We had a very exciting week of game viewing last week, where our guests were lucky enough to come across a pride of eight lions in the Changa Bay where they were feasting on an impala. Meanwhile, a crocodile had come across the scent of the impala and made its way across the bay where unbeknown to him, he would be the next meal! Thank you to Cronje Photography for sharing these fantastic images with us.

n the menu of the great African cat, another super-predator is an option for breakfast

December 2012 .we saw this pride of lions eating a croc. We never saw them kill it

Two of our young male lions have learnt that crocs are not only delicious to eat, but are easy to creep up on! This is learned behaviour and as far as we know is unique to the Matusadona/Bumi area.

Having naturally dispersed from their parent pride in Matusadona national park on lake kariba, these two young males have made it a regular incidence along the Bumi Hills Safari Lodge shoreline, where they frequently kill and eat large crocodile.

都是老事件了

While out on patrol this morning our Bumi Hills Anti Poaching Unit (BHAPU) scouts came across this fascinating scene. A dead hippo, which seems to have died of natural causes, and two dead and half eaten crocodiles. The area around the scene is covered in lion spoor so we can only assume that the crocs while feeding on the hippo carcass became a meal themselves!
We have put a camera trap up at the site and will update you on the results!

As the scavenging of hippo carcasses continues, tempers flare....
Generally interactions at carcasses between lions and crocodiles are of a competitive nature.
However, the lions of Matusadona not only compete with the crocodiles of lake kariba, they predate on them...

Nature can seem cruel, but at the same time only the strongest and most adaptable survive.
Pictures do contain graphic images of dead animals.
Recently Spurwing Game guides Cliffy, Tarryn and Jasper came across this phenomenal sighting which they have been watching for a week now and an amazing story unfolded.
A unfortunate hippo met its fait on the shoreline we believe from a altercation with another bull, the lions came across the carcass and happily fed on it for days allowing some great sightings from both the boats and cars. These cunning lions however surprised us all when we arrived in the morning to find that they had actually taken advantage of the hundreds of crocodiles feeding on the same hippo and managed to catch themselves a massive crocodile and drag it up into the trees hidden from the vultures.
This amazing tale unfolded before our eyes and just shows how wildlife learn and adapt where need be to survive.
Book a game drive with us next time your out on the island and who knows what you could come across.
Photo Credit: Tarryn Pollock