Introducing a New Cheetah! – Day 81 | Safari Live

Interim! Let's send you all the way on down-south, 1,600 miles to Scott.

Hello everyone! You may have just seen a bird fly through the thick undergrowth there. We were hoping it would stick around. So, it's calling it "say orange-breasted bush shrike," and it's been lurking around there, doing some hunting. So, I'm hoping we are going to be able to find it and show it to you at some point. They're quite secretive birds and very beautiful.

My name is Scott, and it is wonderful to welcome you down to South Africa. We are in the Sabi Sands. It's a blazing hot sunny afternoon, and I'm teamed up with Senzo on camera now. I've got some exciting updates from the morning. For those of you who went on the sunrise safari, there was a buck kill found this morning hoisted up in a tree with no sign of any leopard in the area. We guess that it was either one of two sisters, Shadow or Tandi, and we were hoping that it was going to be Tandi that returned to the kill.

And she did indeed return! Last we were enjoying breakfast, there was another vehicle that was staking out that area to make sure we found out which leopard was responsible for it. More importantly, if it was Tandi, that she would hopefully lead us to her cub thereafter. Once she had fed on the kill a bit more, maybe she would go back to the den. Interestingly, for the third time that we've noticed now, she took the kill down from the tree and towards the den sites. We know this because she took the kill down from the tree. I thought she was just moving it into a shady area, but she then kind of stopped.

It was very thick. She was seen somewhere just up to our right, but we actually saw her from the other side of the road from where we are now, from a kind of road down in a riverbed. Now we got a tiny little glimpse of the cub, and then she disappeared somewhere into these thickets. So, we're guessing that she's stashing the cubs somewhere in and around quite a few little gullies in this area and lots of thick vegetation.

So, we've come here in the hope that she will pop out again. That's what we are planning for our afternoon. With a little bit of luck, she will pop onto the scene with that young cub. It's a tricky area this, because it is so thick. We're not gonna be able to get the vehicle exactly where we want it, but that's testament to what a good den it is—that it's kind of impenetrable.

Since I spotted the bird again, look at that! What have you? Well then, since one of the most Austin birds you've ever laid eyes on! Oh, cool! You can see the way it's holding open its beak that it confirms that it's a hot afternoon, even the birds are panting. Well, I'm very happy that we got you that glimpse of the orange-breasted bush shrike. Here it is again! It's a bird we don't see very often, so let's try to stay with it for as long as possible.

You can see it's definitely hunting, looking for a meal. I can't believe what good visuals we're getting of it! This is absolutely incredible! It's so close to us, which is very unlike them. They're usually quite shy and secretive. Let's hope this is going to be the kind of benchmark for the afternoon, and not only will we maybe get spoiled with this incredible sighting, but also with the cub of Tandi, which is only about 6 or 7 weeks old now.

Now that the bird has flipped off the vehicle, she would like to let you know what her plans are for the afternoon.

"Yes, I am indeed another bird, and I am a bird that can drive. Thanks, Scott!

Hi everyone! Good afternoon! We had this amazing male waterbuck positioned so beautifully, and then this younger one came up and out of the way. So, we'll still take it; young male waterbuck on screen at the moment. It is an interesting afternoon. We can hear some thunder in the far distance. I think in the next two or three hours, it's most likely going to rain.

I don't think it's gonna rain just at the moment, and I'm very excited that Scott's finding of that steamboat kill this morning did result in Tandi— that is absolutely fantastic, because we've been struggling to find where she is! Scott and I were just having a chat before we left on drive, and we were thinking possibly maybe she's not fully denning anymore but just sort of moving the cub to wherever she makes kills, which makes quite a bit of sense.

She's not too far from where we saw her on Christmas, but she's farther from where we thought she was going to be after the sighting in the rain that some of the other vehicles had of her moving farther north. So yeah, well done, Scott! So, so exciting!

Okay, so I am Noelle and this is Safari Live! As we know, you've met Tayla, you've met Ralph, and you've met Scott. And on camera, I have Ferg. He's so, we've got Ferg’s thumbs up being and saluting and all of that. Don’t forget we're live! We’re interactive out of South Africa with myself, and Scott out of Kenya with Ralph and Tayla.

So our plans for this afternoon is to eventually make it back to where we had Hosana this morning, the little chief, little prince of Juma. I'm just waiting for it to cool down a bit. It is really warm! I would probably say it's about 35 or 36. But yeah, that's just to submit. It's also very humid with that thunder shower moving through.

Other than that, I think I really want some elephants today! So we checked twin dams and we checked the treehouse—amazingly, no elephants! But again, elephants usually rock up where the thunder is, before we even hear the thunder. So, they're probably farther south and west of us at the moment.

Ooh, Julia! What is my most memorable moment as a Safari Live drive in 2017? On Goose Black Mamba siding with Senzo. My other was when Tanya, those and then Jean Dre and I had an amazing setting with the sticks on Twin Dam wall. And then I have to say anything that Ferg and I did during rehearsals—live and not like rehearsals— where we were chasing those wild dogs, all completely epic and amazing! Oh, and that hippo sighting where that other female was eating the afterbirth from the other female that gave birth to that little hippo at Chitwa Dam.

Top ones that I can think of now. I have a very hard time picking just one. I was trying to pick just ten photos from this past year that I really liked, and then I was going through. I was like, “Oh, but that sighting was great!” So yeah, I'm very bad at narrowing that down.

But let's see, maybe the last drive of 2017 allows us something even more exciting we picked out as our number one. So we're gonna carry on down the Milwaukee and try and hop from shady spot to shady spot and find hopefully Mississipi these elephant sightings. Other than that, I'm also trying to see if we can pick up anything on Tingana. I know that some of you saw him going over the dam wall last night around 11 o'clock our time, and then this morning I think the guys had a couple of tracks.

But there was also lion activity, and then we got sidetracked with Hosana and with that steamboat kill that ended up being from Tundi! Scott was saying she was in a little bit of a foul mood when he did catch a quick glimpse of her, and I have a feeling that's because Tingana might have come near where her cub is. I mean, she's just not ready for that yet, so it's possible that he's around here somewhere! Although he does like to be our last-minute leopard, maybe he'll be our last-minute lumber now.

Some of the areas, because most of the waterholes have dried up here except for the large dam, I'm gonna take four nice little browsing areas and then we'll probably head over to chat with them and see what spotting there. Maybe we get a little bit of swimming. I'll ease that side now.

I'd be curious to know what all of you are doing for New Year's Eve! I know some people like to just take it easy, and some people go all out. So send those through. Curious to know! I think I'll be having a little bit of apple juice with the crew, and then I'll probably be asleep by nine o'clock, maybe a little bit earlier, and then waking up to drive in 2018.

Alright, just coming around the corner here. We haven't done trees in a while, and these leadwoods are looking very beautiful while we're repositioning to talk about this very stationary tree. Let's head all the way back up to the Masai Mara to Ralph. Let's see how his last drive of 2017 is going—hopefully he's managed!

"Thanks, Noel! And yes, the last game drive of 2017 indeed! Look at this landscape! But it's just, it's mind-blowing. In the front, we've got a mountain range just behind the little town called Talek, and in front of that, and coming through now, we've got a big wall of rain that seems to be coming towards us! We're following along with the small river line with a lot of trees running along it.

But as I drive through here, I can't help but reminisce and feel lack. I mean, some of the areas that I've driven around and frequented in Namibia, because the parts heading towards the northwestern sections of Namibia are very similar. However, the feel to it, the climate is slightly different, because here it feels a lot more moist. Not as dry as it is in Namibia—not quite as hot either. And obviously with the amount of clouds that we have here—totally different to that in Namibia, because if Namibia only has this very rarely!

So yeah, we've just come across a small aggregation of animals. Let's just have a quick look because we've been driving for quite a while and not seeing too many animals. And Mana was actually mentioning to me that it's looking quite different, because I think the last time he was here it was full up with plains game—being zebra and wildebeest.

So a little bit different at the moment, where all the animals have moved off down into the Serengeti, and so these are the stragglers and the ones that have stayed behind. It’s lovely to see them out on the plains nonetheless.

And still very interesting to think that in not too long into the new year, we’ll start to see in the beginnings of the migration once more! But as we look out there with the gazelle and the topi and zebra happily walking through, we're going to be moving off soon and see what else we can find along these immense plains.

While we do that, let's send you on back to Tyler and see how she's getting on!"

"Look at what we've got brewing in the distance, and I hope it doesn't hit us! But I hope it does pass through the Masai Mara, because we desperately need the rain! But the winds are howling down there, that is picking up so much dust and sort of swirling around! There was one bit of dust that's died down, and actually the variant was a tornado in the distance, it wasn't, it was just so much of it!

It is scary! There’s lots of lightning and they'll be torrential rain! We are going to be hit by this storm! I just hope it doesn't cause a flash flood, and we are staying at all of shaky of us here! See, that’s huge! It's just in the town of Talek, and the Talek River will then rise quite a bit!

And we could cross over a bridge in the Talek River, which makes me a bit nervous. Okay, well we’re driving around here now in almost in the area of Hummer Cup, hoping to find some cheetah of sorts. I'm gonna find a car, hopefully they'll tell me where exactly I need to go!

No! 1:17! You'll get to see what she got! You saw on Christmas Day! So, if you're gonna manage to find a little shady spot for us to sit but also so that you can see the beautiful blue sky with a little bit of clouds and how vibrant green that leaves are—this leadwood tree—and also just the contrast with that with the very light-colored grey bark!

So I'm gonna let Ferg work his very wonderful magic with all the angles he wants to go out because this leadwood is just beautiful all around! I really enjoy all the textures that that it involves as well as the fact that it's such a long-living tree.

So we're coming to the end of one year and the beginning of another year, and I think for a lot of us as we do this, we start to recollect our thoughts and go, “Oh my goodness gracious! I can't believe I'm this old! And what have I done with my life?” And that can sometimes be a little bit I guess sad about it.

But this tree actually makes me quite happy and very hopeful! It's a tree that can live for over a thousand years, and it's just amazing! It's a very hard hard wood, and the leaves are not very palatable. It's eaten sometimes when it's a bit younger; has a bit of spines on the branches there, and it not only protects itself, but it also does a lot of work for the environment.

So as it starts getting older, parts of it hollow out, and after it has stopped growing and has died off after hundreds and hundreds of years, it also then becomes a home for many species! So it's a home for species whilst alive, and then you can see there one that's died and a home for species whilst it's dead as well!

And then think of all of the organisms that it allows to carry on living far after it itself has lived! It just boggles my mind. And then once it falls over, it takes about another 50 years to decompose, and that decomposing then gives more organisms a chance to live and evolve, and then all the nutrients go into the soil and then create more habitat and more homes and more food and resources for everything around. So this is my philosophical movement for the game drive.

It's a conserved tree inside of South Africa, but it's not a conserved tree in other parts of Africa, sub-Saharan Africa specifically. So we talked a lot about rhino poaching, and we talked a lot about elephant poaching, and we talked about how wild dogs are endangered, and we talked about declining numbers of lions. But we don't necessarily talk about how the species that make everything important!

So a tree like this will be a place for a leopard to put a kill in—a tree like this will give homes to birds that alarm call for leopards walking past, and that might save a kudu which then might have another baby for another generation going on! It's a place for elephants to rub their backs on after they've been in the mud to help an itch and help take parasites off. Or the same for a rhino or a buffalo. There are many, many, many insects who will utilize the flowers that are on this tree!

It's, they mean I could keep waffling on and on and on! So in other parts of Africa, it's cut down to make furniture because it takes so long to grow. The species in general is actually in decline as well! So we must also think about not just the big and beautiful and wonderful and charismatic, but also something like this gorgeous leadwood tree!

So, I think you all have heard my philosophical waffling on for long enough. Time you'd like to know are there any alien tree species in Juma?

Thomas, as far as I know, most of the alien tree species have been taken out. So alien tree species would be something like a Jacaranda tree or a blue gum, also known as eucalyptus. We do have a few plot species; I’ve seen prickly pears every now and then, and some coffee bowls, and a few things like that that are alien invasives. But, no! Not too many trees! This is a pretty, pretty beautiful wild indigenous area that we're in!

There's that texture—it actually reminds me of elephants, the texture of this, and you can actually see the rubbing from where an elephant's been passed there!

Thanks for all righty! It's starting to cool down slightly. It could be because we're sitting in shade, and there's a slight breeze! It's clear out there—you can see more of that mud from elephants coming in pass. So I think what we'll do from here is we'll start heading more east and then a little bit more south and end up towards Chitwa Chitwa dam in front of the lodge and see what's moving species we can find for you. So we'll go from the flora to the fauna!

Alright! Onward and upward, Ferg! [Music]

Elana! Very good question! So, Elana, you're 14 years old, and you're watching the show right now! I hope you're having a very good time with it! And you'd like to know, what is a subspecies?

So, Elana, we are Homo art—we're humans—but our scientific name is Homo sapiens sapiens. Okay? So basically what that means is that there was a species called Homo sapiens and then we are a species that has branched off of that like a cousin!

Yeah, so all gonna be! But this year—[Music]—and Ralph is a subspecies! A cousin of that species! So they can technically interbreed! So if we had any Homo sapiens around not just Homo sapiens sapiens, we could technically interbreed with them!

I'll give you another example just to show the difference. We get white rhino and black rhino in South Africa. White rhino and black rhino have different species names! So one, white rhinos, is Ceratotherium simum—I'm always mispronouncing that, but that's the best I can do—and the black rhino is Diceros bicornis. So those are different genus and just different species. They're both rhinos, but they're not subspecies of either one; they cannot interbreed!

If that none of that makes sense, a lot of you must let me know! Think about it! And then send through another question if you want me to explain a little bit more, because this is—I love this topic! It's a fascinating topic for me, and I'm very happy to carry on the conversation!

But think on that, and then let me know if you want me to expand a little bit as we carry on to the beautiful bushveld! I'm gonna come up onto a little bit of a rise here, and then you all will be able to see what we're talking about!

With hearing that thunder and the possible rainstorm that's gonna come through in the next couple of hours! I just want to move into a little bit of a gap so Ferg can show you properly what we're talking about with this front coming in.

There we go! I think that works pretty well! So, on our left-hand side, we have blue, blue, blue sky—hardly any clouds! On the right-hand side, you can see the wall of moisture and cloud coming through!

I believe the question was why in Sabi Sands are lions fewer in number than leopards? It's not the case that they're fewer in number than leopards! We just happen to be seeing quite a lot of leopards recently! One of the reasons why we're seeing quite a lot of leopards is the fact that the lions are in different parts of their territory!

But continent-wide, sub-Saharan continent-wide, we don't know the full numbers of leopards continent-wide at all! We do know roughly the number of wild lions, so there's less than 20,000 wild lions left! There are one or two reports that say it's closer to 30,000, but I'm more trusting in the lower number!

And for leopard, we're not quite sure; it could be a little bit more than your population numbers tend to peak and valley in a similar fashion—almost in tandem—not necessarily all the way in tandem, but almost in tandem as opposed to a cheetah who's our other big cat on the continent.

So leopard and lions will peak, and cheetah will valley, and then they'll go like this across! Good question!

Alright! So, you could see that beautiful front that's pulling through here, and it's starting to get grey in the background! I was top-chall, but when it's pulling through—and well, they always laugh at me! But I'm actually watching these trees do it now; you can see on a snoot jambo-clause—this wisteria that's just in front of us here—you see how the leaves are showing their backside because of the way the winds blowing!

So, instead of—sorry about that, folks! Not sure what happened, but welcome back! And look at the lovely view that we have coming out! But we're getting a little bit worried that we might be getting wet soon because we seem to be getting surrounded by the storm!

But we will continue driving nonetheless and hope for the best! We're aiming for that little light patch in between the storm, just hoping that there's not too much rain in the middle! But that's our best bit, so we're taking our chances and racing for the middle!

But we'll obviously stop if we see anything exciting along the way! We've been looking all the while for cheetah, so it's still, actually beautiful, even with the rain approaching.

We need it! I think a little bit dry at the moment, but a little bit of rain never hurt anyone! It’ll just make driving a little bit more difficult! This seems to be quite a bit more clay soils in this particular area and these black cotton soils as well!

So I can see that after the rain, it could be a little bit slippery and slidey! It could get very interesting and test your 4x4 skills when to use your differential lock in your low range, just trying to take the right road, which leads us there!

There are a lot of different little to checks just to give you the feel of how it is! So folks, with this approaching storm that you can see in front of us, I'm pretty sure it's half the reason as to why we've got some problems behind the scenes! Signal is getting a little bit low, but the tech guys are going to work all over it, and we're going to send you to the mountain camp just for a little while while I get the problem fixed!

Apologies for that short break in the safari, everybody! Wrinkly, there were some technical issues, but our wonderful tech team, both here and in the Mara, have resolved it somehow! Don't ask me how, but at least we are back on safari now!

I've made a decision to leave that area where I was hoping Tundi and her cub were going to poke their head out! It's simply so, so thick in there that I don't think it's worth our while sitting and waiting! I've also got this kind of sneaky suspicion that she might be moving the cub to kind of satellite dens, if you could call it that—temporary hideouts that are close to her kills!

Which is a little bit premature—it's a bit premature for her to be doing that! But I mean, it was also not premature, but it was out of the ordinary that she took some kills, back towards the cabin!

The same thing happened this morning! She took—which doesn't really! We made in there a little bit later this evening, once it's cooled off because then more likely those two of them are active right now!

It's still sort of—they are gonna be doing not a whole load, I'm guessing! So I think it makes sense for us to kind of drive around, look around, see what else we can find, and return when it is a little bit cooler!

What I would like to ask of you is to just monitor the Juma dam cam very closely, because there's a strong chance that Tandi is going to go for a drink after eating sternbuck all day and being so hot! So I'm sure she's gonna want to quench her thirst, and that is the closest spot! She's not too far from the Juma Waterhole.

Very good! We are going to send you off to Noelle with the bachelor!

"So sorry about those little breakups we had there! The weather is stormy, both ends of both of our sites and the Mara in here, so it does affect the internet every now and then! Sorry about that!

But in our travels, we have now found this beautiful bateleur just sitting in the shade of a knobthorn tree, and you can really, really see those colors we were talking about this morning! As you know, it's one of my favorite eagles, and Scott's also been getting some nice sightings of bateleurs as well!

So, sunny and we got interrupted a little bit about your question about what you think which animal has the most sophisticated communication! So, I'm an animal! It could be anything from an insect to a reptile to a mammal, to a bird! So I'm gonna choose a mammal species and an insect species that I think have pretty sophisticated communication. For me, that's going to be for a mammal—elephants! And then for an insect, it's going to be honeybees!

So honeybees do these really interesting dances and figure eights to show direction to the rest of the hive as to where they've found a food source, and I think it's absolutely incredible—this special little dance that they do to denote direction and to pass on information!

And then for elephants! We were talking, we've got thunder that keeps coming in the distance! And the louder it gets, I'm gonna try and get it on camera for you! So you all can hear it! It's a little bit far off; it's just a low, low rumble at the moment—almost like a train in the distance going past! So it's a little bit too far for us to hear!

Elephants can hear that way before we can hear that! They also have infrasound of sonic vibrations through their feet that can go up to 60 kilometers—6-0! So they can communicate amongst different herds over quite far distances! And there's still a lot of study to be done on the way that they vocalize!

I've talked about my friend that's an elephant researcher, and I asked her the other day for a bit of information on that! And she was saying that they need a bit more time to be able to do the anatomy, the inside, because they haven't had a lot of chance to do a lot of work on that. I know there's a few places that are doing some great studies, so I'm waiting for her for more updates.

And now, as we leave our bateleur and head more towards Chitwa Dam, let's head back up to the Masai Mara where Tayla has an amazing surprise for you!"

"Apologize publicly for all the bumping and bouncing that we've been doing this afternoon! But it's definitely been worth it! This is the view! Seen these boys before? Right? Archie has never seen the Fast Five, although also known as the Musketeers, and they're all together!

I chatted to another guide a little while ago while we were trying to evade the storm, and he mentioned that earlier on today—well, not actually, not earlier on, recently—they were trying to chase around and catch a young zebra foal, but weren't successful! So that's really good news for us!

Now, there are plenty, plenty animals around here—from zebra to topi to impala, Thompson's gazelle, you name it! It is here! The only thing I haven't seen, however, is some wildebeest, but that's okay! They tend to eat other things that they'll eat!

And it's fantastic hunting weather at the moment! The clouds are rolling in thick! Obviously, we've been watching the storm! I'm a bit hesitant to say whether we're going to get rained on or not, because I don't want to jinx us! And of course, as you can hear, it's howling, and the wind must be gusting at about 45, 50 kilometers an hour quite easily!

And they're quite far away from us too! We're gonna give these boys lots of space! Sharon, you said, “Taylor, the cheetah queen!” Oh, no, no, no! No! That’s still Scottie the cheetah man of Africa, and it always will be!

I'm, however, not the cheetah queen! I do enjoy spending a bit of time with him, that's for sure! And I think we can expect some exciting things this afternoon! Now, we just need these cheetah to inch closer and closer!

So the next set of animals that I can see—we are sitting in a bit of a depression—is kind of where these cars are! Just behind them there’s a lugga! This is a very popular lugga! This is pretty much the exact same spot where we had that interaction with the lions!

We have the male lions roaring here; we have the mating gerbils not too far from here! This is the hotspot! This is where it always happens! So they're gonna have to hit across that lugga!

And then go across to the other side! And from there they'll decide what they're going to hunt! But for now, they're just sitting there staring! Makes you want to see where exactly their eyes are focused!

But the fat in the middle of the open area, though! I'm so sorry, Nikki! Nikki is directing now! The gremlins attacked Mara! Too much! I couldn't hear because the wind is so strong! I have my volume turned up so loudly that I can still hardly hear you!

They're all staring in the same direction and dreaming of a zebra! I think that's what they're hoping to catch! Scottie says that I can be the cheetah man of Africa's assistant! Thank you so much! It's like a researcher! Thanks, Scott! I'll take that position!

No problem! I'm a fast occur in chief and finding insects for James! And then the assistant cheetah finder when Scott is not!

Yes! Very! No! His roles that I've got! I'm excited to see them! I am going to be very kind on tomorrow morning! I'm going to send Ralph in this direction so that he can come and have a look at them!

And then Archie and I will hopefully find some other cheetah in the area! We might go towards Talek then and see if we could find Malaika and two boys! Or in Moni's daughters! I don't know if they're still hanging around there for Big Cat Week that I'm pretty sure Malaika was still a part in that area!

So yeah, so that's kind of the plan! The whole car is rocking at the moment! That's how windy it is! I feel like it's going to actually take off! And there's also a pony—a big pride of lions—not too far away from here! I could see them in the very far distance when we were driving in!

It was about 250 cars of the cheetah and about 35 cars of the pride and lions! So there's lots and lots and lots of animals around side which will be quite cool tomorrow morning to come and explore!

I think Ralph will have a lot of fun around Juma! No, I believe your rule saying thank you very much for finding the Fast Five! It's a great way into the year, most certainly! If they only just get up and catch us one last meal! Can you imagine if we have a hunt at 6:05 Eastern African time, 2017, 31st of December? That would be pretty epic! That would be good leaving 2017 with a bang! It really would!

But they're gonna have to get on the move if they want to go any further! They haven't even popped their heads up or changed direction or anything! When we got sure, we saw them walking, and then they can't be sat down! You know the cats love to just sit and do nothing when I'm around!

I don't know what it is! An emailing Manake jacket, which we think is lucky! We're not actually sure—we'll all have them on today! Archie has got his on too!

But sadly, no moving just yet for the cheetah! They're still just fast asleep!

Not prod cat mama! You're wondering if wind and the rain has got any advantage or disadvantage to the cheetah hunting! It most certainly works as an advantage! And the reason for this is that they can move fairly quickly now! And the same goes with lions and leopards and any other predators without really having to worry about making too much noise!

They've got the wind muffling sound for them! And the rain, you can imagine when it's a torrential downpour—gets in your eyes, and you can't really concentrate!

It's not nice! It's loud! You can't hear! So all these factors work in the favor of the cheetah and unfortunately not so much for the prey species! But the wind is swirling at the moment; it's not sort of going in one definite direction!

There's gusts coming from all around the car, so that could kind of work against them! If they get too close and within a couple of hundred meters and the wind changes, and the zebra and the topi and all the other animals pick up on their scent. They're going to start panicking early because the weather's like it is and there might be a little bit on the weary side, and then the cheetah won't have as good of a chance!

But if you look over here, just to the right thing here at all—look at all the zebra from here! Oh, we’re on zebra! Not on a palm! You're wondering which is the dominant male within the cheetahs?

I haven't spent enough time yet, but everybody seems to think it's d'Artagnan! D'Artagnan has been given that name! He's the only colored male cheetah! You may have seen there was one cheetah with a collar around his neck, and so they said to him—I've seen him being bullied quite a bit!

I'm saying this the last time, the last time I spent some time with these boys, there was one cheetah that was definitely keen and kept instigating the hunts! There's the topi as well—a few youngsters sitting on the grass! It'll make a nice snack!

So it's hard to say! Oh, they're up! They're up! That's exciting! Finally! And but they're constantly battling one another! You'll see them; they bully each other quite a bit! And like I said, I just haven't spent enough time with him to say exactly who it is!

But from what everyone else says, they think it's d'Artagnan in a beautiful chipette! So one is still— I know he's got up now! He's on his way forward! That’s d'Artagnan there! That one!

Aren't they stunning? I'm just trying to think I may want to wait for them to move forward a little bit more before we make our next move and head on down the road to get a better position!

I do want to try and jump in front of all the other cars! You know! We want to see if they're gonna hunt! We want to catch on! All we need to make the decision! If they get too close to the lagga, do we zip around and wait for them to cross the other side? Because I have lost them in this exact same spot!

To be fair, pitch black! It was dark, which is a standard ball! But I think we might have to think about that now!

Julie, are you wondering with a coalition of five cheetah would they be able to bring down a fully grown zebra? Quite possibly they could indeed! They often take down fully grown wildebeest!

It's, every would obviously have a bit more kick in it! There’s someone on Safari enjoying the cheetah! Everybody enjoy your Safari! I see how they would be able to!

And because there's no wildebeest around, maybe that's what they're going to be going for? Or are they feeling a little bit lazy? When I say they're lazy, I don't actually mean they're lazy! They're gonna take the easiest opportunity to catch something!

So if it means going for a zebra foal and having to hunt again tomorrow, they don’t look too thin! Then they're probably going to do that! They just want to catch something quick and easy!

Oh, that’s so cool! I love it when they walk like that, and you kind of get the skyline quite close to their heads! It is so, so, so beautiful!

Not racing off just yet, though, but making their way down to that lagga! You know what? We will do, though, is I don't think we’ll sit with a crowd! I think we’ll be clever!

We know where the food is! We know what direction they're going! And once they get closer to that lagga, we're gonna zip around and get to the other side and wait for them to cross!

Even if we don't see them for a little bit, that’s not a train smash! I honestly rather have them where the action is going to happen than sitting and waiting and hoping that they don't cross!

Oh my! And also the rain is starting to drizzle now! We've been waiting for it all afternoon! And the wind is bringing it in quite quickly!

Very nice! Yeah, let's go around because these guys are gonna drive into oil! All those cars are over there, and I'm not a fan of crowding animals!

I don't know what's on the other side, though! But I do think that they hide something hard down there! So let's go across!

We're probably gonna have to put our rain covers down at some point, which is going to be a little bit of a nuisance! Especially if these cats go on land! Just keeping an eye on them just to see what they're going to do for the change!

Okay, I'm gonna let all these other cars come through this crossing, and then we will do the same! I'm gonna send you down back to South Africa now! We're going from the fastest land mammal in the world to one that is slightly slower but could still escape your eyes!

Well, they are slow, but they did beat us to the action if it was two tortoises that were actually mating! And they've just disappeared off! But that doesn't matter because you have the Musketeer coalition on the move!

Well done to Taylor for getting you guys into the right spot for that! And it looks like they almost disappeared down a kind of burrow or a hole into this large termite mound!

So we're gonna just continue on! Sadly, that moment was missed; they were a little bit shy, which I don't blame them! They were midway through the throes of passion when we bumped! We kind of interrupted them, and then I stopped doing their business and then thought to go and seek out some privacy!

And I wonder if the Musketeers are going to go after those zebra! Who knows? Wow! Time will tell! For now though, you're gonna head off to Noelle for a quick update!

"Hello! And you can a little bit louder, Ferg! And I are debating whether the rain is actually gonna drop on us here! I can see where some of its falling far to our south and west! But I'm also debating now—we got an update about Hosana—that he moved away from his termite mound this morning into the backside of Chitwood Dam!

So I was just off on foot investigating, and then I heard some guinea fowls going, so we're gonna go investigate that now! I really would like to get some of this thunder, and if there is lightning, lightning on here!

We were talking about these big beautiful cumulonimbus clouds that form this sort of anvil shape, and as they form the anvil shape, you get the friction inside the cloud that creates the lightning! The thunder in a very brief small, a little bit of a hippo noise there now!

The rain that I can see falling is not directly in front of us! It's actually just behind where this dead tree is, and you can see how the color has come down and is the same to the horizon as opposed to a little bit to the left where you start to see more of the different colored clouds.

That's one of the ways you can tell where rains fall! And you can also smell it a little bit! So it's possible because it's been dry—even though the rains been building up—that it's going to drop all the moisture somewhere else and then collect more moisture along the way and then maybe drop on us!

Or maybe it just might keep going through! The thunder is getting louder, so the more we travel on looking for Hosana, we will get the chance to hear it! It's one of my favorite sounds in the bush!

Okay, we're gonna come back to the dam itself! I really just want to go investigate those guinea fowl noises that we had because there's enough moisture that's fallen! I can't drive all the way through these little pans at the back! I have to choose a side!

Talk to some of its and didn't pick up any tracks or himself! And then when the guinea fowl were calling, we were the backside! So we're gonna make little loops around and see what we can do!

It's also because the cloud cover's come through nicely; it's cooled down enough that if he feels like moving, now would be a good time! And then with this thunder coming through, remember we talked about with our cats here in particular? They don’t necessarily really like the heavy, heavy rain!

It's just possible that he's gonna start moving using the thunder—even though it's still quite light out—to help with his hunting, and the wind that's picking up to help with hunting! And I think I think while I'm busy doing this and looking around, Ralph has one of my favorite antelope species in the whole world up in the Masai Mara! And I haven't seen it in a very long time! So let's go up to him!"

"Thank you! Look, look at this! What we have unfolding here now! The tail has now been able to find the cheetah, but we've been able to find a heavily heard of Eland that are walking almost towards the storm, and we're starting to get rained on a little bit!

But this lovely light at the moment! And remember, these are one of the largest antelope that you get! Some of them being over a thousand kilograms! And so that would probably be about 2,200 pounds, which is a lot of weight for an antelope! But what's also incredible about them is that they can jump almost as agile is!

Is that how you can say that? They are very agile, almost the same as that of a kudu! And they can jump now the three-meter Finster's with the two-step run-up! And I have actually witnessed this!

So for such a big antelope, they're able to jump very high! Kudu and antelope are the high jumpers of the bush! And they're the ones that we actually have to be very careful of when there's national parks or private game reserves bordering on national roads or public roads!

Because when you drive, they're not—they can very often be koodoo and Eland on the road, and they get very confused by the lights coming from the cars! So that can very often jump towards the light because they don't really know what it is!

They're confused, and so you can have a lot of car accidents with these animals because—sorry! You're wondering if the horns are used for anything else except fighting!

Yes, Casada! These are very short stubby sharp horns, and I'll use them to defend themselves against any kind of predator! They're very adept at using those to stab at any potential enemy!

And so it can be a very good weapon for them! Very similar to that of Oryx or him speak very straight, but gemsbok being a lot longer and thinner, whereas the Eland are a lot thicker and sharper!

So we're pretty sure gonna be pretty soon! And we've just been trying to edge along! It's time to stay dry, but the wind is picking up, and we've seen a lot of lightning as well! It's starting very ominous, and I think we're gonna get wet very soon!

Over there's back in the sunlight, there's the old escarpment in the background! And so we've come quite a distance during this morning and in the early afternoon! And now, Wendy, you're wondering if clouds produce thunder?

Yes, Wendy, absolutely! Especially when you've got very dense clouds like this! Because remember, lightning is formed through friction within the particles of the clouds! So as there are more particles and more friction, and so you get lightning, and then that noise coming from lightning being that of thunder!

So these big clouds! We're hearing quite a bit of thunder and seeing the lightning! It's very spectacular as the animals I think braced themselves for the storm that's coming! And bracing himself, I think they just mentally get themselves ready for a little bit of a miserable time!

Whereas the way we brace ourselves is we're gonna have to batten down the hatches on the land driver and get the sides up! And if it gets too heavy, we'll even have to put the front down! But we'll try our best to avoid the worst of it!

These type B and the Gazala in the background, I don't really have any way to go, so they literally grin and bear it as rain starts to fall here in the Maasai Mara and the Greater Mara reserve! But it's beautiful, I must say, even though it is a very ominous storm coming!

I'm starting to get blown away here, but I wonder if Tyler's been able to stay out of the storm! But she still got those cheetah! And I think we need to send you back to her!"

"Look out! The cheetah walking right past the car! I say Archie there, like we own them! We don’t! They're free! They're wild! They're coming right past us! We've got ethics picky!"

"Sorry about that everybody, gremlins! Okay, what I'm gonna do now is we had a quick toast for you! I don't want to try to the wall of cars here! So we're gonna jump ahead now, and I'm gonna try and get you another view of them! But Ferg is a dodge the vehicles!

They're ever spray! Just because this could get interesting! You never use cheetah cats! They've got paws! They'll come on towards us! You're just shuffling in my chair! There's one coming towards us!

Yeah, and maybe they're just not sure what they're going to do! And that thunder—there's a big storm ahead of us! I don't know how that's going to affect the feed, of course!

Like I said, oh, do we—sorry about all the breakup that we're having! I'm not in a particularly good signal area at the moment! And unfortunately, can anybody confirm we have an action broadcast prepped, please?

Look how the posture of these cheetahs is starting to change! Let's go right! Yeah! We're not gonna do an action broadcast here, everybody! Unfortunately! I want you to share it with a lot of the whole world, but that's one you can just enjoy it then!

But please understand that throughout this entire section that we’re in, it's not very good signal, unfortunately! So there is going to be quite a bit of picture breaker, but just try and bear with us! As this could get very exciting with these cheetah!

Like I said, you can see how their postures just starting to change now from their relaxed behavior! Head lower than the shoulders!

Look! No! Don’t sit down like that! Come on! You guys are so close! Inch closer and closer, please! Maybe someone will incur, because they are inching their way closer and closer towards a herd of zebras!

So the ones behind them are not the zebra that they're going for! There's a long line of them! And those babies haven't seen these cheetah just yet! They have absolutely no idea! Archie, are you ready?

Archie’s never found the cheetah hand before! We're definitely gonna have her attempt! But I think you should keep your eye on that! Because at any second they can go!

I've had the most amazing sightings with these cheetah! We're literally at—you'’re watching them sit down like this! And the next minute one starts sprinting! Let's see! They're getting closer and closer!

They're about maybe 150 meters away from them, and that's not fast! That's perfect! Remember, these cats do need a bit of time, a bit of space to build up speed so that they can charge and catch something!

See, and one just keeps plunking himself down! Another one is gonna take a seat! That doesn't mean anything, though! I wonder if they're looking for a foal!

There's also lots of topi around, although a topi will give a cheetah a run for its money because they're quite quick! And not to say they won't go for them! Because Scott's had an amazing takedown with a cheetah!

He said you're apparently chanting and going, "Hunt, hunt, hunt, hunt, hunt!" I think everybody sitting in the sighting is shouting that! And of course, it is pretty spectacular what we're witnessing to see such a large coalition of cheetah! It's not very common!

So I'm going to be on the cheetah side this time around! They also need to eat, and also, cheetah are not doing so well! Obviously, we're discussing their populations left in the wild, which is quite sad that there's only a couple of thousand of them left these days!

However, there's plenty of zebra, wildebeest, topi, and all those other animals! So it is important I remain very wild dog! Even a hyena has got a bit of statistic at hunting successful hunts than these of cheetah or leopards or lions!

So come on, kitty cats! You can do it! Show us how it's done! Give Archie his first hunt on the last day of 2017! That couldn't go any better! It really couldn't! I haven't seen, again, I haven't seen any youngsters here! They are actually alive!

There's a bit to the left! You actually see the young one! And I wonder if that's what they're eyeing heart! Thank you, gang! Sydney! They're to the left! It’s just popped into the gap! You know, there's one zebra that's much smaller than the others!

Here we go! Over to the right! That's a topi! That's not the same species of animal! Love it to the right there! We go! There's a youngster! Maybe that's the one they're looking for!

They could go now! They're close enough now! They're about maybe a hundred meters away from them! And also hear the thunder rumbling! This will be a bit scary to get stuck out in a lightning storm!

I'm not going to be enjoying that, that's for sure! That is—you're going to be terrifying! Anything that's going to be a quick storm either! Hopefully it just keeps missing us! We seem to have missed the worst part of it so far!

Did I speak too soon? Should I have held my tongue? I never do that! There's no falter with me! Okay, good boys! Keep moving! Keep moving forward! Because the zebra are also starting to get away now!

There's a big gap between the two herds, and I don't know—no! No! I'm confused! The cheetah also do this, though! They stop and they look! They don't waste their time! They want to make sure that the animal they go after is going to be the best possible chance of catching something!

Otherwise, they end up just wasting their energy! The light is also quite cool now! It's very gloomy! Just listening to the wind! There's something bouncing at the back! They look like some Thompson’s gazelle!

Oh! I'm so sorry! Nicky whispered a question into my ear from Joe! I can hear what you're saying! I also got bad comes at the moment! And the lighting's getting a bit hectic!

It's very close! The lightning is actually right over the top of our head right now, and I don't particularly feel very safe! Now, Judy, are you wondering if the zebra would protect a foal just kind of like buffalo?

I'm so sorry! We're having a bit of technical difficulty with that amazing cheetahs, ID with Tayla! Hopefully, we'll be able to sort it out a little bit! But it seems as if you're getting some excellent views regardless!

We went to go investigate guinea fowl sounds, and then it turned into about ten different species of birds! And Ferg and I were circling around this tree, and it's not the type of alarm calling you would get for a leopard!

But there was definitely a predator of a sort! And we were thinking that it was a snake! And then also out the bottom of the bush pops a really beautiful African hawk eagle that it obviously killed something there!

And all the birds were mobbing him incessantly and chased him off! It was very cool! Unfortunately, it happened too quickly for us to get it on a camera! But that's alright! It was a fun experience nonetheless!

Hopefully, we'll be able to repeat it for you at one at some point! Now, we've continued on with our loop looking for a sauna! I haven't picked up tracks from where the guys were talking about he went into! But I have a general idea of where he is!

And so I think what we're gonna do is just keep looping around until he feels like popping his little head out! Which hopefully should be soon as the temperature has dropped nicely!

So we’re making another loop back towards the dam to go check another small little area! And then hopefully when we get to the dam, there'll be some activity with maybe the hippos or maybe some elephants! We'll just have to wait and see!

Ferg's busy being my spotter at the back here, checking everywhere! Scott's, I think from what I heard, is up near Biffle's Hook! So let's go back to him and see what Carmen update he has for us!"

"Well, sounds like some exciting stuff there with the Musketeers! I must say I am jealous! Pretty about the shaky signal, but at least they are moving, and maybe they'll move into better signal!

We've just arrived at the Buffalo waterhole, and there's a very moody afternoon unfolding here! I can hear lots of thunder rambling off in the distance! It is to the South of us!

And usually the bad weather comes from the north, so let's hope that it stays away and doesn't ruin our BBQ plans for this evening! And the resident hippopotamus just relaxing over here! And unfortunately, the team up in the Mara have decided to power down their vehicles because there's a lot of lightning in the area!

And with them to get fried the day before 2018 begins! Fair enough, we thankfully don't have to do anything of the sort just yet! But let's take a look to the south and show you kind of what's happening out there!

So that's West, and then now we're moving towards the southern kind of view, and that's where the big dark blue mic! Oh, was that a lightning bolt? I think it may have been! You know, just a little bit of a flash! I was looking away from the monitor; just caught it out the corner of my eye!

Wonderful! What I'm thinking of slowly starting to weave our way back to the area where we saw Tundi this morning! Nick, you just say I've just jinxed the bride!

Good! Well, if we do have a plan B there, money! There's a little area where a lot of the Juma staff almost have a dry run, and it's under a roof! So we do have access to their good spots!

Now, which route should circuits go up along the Buffalo cut line initially? There's one road on Chuma where we don't get signal, and that's the one down there, which is a pity because it's a beautiful road called Nyala road north!

So we won't go down there because then we'd have to say goodbye to you immediately! I must say this stormy weather is definitely bringing a nice cool temperature, so that's a plus!

Scarlet, you'd like to know what is the most popular meat to barbecue in South Africa? It's a tricky one, but I'll hazard a guess! And say it's Boerewors! Yes! Boerewors!

The reason being is this Boerewors, or farmer’s sausage, which is essentially beef sausage with a bunch of different spices in it, is very, very popular! And it's usually always incorporated in a selection of meats that will be bri’d! You saw them go to a bri?

There's only one meat on the grill if you do go to one like that! You haven't been to a proper bri! There should be at least three different types of meat! Chicken kebabs (or we call them sosaties here), some lamb chops, or filet steak!

And Boerewors, something, something! And always Boerewors! So I guess that's probably one of the most popular and common dishes that is grilled over the coals here!

But you know whatever floats your boat! Guys get quite creative! They do toasted kind of sandwiches called braai’broodjies! Just like bri’d breads, and you can get really creative with the kind of filling; cheese, tomato, onion—whatever you like!

And you grill those over the coals! Those are a good start! And the meats are endless! You can do just about anything on the bri! But your lamb chops, pork chops, spareribs, multiple types of different flavored Boerewors, filet steak, t-bone steaks! You know, it's just never-ending!

So it all comes down to the individual! And I think we're going to be doing some seafood kebabs tonight for some of the crew members who don't eat meats while domestic meat!

Yeah! So those are plans for this evening! If any of you guys have got anything exciting that you'd like to share with us for your plans, do let us know!

I'm wondering what Ralph and Tyler are gonna get up to because they've left the crew and I've got a sneaky suspicion Tyler's wanting to have a party in Talek!

You did have one a while back, a few of you who've been told about! So I'm guessing that's a plan! Other than that, I can't understand why she's decided to go across there with her off now!

I mean, of course, they could just have a party with, you know, Ralph, Tyler, Manu, and I think it's Archie on camera with—not even sure who the cameramen are at the moment—but the four of them could have a party at all of shakiest, the accommodation over at that side of the river!

But sadly! I fear you may not be able to ask them what they're going to get up to! Because there's only 12 minutes left of their shift! And I'm guessing they are running for cover!

So it's goodbye from them! On behalf of me, and happy New Year! And you'll just have to ask Tyler and Ralph tomorrow morning exactly what went down!

We thankfully I've got some reinforcements to our skeleton Christmas crew in the form of wildebeest, aka VM, which is his real name, and Louise! I'm so very happy to have them back a day early!

Really hoping to see him full! An old male leopard at some point in time! The first time I ever saw him, he was walking down this road towards us, and it kind of actually just came off this little termite mound! Happy memories!

Okey-dokey! Now what would be an epic, epic treat is that we could hopefully see this tiny little leopard cub of Tundi's before the New Year break! So that's I'm gonna head off and try and organize! You guys are gonna be heading off to Noelle!

I'm not too sure what's going on there! Everyone, Friggen! I have had to abandon our husana search because there is hectic lightning that's coming!

We can't stop driving! Because we have this aerial at the back that allows us to give signal off! So you hook and see yes, and it is like a giant conductor for a lightning storm! That's why the Mara had to power down because their lightning was too big!

We are trying to move away from the lightning! Hopefully, we’ll be able to give you some shots when we get out of this area, just of that lightning and thunder that's coming past! It's a little bit tricky at the moment!

I just want to get us over to Twin Dam side so that we can not be as close! Although this storm is now gathering speed! So worried with something like this! Other than the fact that you know, we have to be careful of the lightning just personally in our vehicle, either game drive vehicles, you don't have to worry as much because you don't have that aerial that's at the back!

But something that I worry about with lightning like this with no rain falling specifically right here! We saw rain falling to the south and the west!

Oh! Forgot one drop! Don't wish the rain on us quite yet! We have—we have an hour left, an hour and a bit! Is that if lightning strikes without the rain, it can start a bushfire! And we're not saturated with moisture at the moment here, so it's difficult!

Alright! We're gonna try maybe a little bit of a pan shot as we're driving here! It'll be a bit easier for everyone to kind of see what we're talking about! And we might just get lucky and get some lightning in that shot!

I'm also hoping that maybe now that we've had to abandon, we've had Hosana was maybe 10 Ghana pops up for us, or possibly we get something with Kuchava!

We are in a little bit of a bumpy road here! So please excuse any sort of vibrations that show through in the camera!

I can actually smell— you can smell the nitrogen in the air from the lightning! It's interesting with the nitrogen cycle that aids in plant growth! A lot of plants need nitrogen! They need nitrogen and phosphorus in particular! A lot of the atmospheric nitrogen that comes through and gets into the air and the ground in the soil via storms like this is very important!

Just as a sort of side note for everybody! It also works— the nitrogen source! It's good to keep an eye out for any last surprises! That was a huge one of lightning!

Guys, I'm sorry! I'm gonna have to drive very quickly away from where we are! I don't want to have to power down! And then it’s just gotta be! But yeah, we need to move! Sorry for that to be Ferrari so far away, and then we've got another vehicle that’s none of us know!

Alright, Nikki! I think if I can't get away quick enough, we might have to power down for a bit! I'm gonna leave Ferg! What do you think? Should we power down, Nikki?

I think we're gonna have to power down, guys! I'm so sorry! We're gonna have to power down! Unfortunately it's too close to us! I'm not gonna be able to get away quick enough! So let’s go to Scott!

And then we're gonna try and get farther away so that we can power back up and carry on with everybody! Sorry!

Well, seems like things are getting a bit hectic out there! Not only in the Mara but also here, the south of where we are! So, Last Man Standing! Let's hope we make it through this! If not, it's been real!"

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"The riverbed that we are going to go searching and it's just up ahead of us here! Oh, Juke Mason, you are gonna be having a turkey tomorrow, so you busy preparing the stuffing for that? Sounds good! Very nice! Thanks for letting us know!

Ah! Mario's having filet steak on the bri! Spareribs and of course, Boerwors! Mario clearly knows what he's doing when it comes to a bri! Those are three good choices, Mario! What kind of a bri do you have? That's the next question! Does it have an adjustable grill?

A bri with an adjustable grill, I just find the use of the coals more economic and your ability to get whatever heat you really want by the ability to lower them! It's quite a popular brand in South Africa, and I think it's an American, but I actually call the weber, which is kind of like a round bri with a lid!

Which are great if you're planning on using the lid and kind of like doing a roast smoky chicken in there! But a lot of the time, I found the weber is a bit limiting because the grill is in one place, which means you can only, you know; you only have a short window period when the coals there are temperature, which is—that's frustrating for me when I'm crying!

Thankfully tonight, I will not be bri’ing, there is a younger, better bri'er than me! I tested him at our last bri, and he passed with flying colors! His name's Conrad! He's one of the new tech wizards, and he knows what he's doing!

He's also a bit OCD, which helps! Because when bri'ing, especially in bulk, you know you gotta keep turning the meat all the time! It's a full-on job! And if you don't, you'll get one side that's a bit burnt!

But Conrad knows how to avoid that! Lauri, see, and curious—I'm sorry that I'm making hungry! I think I'm also making myself hunger! My mouth's watering! Oh shame! A lot of you guys in the States don't have the most opportune weather for bri’ing at the moment!

So I think most of your New Year's meals will be indoors! I don't think about that! So that's not fair! We've been torturing you with the thought of deliciously smoky flavored bri meat! Sorry!

Okay, everyone needs to focus and concentrate because you are getting into the area where the major bolts of lightning are! But we muster! Sadly no! There’s a little spot that I tripped into earlier, which I think is going to be a decent spot for us to sit in wait!

I made you like some of the tourists that come out on safaris can kind of cook food off in the bush and use the wood from out in the bush! Generally, when tourists come out you're on holiday, they don't do anything and lift a finger! So they yes will be fed bri meat! But they're not going to be doing it themselves!

And where any given lodge decides to get their wood is kind of their matter of affairs! Some people will bring wood, and other people will use the wood that's lying out in the field! It all just depends!

But barbecues are very, very common when you come after lodges! A lot of the lodges will also put on quite a big spread of wild venison! So game meat animals that have been hunted essentially from the wild and then prepared and cooked, so what all depends on your camper!

The one camp rise to it was quite a fancy camp, very expensive, and there, I mean bush breakfasts, they'd be like ostrich egg omelets! And the bush prize would have just about everything cooked over the coals!

Crayfish, crocodile could do did—the long list of things! Even sometimes have to steam prawns and a bamboo steamer for sundowner snacks! A little bit over the top in my opinion, especially when you could be watching a lion wake up!

We were forced by the general manager to go and steam prawns, which I guess was a big reason why are these belong very good! Maria! You do have an adjustable grill, and on another level, you’ve agreed that Weber's are not so good unless you're roasting a chicken!

As well as the fact that you don't like charcoal or briquettes, which is a little bit of a shortcut! Yes, in a city, that I can understand! The three don't really have access to really good hardwood!

So I guess if there's a will, there's a way! You can always find some good hardwoods if need be! So basically, just to keep you guys in the loop of what happened this morning or refill you in some way, oft our arch is where we got a little glimpse of Tandi this female leopard and her cub!

It's incredibly, incredibly thick! And if they're lying behind a bush in one of the many little gullies that are in this area, we would never see them! But our only chances are if we kind of snoop around a little bit and catch a tail flicking or an ear twitching, which may give away their current position!

And then we can try and work out how to snipe a view! But it's going to be tricky! So I'm confident that there's nothing here! Did I just feel a raindrop? No! Hello, Joe! You would like to know if the Cape buffalo's meat here in South Africa tastes anything like an American bison? And I don't have a clue! I've actually eaten neither of the two!

So I can't help you there! Sadly, with a lot of the wild needs to be! Are getting a few raindrops here! This is a not a good sign! Well, that doesn't look like as much rain around us!"

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