watering hole chat site saturday sept 20 2008

    A F R I C A M -  TRIVIA

Lions
Lion identification is relatively easy – they often have easily recognizable scars on their bodies or faces, but one must remember that these scars often heal in a short period of time and can thus be misleading. The most reliable way to ID individual lions is to look at their whisker patterns. Where each whisker comes out through the facial hair, a little black spot is formed. Thus, each lion has a number of black spots on each side of its muzzle that is arranged in a particular fashion or pattern. This so-called whisker pattern is unique for each and every lion and can be used to identify individuals. The only drawback is that one has to obtain a close shot (photograph) of the face to confirm the pattern.

Sure looked like a kittie to me, Uni, though I can't really tell what.  I would vote 51% for leopard.

Hi...back briefly...thanks for the vid Uni.  It sure is hard to tell...sure looks like a kitty when it leaves but I'm not sure when it arrives.  Would like to think its a kitty...lol

               thank you for the use of the lion photo

                                  PENNY-2 

I'm going again..bye

Hello Everyone. Both cams down. BBL.

Hi!  I've got feed on both cams....

Hi Ladys Mom, got the cams here too

Hi, Howwa!  Howzit?

Hello! WOW - dd is much better - she's been sitting up for about 8 hours. And, now she wants to watch a movie - yeah!!! So I'll stop by later. In the meantime,

VERY windy....wish it would blow in some critters.....another leopard would be nice!    It's Friday....so my day was GREAT, thanks!

Sue - that's GREAT news....enjoy your movie!

   as maxwell smart  would say  - "Missed it by that much."

  just saw the tail end but looked like cheetah  the way the tail hung low

Hi all... Am I the only one who saw a lioness walk by the cam (NK) a couple minutes ago? Wonder if she's alone?

i just  saw the back end  i thought it was a cheetah  but if you seen the whole animal then it was lion

(thanks)  i was just comming in house when i saw  it

Trust me Barry, I could be wrong. But it looked like a lioness to me. Hope someone got pics to verify. I wanna see the rest of her pride now.

Jumped from the couch and could snap some pics She walked like her daily routine and even stopped for a while Was waiting for other family members but till now no one in view.

Definitely a lioness....pix posted.

Hi everyone! Haven't been well lately and was laying down but did get up in time to see the kitty. Looked like a lioness to me. Very short appearance. Did hear some alarm calls prior to her appearance. Hope I didn't miss more earlier when I was laying down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx7k7iFtizk

this is all i saw    tail made me think cheetah

but i was wrong  i guess

And I was on a phone call, missed it all...

WOW!!! Thanks for the pics, verification & video. YAAAAAY!  Bring on the rest of her pride.

Kitty is back!!

YES she is!!!  I thought she was gonna lay down for a minute. lolol

Now it was me for just the "back-end"

     hmmm

looks a lot like  eagle.s perch in nkorho

Aquila, sorry you are not feeling well. Get better soon!! Did you notice on the second trip how her tail drug the ground just as she went out of sight?? Maybe she did lie down??

Hello, This is Tincan, I have been away fighting cancer. I had surgery in August and I am now undergoing Chemo-Therapy and Radiation. I am in the battle of my life with this rare but aggressive cancer.