Monday, December 7, 2009

Lion in Murchison Falls National Park Uganda

lion in murchison falls national park uganda 2009

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  1. philDec 9, 2009, 2:22:00 AM

    Probably our last safari, at least for the foreseeable future, but it was a good one! The evening before we had gone on a game drive looking for lions but it got dark (and stormy) before we were successful. We knew where they were - we could tell by the behavior of the other animals - but we couldn't spot them.

    This trip, like our trip to Murchison last May, we camped on the Nile delta within the park. A big advantage of camping is being able to wake up among the animals and get going at or before sunrise. The other options mean waiting for a 7am ferry across the Nile then driving 45+ minutes to the prime sites.

    So we were up and at 'em at 6:30 and headed straight for the place we thought the lions were the night before.

    Sure enough.

    We spent over an hour by ourselves with a mother, her tiny cub and another adult female. And in that time we got to see the entire sequence of a day in the life: get up, play, relax, stalk a herd of Kob, chase and kill one, bring it back to the shade and eat it.

    Too awesome.

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  2. AnonymousDec 9, 2009, 4:38:00 PM

    Wow is all I have to say about that!

    We're going to miss you guys so much!!!

    Linds

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  3. smurrayDec 10, 2009, 2:48:00 AM

    you got to see lions kill something?! shit. i haven't even seen my cat kill anything.

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  4. pixDec 10, 2009, 11:09:00 PM

    Amazing shot! great

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  5. AnonymousApr 10, 2010, 8:24:00 AM

    the shot is really good. i wonder how you got close to it to that extent. me vennom

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