Cheetah cubs learning..

Sunday, 06 January 2013 05:49 Written by

Reporting Date: 5/1/2013 alt

Alex with his two guests left the camp with a mission to explore the sand river. The main target was the sand river lion pride found on the rock kopjes near the gate. On arriving at the territory the search didnt last long before his spotter saw some movement at a distance and informed Alex. Driving there was really worth it as they found a cheetah and four small cubs at least a month old. The cubs were learning walking and at the same time discovering the new niche.

Alex explained to the guests that being lion territory it posed them a lot of risk and the mother could be aware and thats why they were on the move to a safer territory. The guests were really impressed and even after finding the big pride of lion the peak of the day remained the cheetah sighting.

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Animals sighted	Scouts	Charles	Japeth	Daniel	Peter	Alex	Total
Aardvark
Aardwolf
African Civet
African Elephant		23		10		30
African Wild cat
Banded mongoose	40			15
Bat-eared Fox	8	3				1
Black Rhinoceros
Blue Wilderbeest	150	40		50		30
Bohor Reedbuck				3
Burchell’s Zebra	240	25		80		40
Bushbuck	20	6		2
Cape Buffalo	14	45		120		300
Cape Clawless Otter
Caracal
Cheetah		2		2		5
Coke’s Hartebeest	12	13		25		10
Common Genet
Common/Golden Jackal
Defassa Waterbuck		9		2		1
Dwarf Mongoose	40
Eland	5	200		20		150
Grant’s Gazelle	4	14				6
Hippopotamus		35		1		40
Honey Bager/Ratel
Impala	270	120		50		300
Kirk’s Dik Dik	20	4		4		2
Klipspringer
Large-spotted Genet
Leopard						3
Lesser Bushbaby
Lesser Kudu
Lion	1			14		20
Maasai Giraffe	15	16		12		20
Olive Baboon	100	27		50		10
Oribi
Pangolin
Patas Monkey
Porcupine
Rock Hyrax/Dassie
Serval
Side-striped Jackal
Silver-backed Jackal	5	4				4
Slender Mongoose
Small-spotted Genet
Spotted Hyena	15	1				1
Squirrel
Steenbok
Striped Hyena
Striped Pole Cat/Zorilla
Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Thompson’s Gazelle	30	40		80		60
Topi	36	30		150		30
Vervet Monkey
Warthog	29	22		18		12
Water Mongoose
White-tailed Mongoose
Wild Dog