So today was pretty epic as far as wildlife viewing. It started off with a leopard!!!! Leopards are really rare and very hard to see because they are usually active at night and in bushy areas near water. This one was out at 8 am, about 50 feet in the air in a tree. It was sitting on branches way out on the edge and looked very precarious, but clearly the leopard knew what he was doing. He shifted positions a few times, and Nicole caught this awesome photo of him jumping between branches.
Later that day I also saw a cheetah eating a warthog and then saw a lion. So all 3 big cats in one day.
I also saw "the big 5" all in one day: lion, leopard, buffalo, rhino, elephant
These are called the big 5 because back in the days of colonial trophy hunting in Africa, these were the hardest to hunt, so they were prized by sport hunters.
In research news, only 3 days left in my project! I finish up on Thursday and then just have to tie up lose ends before driving to Mpala next Monday. Then Tuesday I am headed to Nairobi and on a plane home on Wednesday the 24th!
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