I got to the den and set up just in time for the adults to arrive. They must have left to go hunting in the dark this morning and were successful. The 2 females arrived at the den whining to call the pups. Like ants they erupted from the den to receive warm fresh meat regurgitated by the adults. And meat they got. Lots of it. Those tummies were bulging and yet they still wanted more. The alpha female came back to check they’d eaten all their breakfast and one of the pups tried to suckle from her, but she’s already drying up and the pups are already enjoying a meat only diet. And for the rest of their lives it will be fresh meat. Very seldom will they scavenge from a carcass they didn’t kill. Especially if not fresh. It was great to have the pups running around for about 15minutes fighting/playing with each other before they retired for the rest of the day. With such full tummies they needed to sleep them off. With them up to nothing I slept off part of my day in the hide. That eternal waiting game. A comfortable double bed would make it a lot easier. But then I’d be in such a deep sleep I wouldn’t wake up to anything. And so that being the very reason I’m always uncomfortable when trying to sleep in the field. Maybe I should just get an assistant to keep an eye on things for me while I sleep in comfort?? I’m not able to get photographs of the pups at the moment because the noise of the camera will have them running for cover. For now these images are from a couple of years ago. But soon I hope to get new images. adventure, africa, african, animal, animal kingdom, blog, blogumentary, conservation, documentary, dog, ecotraining, education, endangered species, experience, flickr, GLTP, gonarezhou, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, hunting, kill, malilangwe, mashable, narrowcasting, Open Content Alliance, pamushana, peace parks, photo, photos, podcasting, predators, teach, video, wild dogs, wildcast, wildcasting, wilderness, wildlife, wildlife documentary, youtube, zimbabwe
