Wild Earth TV

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dead tree, after dying many little creatures find a home in it for many hundreds of years


Pieter finding us a snake skin in this beautiful tree

Have a good day

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Afternoon drive 07.11.2014

This tree was treated by an Elephant:


Impalaherd:


2 Impala rowdies in training for the future, when everything will conentrate on females …


Pieter accompanied today by Alex:


Beautiful Nyala bull:

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Elephant family …


… with newly born calf:

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Afrikanischer Wilddog, a most endangered species, a species hardly to see. But here are 4 adults and 6 youngsters to see. The adults brought some prey and the youngsters are ‘fighting’ for it

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Huge Buffalo herd (more than 300 animals)




They want to cross the airfield, by that of course they can be in the eyes of predators, but, as Hayden says, Buffalos are not that easy to handle…




Duiker


What a great afternoon with so many sightings! Good night Africa!

[Rionn]

7 november 2014 PM drive with Pieter and Hayden



Pieter saw never before such a tiny little elephant. It was between 24 and 48 hours old as he said.

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Side striped jackal



and then he found a pack of wild dogs




It was getting darker as a big herd of buffaloes (over 300) crossed the airstrip near Arathusa

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Afternoon Safari 08.11.2014 Pieter and Hayden in one car!



… the first safari drive which they are performing together on this more or less ways straight as a pole



Buffalo Bulls :




Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)

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Wild dog



… digging a hole obviously in a den :




Pieter thinks that je is not digging for prey. But for a home



Six puppies with this time 3 adult dog

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A tragedy is taking place at a waterhole. Two Wild dogs chased a pregnant Nyala cow into the water, one dog on one side of the water, the other one the other side and they won’t let her come out. She has no chance and that is one thing I don’t have to see, the way she has do die! Sorry, I know that is nature, but ….

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PM drive 8 november 2014
Pieter and Hayden started together in one vehicle, because the Jigga had some fuel pump issues. It should become a very dramatic drive. They were very enthousiast to find wilddogs again but as they drove at Buffelshoek Dam things were turning dramatic. A pregnant impala was swimming around because two wilddogs were waiting for her. The dogs don't like to go into the water so as she was too tired to keep on swimming she was more or less safe to stand in the water to have some rest. The dogs are very intelligent, so the leading female went back to get some other dogs to help. One of them was not too scared of the water and so they got her finally. I have pictures, but as they could be too graphic for some people I will only post some of the period before they caught her. Both Pieter and Hayden were very emotional and I must say they did a great job. It was a hard thing to watch but what a drive! The pictures are without any further comment.

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Afternoon drive 09.11.2014

With Hayden

As a start on this very hot day (about 40C) in S-Africa,- two solitary buffalos on the way




Waterbucks


Nyala


Placewhere the Antilppe was pulled from the Wilddogs yesterday,- hardly any rests, most likely the Hyenas have cleared everything

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Kudu

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Buffaloes at the water hole

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Rain clouds above S-Africa


Beautiful hidden sun:


Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill




Warthog:

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Giraffe




And another one on the other side of the road:

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She is watching something (and Hayden is looking for a leopard…):




Impalas


Good night Africa!!

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It is about time to introduce the wonderful guides, Hayden and Pieter, please follow the links

Hayden Turner Bio

Pieter Pretorius Bio

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Afternoon Safari 10.11.2014

Baby Impala


Leopard Turtle


Buffalo


Impala






Now ist the time, that Impalas get their offspring and so the Wilddogs are lucky,- this morning they must have caught another Impala on the drive. But of course, also their 6 youngsters need food,- nature pure!

Ans now the safari drive is over, because a thunder storm came up and so to drive around with all the technique is not advisable