Daily Rangers report                                                                Friday September 3, 2010

This morning, a black rhino and a 2 month old calf are browsing by the river just after sunrise. They walk hand in hand first then the mother leads as the calf follows closely behind. The mother walks and stops occasionally, listening and smelling the air. In their haste to take a glimpse of this rare beast, a few vehicles arrive with tourists on board. The excited tourists could not hold their excitement shouting Rhino! Rhino! The mother rhino alert and ready to gore any intruder moves around trying to get a glimpse. Not able to see beyond 30M, she turns towards the source of the sounds snorts vigorously. She charges at the car, but gives up. She dashes to the dry river bed and crosses to the other side. In the usual prey stalking style, a huge lion appear from behind and rushes to grab the calf and the mother turns quickly to defend the calf. The lion jumps in haste, running away from the sharp horns of the rhino. It is difficult to say who was lucky! The lion or the calf?