Andre Pretorius
03-17-2015, 03:54 PM
Charlie-Ash from the Rooiputs pride has been away for a couple of days. We followed him as he left, he was a man on a mission! We lost him after a few kilometres walking south
as he disappeared over a dune. He was spotted the following morning about 10km south, in the company of two pretty females....
Meantime, the Rooiputs lion pride was with us daily - they killed an Eland every night just down the road at the waterhole, then spent the day lazing around
or making a circus in our campsite. The youngsters were big enough to be dangerous, but oh - so - curious: "...are those solar panels, that orange gas pipe - what does is taste like?"
They were quite a handful, but very entertaining at times...
One day around mid-morning, dad Charlie decides to come home. We spotted him before the youngsters did and drove to where they were lying, then waited with anticipation.
Tough guys don't show emotion... Charlie stops at some distance seemingly indifferent as the cubs sprint towards him, he is rather irritated by their attentions but they don't care, they just love him, they so missed him!
One teenager is late to greet him and I have no idea where he had been all this time. As you can see in the last image, he only has eyes for dad as he rushes towards him - his siblings see his running as a game.
Images captured in 2012, the year of the Eland.
as he disappeared over a dune. He was spotted the following morning about 10km south, in the company of two pretty females....
Meantime, the Rooiputs lion pride was with us daily - they killed an Eland every night just down the road at the waterhole, then spent the day lazing around
or making a circus in our campsite. The youngsters were big enough to be dangerous, but oh - so - curious: "...are those solar panels, that orange gas pipe - what does is taste like?"
They were quite a handful, but very entertaining at times...
One day around mid-morning, dad Charlie decides to come home. We spotted him before the youngsters did and drove to where they were lying, then waited with anticipation.
Tough guys don't show emotion... Charlie stops at some distance seemingly indifferent as the cubs sprint towards him, he is rather irritated by their attentions but they don't care, they just love him, they so missed him!
One teenager is late to greet him and I have no idea where he had been all this time. As you can see in the last image, he only has eyes for dad as he rushes towards him - his siblings see his running as a game.
Images captured in 2012, the year of the Eland.