{"id":4601,"date":"2020-11-13T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=4601"},"modified":"2020-12-06T07:18:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T05:18:35","slug":"hyenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=4601","title":{"rendered":"Hyenas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We saw a lot of hyenas on this trip. This one was eyeballing the tourists on the low water bridge at Balule.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4612\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201112-180355-100-W-IMG_0584cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201112-181012-1100-T-IMG_9041cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"585\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4613\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201112-181126-1300-T-IMG_0832r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He didn&#8217;t feel like moving either.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4615\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201112-181234-1100-T-IMG_9043r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ngotso North waterhole is on the H1-4, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=4599\">elephant carcass<\/a> was on the S147 just over a kilometer away as the crow flies. We found ten hyenas at the waterhole the next morning.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4623\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-052800-1300-T-IMG_0926cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4624\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-052750-1300-T-IMG_0925cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"567\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4626\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-052920-1300-T-IMG_0931cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"463\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4627\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-053400-1300-T-IMG_0946r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of them, a pregnant (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/699-painful-realities-hyena-sex.html\">alpha<\/a>?) female, had a hunk of elephant chewing gum.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-053818-1300-T-IMG_0955cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"486\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-053820-1300-T-IMG_0956cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"555\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4633\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-053822-1300-T-IMG_0957cr-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"596\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This fellow was enjoying his morning bath.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-052840-1300-T-IMG_0930cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-053844-1300-T-IMG_0961cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"575\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-053844-1300-T-IMG_0962cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4636\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-060236-1100-T-IMG_9293cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"342\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201115-060310-1100-T-IMG_9297cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A couple pumbas pitched, dunno who was more wary of whom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4642\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201121-045210-1100-T-IMG_9439cr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"477\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Couple days later, further south, we found these two young gentlemen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201121-045258-1100-T-IMG_9445r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4644\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201121-045410-1100-T-IMG_9451r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4639\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/20201121-045630-100-W-IMG_0815r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And this handsome fellow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We saw a lot of hyenas on this trip. This one was eyeballing the tourists on the low water bridge at Balule. He didn&#8217;t feel like moving either. Ngotso North waterhole is on the H1-4, and the elephant carcass was on the S147 just over a kilometer away as the crow flies. We found ten hyenas at the waterhole the next morning. One of them, a pregnant (alpha?) female, had a hunk of elephant chewing gum. This fellow was enjoying his morning bath. A couple pumbas pitched, dunno who was more wary of whom. Couple days later, further south, we&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4601"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4676,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4601\/revisions\/4676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}