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Wed, 01/02/2012 - 4:11pm

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NKORHO FLOOD VIDEO CLICK HERE

sabi sands flood click here

Kruger’s wildlife dodged the flood

440 mm in some area- 17 inches of rain

camps and roads effected in kruger

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he last time we had a flood of this magnitude was in 2000 and it is a good thing as the Rivers will be cleared of the silt and life in the bush as we know it will have a beautiful fresh start.

Positive effects of the flood were that previously dry areas were hydrated, while sediments and invasive plants were washed away.

Aquatic species were also afforded the opportunity to recolonise by the unusual conditions.

"Nature has replenished itself.

WHILE the floods of the last few days at the Kruger National Park caught campers by surprise, the animals had already migrated to higher grounds.

Rangers at the wildlife park believed the animals had sensed the disaster days before it happened and moved to higher areas.

2 examples of animals during floods--

“We flew over the park – the animals were situated around the higher areas of the park. We saw no carcasses floating on the water during the flight,” David Mabunda, CEO of SANParks, jan 20-2012

Plenty of studies have shown that some animals can sense major changes in the weather. Worms, for instance, are known to flee rising groundwater.

In areas that experience flooding, snakes will move to higher ground during a flood.

Birds are known to be sensitive to air pressure changes, and often hunker down before a big storm.

Floods are among the most frequent and costly natural disasters according to ... Regardless of how a flood occurs, the rule for being safe is simple: head for higher ground

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Wed, 18/01/2012 - 5:23pm

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jan 18

kruger park flooding click here

240 mm is 9.5 inches

Karin van der Merwe
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What a day up to now! Had over 240 mm of rains since yesterday... had quite a storm last night, trees fallen over ,roads are washed away, I could not even get to Grave yard Pan or Kudu Corner to take photos. At this moment we are flying out our guests with a helicopter... thank heavens for Hover Dynamics!! When everything is sorted this side and I have a moment I will share some photos. Myself and Cedric were supposed to go on leave tomorrow, but for the first few days of our leave we will book in at Nkorho Bush Lodge... hope the rest of the staff are prepared for 2 very tired, very demanding guests...lol!

All our guests evacuated by helicopter savely. Still having hard rains coming down every now and again but up to now, no crisis! Went down to our drive way at the corner of our open area...our drive way looks like a river!! Will post some photos later on. We are so thankful for coming out of this situation the way we did...thinking of people at other lodges which are having it much worse than we do! To any of the lodges around us, please shout if there is anything we can do, if you need help!! And I also want to thank all my wonderfull staff for all their hard work today... could not have done it without you!!

jan 17 100 mm or 4 inches karin said

JAN 18 - NK PAN

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Mon, 16/01/2012 - 6:27pm

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Ciconia ciconia (White stork) TEMBE ..

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Mon, 16/01/2012 - 6:26pm

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Marabou Stork ~ Leptoptilos crumeniferus

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THIS BIRD HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST WING SPANS - OF ALL BIRDS IN THE WORLD

With wings that reach up to ten feet, marabou storks are easily considered as one of the biggest flying birds in the world.

wingspan of at least 3.2 m (10.5 ft).

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Mon, 02/01/2012 - 9:58am

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Falco amurensis

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Wed, 28/12/2011 - 2:36pm

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story from -LAST NIGHT -(MORNING) NOV-12 2008

kru-kab bowser b.c. wrote:

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RAIN FOREST GREETINGS

IM SURPRISED NO ONE HAS ASKED A RANGER

THE 5 W,S ON THE LION -WILDEBEEST KILL

LAST NIGHT -(MORNING) NOV-12 2008

SO CAN YOU TELL US

WILIDEBEEST - WHERE SHE CAME FROM - No idea there alot of wildebeest moving though the area at the moment not only the resident ones.

WAS SHE GIVING BIRTH AT TIME OF KILL - judging by the position which her legs were in when we found her and the lioness found it easy to removed the calf by pulling on it and legs were already exposed.

APROX AGE OF THE COW ? 5 to 7 years

YOUNG - OLD ? Young

PRIDE THE FEMALE LION IS FROM - we only saw her in the morning because of being wet and full of mud it made it difficult to find any identifying features to be able to say which pride she is from....

APROX AGE IF KNOWN - adult female between 6 and 8 years

WHAT ALL WAS EATEN - the back sections of the rump and also the calf at the first sitting and some of the lungs during the second return

WHAT SCAVENGERS HAVE COME TO KILL SO FAR - Jackals, Hyenas, white headed vulture, hooded vulture, walbergs. Dung beetles taking advantage of the contents of her bowels.

WHAT LODGES DID OTHER JEEPS COME FROM - Chitwa, Djuma, Nkorho, Simbambili

WHICH RANGER DISCOVERED THE KILL - Ronnie and frankie

IS THIER ANY CHANCE IF THE SKULL IS NOT PACKED OFF BY SCAVENGERS -IF IT COULD BE PLACED NEXT TO OLD FAITHFULL

( BUFFALO SKULL ) IF NOT WE UNDERSTAND

PRACTICE IS TO LEAVE KILLS WHERE THEY HAPPEN- we will have to wait and see if the skull is not taken away

AND ANY OTHER INTERESTING INFO YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THE KILL

THANK YOU FROM ALL MEMBERS

BARRY

Hope this answers your questions Barry

bush greetings

Julia

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Wed, 28/12/2011 - 2:38pm

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from the africam book - 2008

one hyena came to kill-then to pan nov-12 2008

Spotted hyaena ~ Crocuta crocuta ~

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NOV- 14

good morning alll a quick update the kill that has been here the past few days has gone one of the rangers went to have a look but they were not able to find anything there are alot of tracks of both lions and leopards but thats about it

7.00 a.m. c.a.t

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jeep - 8.24 C.A.T JEEP RETURNS OR A NEW

GROUP THEY STAYED 30 SECONDS AND LEFT

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when Greg came on the kill he said it was a female wildie who was giving birth.

so lioness did not have a problem catching her lion actually eating calf at the moment

wildie just not one of the NK group and an update on the lions greg found the tracks coming in from the west of the lodge now we not sure if she is one of the Nkuhumas or not we will have to wait and see she is still there just lying in the blind spot

zoomi said that she had seen the resident wildie herd this morning and that there were still 21.

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Sat, 07/01/2012 - 11:42am

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video,s of lion kill by WARREN BUTLER

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# 2 click here

# 3 click here

# 4 click here

# 5 click here

# 6 click here

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# 9 click here

dec 22--- lions at nk pan on buffalo kill

12 lions

styx pride with one of Majingis

DEC 27-

OLDFAITHFULL AND - FAITH is set up by 2 nk- staff

that put skull in pick-up truck and delivered -

educational -to show difference between bull and cow skull

Cows lack the boss but can have a very wide spread; in fact, the world record buffalo on file in the Roland Ward record book is a cow with a spread of some 62 inches.

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Sat, 24/12/2011 - 3:12pm

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A F R I C A M B O O K

more animals that have used the water outlet for fresh water

cape buffalo - but in this case a water buffalo? lol

chama baboon

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Mon, 26/12/2011 - 8:24am

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NKORHO PAN - has a square cement hole where the water

out let from the pipe that runs from the borehole

about 200 ft from the finger end of the pan

here are a few animals that have had a drink from it

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