The wild dog pups have chased their mom off the impala kill. Now mom decides it's her time to play and she ambushes an unsuspecting pup. All the pups come to its assistance and mom makes for the carcass but is seen off by 2 pups. Again she ambushes and intimidates another pup and then alarms at me hoping to distract the pups. But at every turn her pups keep her away from the carcass.

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There was little remaining of the wild dogs impala kill and with full bellies the pups used the scraps more as play items. Even Puzzles came back for scraps, at the same time growling her disapproval at my presence. She had a brief play session with the pups and then was off. The pups continued their play session.

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It's not uncommon for wild dogs to chew on branches, especially the pups. But I'm always concerned when I see this, as it's a typical symptom of the rabies virus. But the pups were just loving this mopanie stump. The tannins and resins in mopanie are probably what they enjoy and the burny taste it leaves in their mouth afterwards.

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She’s a teeny weenie elephant calf, only a few months old and with the herd she’s come to Malilangwe dam to drink and cool off. She’s too young to drink water or even try drinking. But she sure knows what mud wallowing’s all about. And she can’t get enough of it even when mom tries to leave she quickly dashes back for another wallow.

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The wild dog pack had killed a sub-adult male impala this morning. All that now remained was skin and bone. The pups lay around for ages gnawing on the remains. But for some reason there was a continuous demand to own one of the impala’s legs. And the pups kept stealing them from each other, even though there were 4 of them.

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The wild dog pups had all just passed out, but this little girl just couldn't settle down. She did the rounds collapsing next to her siblings and jumping up to join another. Then settling down to muzzle wrestle with another pup.

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The big elephant bull dominated the clean water at Hwata pan. A young bull, bored of standing around, entertains himself with his trunk, sucking up water and then spraying it around. Each time he creates different patterns. A true circus performer.

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With dad off hunting the wild dog pups entertained themselves, then got hugely excited with his return, but he had nothing to offer. The pups went back to discovering a leaking pipe. Mom had been off hunting too and when she returned there was again much excitement, but yet again she wasn’t successful. They took the pups off hunting.

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While the adult elephants behaved like boring old adults waiting to drink at Hwata pan, these little calves went crazy having a wild time in the mud. And when mom moved off they panicked to catch up falling over themselves in the mud. Decidedly human like!

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Lions have downed a buffalo bull and are now eating him alive. They make no attempt to go for the stranglehold and continue to pull out his intestines. The fear of death in his eyes bores deep into my soul. They dilate fully and he dies. This is not like in the movies, this is Real. A huge African beast has died at the hands of those WE call the King of the Jungle.

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This hyaena cub is only 4 months old as he battles to chew through a grass stem. But soon those jaws will crush bone. He spends his days and nights at the safety of the den and is totally dependent on his mother's milk.

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The wild dog pups run amok chasing each other all over the place. Although they still can’t keep up with the hunt, this play is all part of their training. There’s always someone to pick on, but amazingly there’s no aggression and all get along well as they just keep on playing.

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At first light the pups were wildly at play all around the front of the den. But it all ended for me when mom arrived with food and called the pups to the back of the den.

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The elephants came out the woodlands to drink at dusk. And they just kept coming and coming. Filming on the ground I felt I was right their amongst them. The herds surrounded me as they moved in to drink. Some 140 elephants came in and totally ignored me so close to them.

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Only a few weeks old this white rhino calf bounces ahead of her mom being directed by mom's horn where to go. While the mother drinks at Banyini pan the calf is hassled by oxpeckers. And then they're off again, the little girl bouncing through the grassland.

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