The views here are typical Africa, just like 'Wild at Heart' & 'Big Cat Diary'. The Acacia trees are sparse in places and they are called the Mara spot as from the air they look like spots on the plain. Mara means Wild in Swahili. Elephants have destroyed a lot of the trees and scrub. We see many species of birds and lots of the lilac breasted Roller. We come across a hyena (Fisi in Swahili) just resting up like the cheetah was. He looks kind of sticky and fluffy and is much bigger than I had imagined. He soon gets fed up with us, gets up and slopes off, in a sinister manner that only a hyena can do. If a hyena kills or steals a kill, it will eat it all completely bones & all. They have the most powerful crushing jaws, and even the lions are wary of them As a result of all this calcium you can identify hyena poo because it is white. There is a species of tortoise that eats hyena poo, which is where is gets it’s calcium requirement from. Tortoises being herbivores & all that. I wonder if you can truly be classed as a herbivore if you eat hyena shit?
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I can't get over how green it all is.
Not sure I like the sound of the hyenas.
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