Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Tanzania garden of Eden in the morning watch impala duel for love

Accompanied by bursts of rain, we spent in Theron naira (Seronera) last night. Theron 1 is the Serengeti National Park (Serengeti NationalPark) of the central area, is home to the parks department. Early in the morning, after rain the sky looks blue. We came to the hotel on the viewing platform, breathing the fresh air after the rain on the prairie, feeling more refreshed. Near distance, hiding in a night birds and animals also have deployed, to greet the new day.

Tanzania prairie morningTanzania prairie morning

Serengeti National Park is located in the west of the Great Rift Valley, is Tanzania's most famous National Park, 130 km west-northwest of Arusha, a part of the Panhandle west into the Vitoria Lake 8 kilometers, North extend to Kenya border.

The park because the animal communities have the large scale and be well-known, far and near. These animal groups between the seasonal water sources and pastures from migration. The animal has a wildebeest, zebra, antelope, 3000 lions, hyenas. In May and June, many animal from the Central Plains to the Western panhandle collective migration. The eastern part of the park are originally part of a Masai pastoral. The wild animal and domestic animals share the natural resources here.

Suddenly, at the foot of our trees appeared several hyenas (Hyena) figure. They are covered with brown spots, it is to make the spotted hyena (Spotted hyena). Although hyenas are known for eating animal remains and bones, spotted hyena is actually very good hunter, not just eat the leftovers of others. Especially when they are gathering in crowds and groups, can rely on the collective strength to hunt much bigger than they are herbivores, even with the fierce lion. Hyenas hunt at night, the two day of the night, we often hear that a faint smile on one's face out they contact each other when the call in at dead of night, listening to some shiver all over though not cold. Therefore, spotted hyena has a nickname - laughing hyena (Laughing hyena). At the moment, these hyena in front of us ran over, don't know is it right? And find out what the new prey?

The hyena comeThe hyena come

Everything is ready, we sat cross-country vehicles on the road. The what one sees and hears all day yesterday is very exciting, and so on the morning of the game drive we don't give too high expectations. Whether can see more of the wild animal, can walk through the countryside on the plains of Africa is a very pleasant thing. In fact, we the entire Safari is to you, not to try to see what can not be. So far, this attitude has given us a lot of help, every day there are many surprises.

After the baptism of heavy rain last night, the morning sun to the steppes of every tree and Bush wearing bright clothes. While we are immersed in this charming scenery, Jonathan stopped the car, not far from the front of the grass appears a group of impala (Impala). So far, we have seen many impala, but we still interesting to watch. These beautiful impala festooned with sun under the grasslands of Africa, the scene is so beautiful!

ImpalaImpala

Unlike previously seen by a male impala closely watching female impala group, this group of impala before is female and male mixed, there are a lot of long horns in the male impala. In fact, in the water rich, impala family has a strict leader system. It is a member of the family of female impala and their children. Not too many of these family members, but all follow their leader, a male adult impala command. All female impala family also only with the master of the house mate. Unfortunately, this home position is not stable, often by the external challenges, so the Impala family often change owner. And the challenger is from nearby Bachelor help. Impala family is the only women left male, male impala often at eight months old when he was driven out of the family, added to the single help. They swim bladder together, like to the Impala family, waiting for the opportunity to seize power. If it is a two, the master of the house might have the ability to put them away. But if don't go bachelor help, or when more concentrated grass water resources, the master of the house sometimes allowed these bachelors exist, provided they do not bad behavior on his family members.

Look at the male impala, the symmetry of the body, red shiny hair, big eyes, curved horns perky, everyone can say that is the prairie on the handsome, let a person see.

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