Elephant Plains is our only problem left, although we are still some way off to getting it back - no ETA yet
Home » Forums » WILDLIFE AND BIRDING » All things wildlife
7 replies [Last post]
Tue, 16/06/2009 - 6:33am
the snowbear
the snowbear's picture
User offline. Last seen 2 years 19 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: Dec 15 2007

Hi to all you africammers  i have followed this site for years but never really got into the message side of things, however i have a question that i hope someone out there may be able to answer

why is it that we see vast herds of wilderbeast, antelopes, birds and other prey but only rarely catch a glimpse of any predators??  i always believed the big cats etc followed any large herd to guarentee a meal but they are so few and far between. yes i have seen hyenas on ir cam at night but only once have i seen lions  is this because it is not a territory of a predator or is it just that they can pick off the prey much easier somewhere else?   i hope the experts amongst you out there can solve this for me

thanks for any info you can provide

vicky  (uk)

__________________

beware the snowbear

Top
Fri, 19/06/2009 - 4:46am
#1
Penny2
Penny2's picture
User is online Online
africlubmodsquad
Joined: Jul 22 2008

Hi Snowbear.  They do visit - yesterday we had a leopard in the afternoon at EP, another at Nkorho in the early evening and, later in the evening, a pride of 8 lions came to drink at Nkorho!

Top
Fri, 19/06/2009 - 4:41am
#2
the snowbear
the snowbear's picture
User offline. Last seen 2 years 19 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: Dec 15 2007

its not so much seeing a live kill its just seeing the lions and leopards/hyenas having a drink or a sleep i know they r generally nocturnal but even at 2am they just never seem to appear was wondering if they even had territory around there but obviously so well keep watching xx  v

__________________

beware the snowbear

Top
Wed, 17/06/2009 - 2:59pm
#3
Monkey Eyes
User offline. Last seen 1 year 30 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: Jun 14 2009

Has anybody  ever seen a live kill at any water hole? The only thing I have was a lion after a hyena and it was close one but missed LOL. Thanks anybody

The Monkey's are watching.

Top
Wed, 17/06/2009 - 2:08pm
#4
the snowbear
the snowbear's picture
User offline. Last seen 2 years 19 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: Dec 15 2007

Hi barry

thanks for the links and the fantastic photo's spectacular. since being confined to a wheelchair i have been photographing wildlife on a small scale....have you any tips as your pics are amazing

vicky

__________________

beware the snowbear

Top
Wed, 17/06/2009 - 1:56pm
#5
the snowbear
the snowbear's picture
User offline. Last seen 2 years 19 weeks ago. Offline
Joined: Dec 15 2007

hi donna

thanks for replying to my question....so there are camera shy cats well that makes sense, as long as the ecosystem and biodiversity of species exists to manage species then long live africam and clever people like you who know what others need to find out

thank you

vicky

__________________

beware the snowbear

Top
Tue, 16/06/2009 - 10:51am
#6
donnabac
donnabac's picture
User offline. Last seen 6 hours 35 min ago. Offline
africlubmodsquad
Joined: Dec 23 2007

Hi Snowbear. Welcome to the Boma. I think what we see here is the way it is. There are many more "general game" critters than predators. Our little window to their world is very limited so the odds are against seeing them there. There are frequent kills in the area that the Rangers report. They just aren't in front of the camera. Hope this helps.

Top
Tue, 16/06/2009 - 9:28am
#7
krukab
krukab's picture
User offline. Last seen 2 hours 20 min ago. Offline
africlub
Joined: Feb 18 2006

HELLO-    i would try putting your question in the watering hole section

look fo rthe question section to the nkoprho

or elephant plains rangers we do see the big cats

you just have to be lucky when the cams are on

check out this site i have and you will see the cats

and other wildlife  birds ect we have seen on cam

(barry)

click here

__________________

SOUTH AFRICA -AMAZING COUNTRY
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/africasouthafrica
AFRICAM BOOK
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/africambook3
TEMBE PARK INFO
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/tembeelephantparkinfo
TEMBE ELEPHANTS
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/temb_park_elephants
ALL THINGS WILD LIFE
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/forum/29
ALL THINGS BIRDS
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/forums/wildlife_and_birding/all_things_birds

Top

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.
Syndicate content