The Boma chit- chat forum Friday 6 November 2009

Good morning for those who are still here and welcome at the Boma.

Have a  good  Friday all,

with happy camming and  a good time at the Boma.

Time for me to go zzzzzzzzz So bye bye

Thanks Hanneke. Buffs made a short visit to NK, and are still hanging out by the brushline

Thanks for the new day Hanneke :-)  Happy Dreams

I saw the Buffs come up to the WH a couple of times. not sure if same ....  seems like they wen toward lodge then came back ( cams kept freezing ) maybe Lions out there ??

critter at EP ..bokkie ??

Hi again...back, but only for a short while

Hi all! I can't believe it - less than 10 minutes after I left last night is when all the action started! Donna, you did ask for leopards when you signed on!

EDIT: I didn't see T-man's correction tweep until after I wrote this!

Oh my! I signed on just in time tonite! They're back!!

cheetah's at nk

Lions ???   NK

Think they're cheetahs Sue

where/when/what direction  did the buffs go ? I missed them leaving

Hello all. I tweeped lions because of the numbers, but the shape of the one DOES look like cheetah. Woo-hoo!

yes,  had the high shoulders and little head and long legs like cheetahs..I thought anyway

Hi all.  Thanks for the tweets I didn't miss them Hope they stay in the area for a few days and come back in the morning.

Hope Morris or someone got a video so we can see them again to try to identify them...I still think cheetahs

I just assumed it was the Styx pride again. I didn't know that cheetahs ran in "packs".

I thought Cheetahs were more solitary ?  Also less likely to be about at night. could have been a skinny Lioness ??

Could have been a mother with big cubs

It would be very rare to see that many cheetahs. However, nothing is impossible. Rangers will have to check tracks since they didn't want to come to the cam, lol.

This is what Wikipedia has to say:

Unlike males, females are solitary and tend to avoid each other, though some mother/daughter pairs have been known to be formed for small periods of time. The cheetah has a unique, well-structured social order. Females live alone except when they are raising cubs and they raise their cubs on their own. The first eighteen months of a cub's life are important; cubs learn many lessons because survival depends on knowing how to hunt wild prey species and avoid other predators. At eighteen months, the mother leaves the cubs, who then form a sibling, or "sib" group, that will stay together for another six months. At about two years, the female siblings leave the group, and the young males remain together for life.

The Styx are definitely in the area and they did look skinny to me this morning. Wake up Greg!

I thought they seemed a little apprehensive too..I thought lions would have just barged right in and drank..these seemed to hesitate a bit

Did anyone see which direction they came ?  my cam was stopped and when I refreshed there they were LOL.  Buffs were there for a long while over at the bush line ..not sure when they snuck away

WD, they came from the right

guess they went back out to find something else to eat and I need to do the same.  I hope someone got some good pics or video.  My impression was lions but more on the nunber not by ability to see them that well to know for sure.  Good camming all.  bbl.

Thanks Janice ..Hi btw  ( I forgot to say hello I was so excited )

I have to go out now...hope whatever cats they were will come back for another viewing.  Happy camming

Edit:  Hi WD...and bye

WD, the buffs were gone when I logged in.