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Nov 22
2011
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Hyaena's get an easy meal...Posted by: scout in MBT - Conservancy Diary on Nov 22, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Head Scout’s daily report.
Reporting date: 21/11/2011.
Charles and his two guests set out on a gamedrive in the Mara bushtops conservancy. As they were watching a tower of giraffe browsing away in some thickets just infront of the camp they noticed some impala starring in the same direction. They soon drove to where the impala were and to their suprise they saw some hyaenas chasing away a young female cheetah from a fresh impala carcass. It was sad because the cheetah had hardly eaten anything. His guest were shocked to see how quick the carcass was finished.
Cheetah tend to avoid any confrotation because if they get an injury it can be fatal and may affect their hunting.
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Scouts on Duty (Patrol) |
Chemichemi |
Main Gate/Barrier |
Off Duty |
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| Daniel,Shuel Gilisho,Tonny Yenko,Sito Ketura,Salau Njapit. | Benson |
John Tompoi,Lenkiroro Taki. |
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Patrol route |
Bravo 1:Patrolled from main gate via oriatu,oloirien,chemichemi,safaricom to the camp.Then ntulele to the main gate. |
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Bravo 2:From basecamp via osinoni,olorupa,kirok,loirien,ntulele,olgilai to the camp.Then ngosso to basecamp.
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Livestock Movement in the Conservancy |
No livestock intrusion |
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Condition of wild animals |
Good |
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Condition of cattle |
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Condition of vegetation |
Good |
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Weather condition |
Sunny,hot and heavy clouds in the evening. |
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Water Supply |
Plenty |
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Animals sighted |
No. of animals seen |
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African Civet Civettictis civetta |
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African Elephant Loxodonta africana |
10 |
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African Wild Cat Felis lybica |
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Banded mongoose Mungos mungo |
23 |
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Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis |
4 |
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Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis |
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Buchell’s Zebra Equus burchellii |
120 |
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Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus |
4 |
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Cape Buffalo Syncerus caffer |
15 |
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Cape hare Lepus capensis |
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Caracal Felis caracal |
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Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus |
1 |
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Coke’s Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus |
8 |
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Common (Golden) Jackal |
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Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula |
23 |
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Eland Taurotragus oryx |
14 |
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Grant’s Gazelle Gazella granti |
6 |
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Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris |
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Honey Badger (Ratel) Mellivora capensis |
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Impala Aepyceros melampus |
750 |
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Kirk’s Dik Dik Madoqua kirkii |
20 |
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Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus |
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Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrina |
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Leopard Panthera padus |
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Lesser Bushbaby Galago moholi |
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Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
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Lion Panthera leo |
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Maasai Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis |
10 |
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Olive Baboon Papio anubis |
34 |
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Porcupine Hystrix cristata |
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Rock Hyrax (Dassie) Heterohyrax brucei |
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Serval Felis serval |
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Side-striped Jackal Canis adustus |
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Silver-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas |
4 |
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Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea |
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Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta |
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Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta |
4 |
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Striped Hyena Hyena hyena |
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Topi Damaliscus korrigum |
32 |
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Thompson’s Gazelle Gazella thomsoni |
50 |
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Warthog Phacochoerus eathiopicus |
12 |
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White-tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicauda |
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Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus |
170 |
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