Day 6 of My African Adventure: Crocodile Eats Zebra After Kill

Day 6 of My African Adventure

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Today’s adventure was thrilling. Even our guide had not seen a four-day old hippopotamus before. The mother cow and her calf were some distance from the hippopotamus’s den. If you want to see the baby, look closely around her ear.

Our armed guide and I walked upriver. Craig stayed behind because the wheelchair could not handle the terrain. With camera in hand, I was fortunate to videotape a crocodile after it had killed a zebra in the river. The rapid current took the upended zebra and crocodile downstream. They were headed straight towards the hippo cow and her calf. Once the crocodile and the kill were in sight, the other hippos made a mad rush from the den surrounding the mother and baby to protect them.

We began to see how everyone in the food chain was getting involved. Not only was the crocodile trying to get its fair share of the zebra, the piranhas got into the action. No harm came to any of the hippos.
Riding back to our lodge, we saw a frequent site. An oxpecker, a bird, catching a ride on the back of a zebra. They share a symbiotic relationship.

The oxpecker eats ticks and bugs on the zebra, getting a free dinner while helping the zebra stay healthy.

Many of the sunsets were filled with vibrant colors with a lone Acacia lining the horizon. When the sun went down the temperature went with it.

You are invited to journey with me as I highlight key aspects of this adventure. You will meet the Samburu and Maasai tribes as well as the local people. You will get up close and personal with the animal kingdom. Together may we re-discover what is most important to each of us. In this way when things go back to a so called normal after the pandemic, we can bring these uplifting changes with us.
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