Our head ranger told us that to hold the endangered dung beetle was equivalent to holding a panda bear. Just not quite as cuddly....
Spent the morning out doing predator monitoring this morning. Great sighting of 2 brother cheetahs enjoying the remains of their latest kill:
One missed post from last week to catch up on too. A year ago, a caracal was shot on a farm adjacent to Shamwari. Her three 1-week old cubs were recovered by Shamwari, and have been raised in the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center here for the past year. Last week it was time to release them into the wild. While caracals are carnivores, they're pretty friendly around people. Melanie's motherly instincts kicked in, and she jumped right in to help load them into the truck:
We drove them an hour and a half to the northern fringe of the reserve, where we released them back into the wild:
Hi Melanie and Elan!!! I am finally catching up with your travels and can not believe my eyes! Wow you guys, what an amazing adventure. Thanks for sharing. I can't wait to share with the kids tomorrow. Love you guys! xoChristie
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What an adventure......or should I say adventureS, you guys are having! Saw Jake this weekend, he's doing great! Go sox! Enjoy! Amy
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