions? Where did you go?

Indeed, they have disappeared! All of those lions! How on earth can you just disappear from us like that? That is incredible!

Of course, they've obviously gone into the bushes, and I really do think they were chasing—Riya! Okay! That indeed does look like a very relaxed lioness!

One that is indeed not hunting or stalking! There you go, everyone! It seems to be a one! And it is not indeed moving!

But you see how relaxed he is? I'm just watching them all! They're definitely interested in something!

And the reason they're not interested in vehicles or people within vehicles is they are very accustomed to vehicles! And there's lots and lots of studies done on this that they don't recognize humans in vehicles! They recognize the object as a whole!

So the whole brings you up to ground—oh! We've got some more lions behind us!

Unfortunately, Bungee is not gonna be able to capture them, I don't think, because of the way they are positioned! But indeed, I don't—! Oh, there you go!

If this lioness is walking towards two more right off in the distance or two— they're all going off on their own little separate missions here! It's gonna be difficult to keep my eyes on them!

But just to wrap up that question, yes, all animals—especially predators—are said to see the vehicle as a whole! Non-threatening, of course!

Unless they are injured by vehicles, and of course, they will have a completely different reaction! However, they're not able to identify, "Oh, there are three humans sitting on this vehicle!"

It doesn't work like that! So indeed, they don't seem to be threatened by vehicles! There is a distance limit here in the Mara, and of course, we respect that!

This lioness is running off somewhere! Bungay! This one! You see her? I can't see what she's going on!

We've got lions right in front of these! Lions—hungry! I think I can confirm that much!

Yeah! It's the warthog off in the distance! They're going after the warthog right off in the distance where I'm probably not gonna be able to see!

Okay, shall we move forward? Should we try and move forward? We've got lions on either side! Don't—! This may not be possible, unfortunately!

We've just not got— agreed for you! Because we have a lion, it's about seven meters from the car right now! I can't believe that she got up, and she actually went after a warthog!

She's just gone behind that bush now! We just have to be very careful right now because there we go! She's off! Right into the distance! There she went on her own little mission, alone, after that lone warthog! Incredible!

Now, of course, we cannot drive into the thick vegetation they are anyway, which is fire! Where she has disappeared! But my predicament was if we can see— there’s a lioness here, and I do not indeed want to drive and block that lioness's vision!

And we have two right here, so for me to drive forward like that wouldn't be irresponsible as far as I am concerned!

Now, we've got a rainbow! Nicely spotty, Bungee! I wonder if we can capture it for you! Can you just see the star of that rainbow there? It's really beautiful! Where we are!

And indeed, it goes right over the lions! I wonder if the pot of gold is— wow! Incredible!

Okay! So the other lions don't appear to be moving! It just seemed to be one lioness who did go off on her own little mission there!

Now we've got other vehicles appearing and about four lions behind us! So this situation is indeed becoming more and more interesting!

Bactra's asking: I think about storms! Effect! And lions' behavior— I hope I've got that right! For some reason, I'm not able to understand you know 100%!

But I hope that was the question! And indeed weather will affect the animals! Because it can actually give predators an advantage!

Sorry! I'm just watching what's going on! I'm trying to multitask! There is a lot going on behind me!

So indeed, the predators can make use of the fact that it's windy! Oh, here she comes! Look at her coming back!

Okay, she obviously wasn't successful! Something piqued her interest, but it obviously was not a successful attempt!

She's making her way back towards us and the rest of the pride! So yes, storms will affect the animals! But not necessarily in negative! We—animals live out here!

This is their home! Of course, they can survive weather conditions! So I do believe we might have to put our rain covers on very shortly!

But we will decide that while we send you back down to Trish!

Trish: Yes! Well speaking of hearing! There are lots of animals around here that have great, great hearing! And you can see it from the size of the massive ears, like a kudu, who does have these huge ears!

And the wild dog’s ears—those are really, really striking! So you can sell it hearing is such a great advantage! Of course, there's some animals that you can barely see ears, and they kind of have just little holes and they're signs of their heads, like reptiles, like lizards!

They have those type of inner ears and not much else, externally!

But speaking of reptiles, I'll tell you my fun fact for the day! On this day in 1989, a hundred and fifty million-year-old dinosaur egg was discovered!

And that was really important because for a long time there had been a gap in the fossil record in that hundred-jurah sort of section, so that was the first time that they had found a dinosaur egg with an embryo still inside it!

And I think that's really cool! So on this day, it was published in science! So that's a journal, on the 31st of March in 1989! And that's the sort of egg that a reptile would produce!

Well, they called amniotes, which is basically most of us—it's mammals,