Comments by "johanrebel" (@johanrebel) on "Latest Sightings" channel.

  1. The mute button is a great invention!
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  2. And all the people on the boat managed to keep their traps shut for a full minute. Congratulations, well done.
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  3. Nobody is walking. You can hear the vehicle's engine, you can see the tire tracks as well as the vehicle's shadow as it reverses.
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  4. Not necessarily. When a boomslang is threatened, it will puff up its neck, just like in this video. You'll find any number of pictures of this behavior online. I'm not sure that boomslange even eat eggs. I guess they may do so opportunistically, but they are essentially diurnal hunters of live prey. When snakes do eat eggs, they puncture or crush themdirectly after ingesting the egg, after which the contents are swallowed. The egg shell is then usually regurgitated. Grey-headed Bushshrikes are well known predators of snakes.
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  5. That cub was just going on instinct. Simple as that.
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  6. How difficult is it to shut up for all of 3 minutes and 20 seconds.
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  7. That laughing lady has just about the right amount of empathy to have qualified for a job at Ravensbrück back in the days.
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  8. A very young ground hornbill, I bet it learned a lesson here.
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  9. The other obvious lesson here is that artificial nests should be situated in such a way as to make access for leopards impossible, or at least extremely difficult. Indeed, a distinct advantage of artificial nests is that they can be positioned in such a way, as opposed to natural nests, where the birds have very limited choice and have to make do with the least unfavorable option. Having said that, none of the natural Ground Hornbill nests I have seen had an opening anywhere near big enough for a leopard to easily insert its head (and with cats the body will fit through almost any opening the head goes through). Most have also been in sections of straight tree trunk that would have forced a hungry leopard to cling to the tree with all four paws, making it nigh on impossible to insert a paw I to the nest cavity.
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  10. Wow! The humans almost managed to keep their mouths shut for four minutes! Almost is not good enough, but it's a start.
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  11. The cardinal rule when filming wildlife sightings: SHUT UP!
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  12. It's completely baffling. One wonders what goes on in the minds of portrait format filmers. Do they always hold their phones upright, no matter what they are using them for? Have they ever asked themselves why TV screens are shaped the way they are? The screens in movie theaters?
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  13. In case anybody wondered if you get snowflakes in the South African summer, here's your answer!
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  14. Nothing in nature is cruel except in human perception.
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  15. Goes for you too, whether you are in the wild or not.
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  16. Not a single word spoken - just birdsong. Wonderful!
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  17. What a relief to learn that this was witnessed by a "34-year-old commercial and industrial property broker". Truly pertinent and crucial information like this truly helps viewers understand what happened. Just imagine if it had been witnessed by, say, a 27 year old non-profit and agricultural property breaker! I would not have believed my eyes.
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  18. Time to trade in your teachers and elders for some that don't belong to the Fake News brigade.
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  19.  @freedfromdesire466  Giraffes are predominantly browsers. According to Skinner et al, "they graze very occasionally on fresh sprouting palatable grasses". If you describe a giraffe as a grass-eater, then you could also describe a lion as a grass-eater. After all, lions also very occasionally eat grass.
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  20.  @Crocutaalpha  Are you advertising your ignorance? Not all male lions live in coalitions, and even those who do don't always stay together. If you see a single male lion, it most certainly does not mean there are other males around. That Ngorongoro male was entirely on his own, and over the years I've seen more single males than I can count. In the flesh, not on YouTube. I've also witnessed any number of fights between lions and hyenas. Who wins depends on a host of factors, including numbers on either side. But male lions generally punch well above their weight, and usually easily tilt the scales. All it takes is one. You need to read up on lion ethology instead of spouting nonsense.
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  21. It croaked for sure. That first strike injected enough venom to kill the chameleon several times over. I've watched kills like this before close up. The boomslang just hangs back and waits for the chameleon to stop moving, which might take ten minutes, then grabs it, and swallows it. If left undisturbed, that is. A vehicle full of yelling, hollering and screaming people doesn't exactly help. If, on the other hand, you keep quiet and don't move, you can watch the whole spectacle at close range. I've had a kill like this right at the pool, the swallowing part took ages.
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  22. ​ @EarthIsFlat456 Large elephant bulls may reach 6.8 metric tons. Sclerocarya birrea wood has an air-dry density of ±590 kg/m3. The wood of that tree was obviously not air-dry, and it had lots of leaves. Now go do the math, and then let us know whether your assertion stands up to scrutiny.
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  23.  @EarthIsFlat456  You made a claim, feel free to corroborate it. I'm certainly not going to do the work for you. I already provided two key data points, that's as far as I'll go.
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  24. ​ It's weirdly truncated, though. Cuts out before the giraffe is finished off.
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  25.  @lloydchristmas3637  In that case she must be narrating for blind kids.
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  26.  @sidneywilder2731  Tutti Frutti Dutti doesn't know what he's talking about. His entire "knowledge" of the universe probably comes from YouTube and TikTok. Scary.
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  27. This one gets an Academy Award for the most inane commentary ever. I thought only American teenage girls were capable of saying OMG that often.
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  28.  @MartensAD  With their loud and distinctive call grey-headed bushshrikes are often heard, but nevertheless often a challenge to see. They may be colorful, but they are also wary and rather secretive. When hunting they are bold and aggressive, though. I agree that they are more likely to pick on smaller snakes, as well as anything else they can swallow whole, or impale and dismember. What exactly happened here we'll never know, it may have been an opportunistic attack, or something else.
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  29. So now we know that even an advanced degree in particle physics is no guarantee that a video will be shot in landscape format.
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  30. Only until the venom did it's lethal work.
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  31. Best part of this video is the cacophony of inane comments, starting with "that's a snake, guys!" This must've been a game drive organized by Bright Sparks Safaris for the Association of Ignorant Naturalists.
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  32. Accepted his fate? What other options were there? Filing a written complaint with the SPCA? Asking his congressman for help?
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  33. Typical Kruger sighting: more cars than hyenas.
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  34. ​ @Crocutaalpha All depends. I've seen a single male lion effortlessly hold off 34 hyenas (yes, I counted 'm) that were after his wildebeest kill in the Ngorongoro crater. Generally, hyenas give male lions a wide berth, and approach too close at their peril.
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  35. Indeed, she was just ambling along when she suddenly caught sight of the dogs. She may or may not have detected olfactory signs of the dogs as she was sniffing around earlier, but that doesn't prove she then purposely set out to track them down. Lions are fast walkers, but 4 kilometers would have taken her about 40 minutes, even when walking along a smooth road and not stopping too often. It strikes me as unlikely that a lion would go 4 km out of its way just to pick on some wild dogs, which doesn't bring any immediate benefit.
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  36. Filming this in portrait format is absolutely brilliant. And as usual, LS insults viewers with a risibly bad clickbait thumbnail.
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  37. Portrait format and inane narration, what a fabulous combination! Congratulations, a true winner.
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  38.  @Crocutaalpha  I'm not saying male lions are solitary animals. Try getting your head around the facts for once. Lions are born in prides (almost always, very rarely they are born to single mothers. I've seen several single lionesses with cubs that were not part of a pride). At a certain point the young males will be chucked out of the pride. If they happen to have (half)brothers, they can band together. If not, the evicted male is entirely on his own. He has to catch his own meals, look for a suitable territory, and if he can't immediately find one he needs to give territorial males a wide berth. With luck and effort he may find other young males to form a coalition with, or else he make take over a whole pride entirely on his own. Yes, that happens. Incumbent males die, or become old and decrepit to the point where they can no longer defeat a young and healthy male. Then you get coalitions. Here's some surprising news, the members don't always die at exactly the same time. So guess what? At some point there will be single male left. If his pride is then taken over by the competition, and he survives the experience, he will be on his own. Yep, a solitary lion. His prospects are of course not good, and he's not likely to survive for many years. But the occasional lion does.
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  39. One of my favority anecdotes: lions kill zebra foal, start eating it alive. American lady on the truck starts crying. Her husband is filming. Lady keeps crying. Husband keeps filming, but out of the corner of his mouth tells her "close your eyes, put your fingers in your ears, and shut the fuck up!".
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  40.  @rthfalconer1306  Surely this is a juvenile African Goshawk ([i]Accipiter tachiro[/i])?
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  41. Crocodiles most certainly are scavengers. For starters, they commonly scavenge from other crocodiles. A kill by one will attract all the others in the vicinity, all vying to tear chunks off the victim. They will also eat other dead crocs, or anything else they can lay their jaws on. Moreover, crocodiles have an acute sense of smell, and can pick up the scent of blood from a considerable distance. I recall finding a lion kill by following the tracks of a large crocodile that had headed inland from the Luvuvhu River. Despite its size, the three lions had no difficulty seeing the croc off.
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  42. Very knowledgeable conversation too. A "deer"? Really?
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  43. How do we know it was her cub? Also, the assertion that " lions form a large majority of the predators" in the crater can't possibly be correct. It's highly unlikely lions constitute a majority, let alone a large one. It wouldn't surprise me if spotted hyenas alone outnumber the lions. I'm not aware of any predator census data for the crater or the NCA, but 65 seems to be a common estimate for the crater lion population, a number that no doubt fluctuates considerably. I've seen 34 hyenas together in the crater, i.e. about half the estimated lion population in a single sighting. That was in broad daylight to boot, even though the species tends to be predominantly nocturnal. Then you get all the leopards and jackals.
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  44. Unborn?!? Huh? Either the ewe had just given birth, or the dogs performed a kind of rough & ready cesarian. Whatever the case, it was born. I also doubt it saw much of anything, but it certainly didn't understand a thing of what it possibly did see.
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  45. No need to kill before eating. This buffalo was obviously injured or ill, requiring little effort on the part of the lioness to "emerge victorious". That male lion should ask Santa for a new tassel for Christmas.
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  46.  @Tanks-In-Space  Neither you or Sarlat seem to be well familiar with the KNP. Gezantfombi is not right next to any entrance gate, it's over four kilometers from Croc Bridge. No hotel there either, let alone two. Just a small rest camp. As for letting "too many" vehicles into a small section of the park, the KNP is not divided into distinct sections for tourism purposes. Once in, anybody can drive on any public road in the entire park. That there are far too many vehicles driving around in most of the KNP most of the time is another matter. Wasn't that way in the past, except for the July and Christmas school vacations, which any sane person would have avoided anyhow.
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  47.  @tom11zz884  a baby hare is called a leveret. I bet the kind of people YouTube employs as content moderators have never heard of the word, and their algorithm can't make sense of it either.
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  48.  @Crocutaalpha  You are right, anyone can claim anything. But here's the thing: Some claims cannot be verified, but some can. It's not a very bright idea to make ignorant and untruthful claims that can be fact-checked by those with personal knowledge and expertise or who are au courant with the relevant scientific research and literature. To repeat incorrect assertions is simply boneheaded. You can easily verify the accuracy of what I state about lions if you have the requisite cognitive skill and can be bothered to consult the literature. Getting yourself an education is really not a bad idea, you know. In your case it might of course be a waste of time to try, I wouldn't know.
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  49. "The wildlife authorities were alerted to the situation, and sadly, Henry the hippo passed away during transportation the next day." Huh? How about letting nature take its course?
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  50. I've known this to happen on one single occasion in 33 years. This was in the Manyeleti. Ranger shot a very badly mauled zebra right from the game viewer! The zebra was a goner for sure, but had somehow escaped the lions, which were nowhere to be seen. The bleeding-heart ranger shouldn't have done it (and because he shot from the hip (!!!) the recoil injured the fingers of his hand), but hey, the zebra was as good as dead already. On the other hand, I recall an elephant being eaten alive by three lionesses at Savuti. They were tunneling in from the anus, and looked very funny because the front half of their bodies was literally blood-red. People were begging the rangers to shoot the elephant, but no joy. It took approximately 24 hours for it to die. A lion can only eat so much, so they took long breaks between bouts of feeding.
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  51. What the heck is the purpose of those white & orange captions cluttering the screen? To enlighten blind viewers? To convince those who can't believe their eyes?
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  52. Not a chance. The Western Stripe-bellied Sand Snake is venomous. Once bitten, the monitor lizard was doomed.
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  53. Oh . . . for crying out loud!
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  54. Those guts have now been digested by the snake.
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  55. More likely, the bateleur knew exactly what was coming. Bateleurs fly low and quarter the terrain very thoroughly, and are therefore often the first to find a carcass, especially in thick bush. Vultures and other eagles know this, and keep a beady eye on any and all bateleurs within visual range. When a bateleur suddenly plunges down, they check what's going on. Lions, hyenas, leopards and smaller carnivores are avid vulture watchers. When they see them dropping out of the sky in numbers, they will investigate, if they are close enough. The sequence show in this video is exactly what one would expect with a carcass dead of natural causes: Bateleur first, then other vultures and eagles, then mammalian predators. That's apart from the 10% (KNP estimate) of large mammal carcasses that are never found by predators or scavengers. The blow and flesh flies deal with those extremely quickly.
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  56. "The effects of Cyclone Eloise has had meaningful impacts on anyone visiting the Kruger National Park". I'm truly relieved to hear that. For a second I was afraid that it might just have had meaningless impacts on anybody visiting the Kruger National Park. Phew!
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  57. Although it cannot be ruled out that a cheetah can attain a speed of 75 mph, there's as of yet no proof. 63 mph is the top speed recorded so far.
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  58. Gotta love the commentary . . . "Hyena knoooows something is going on there!" The hyena knows? It does? Really? Honest to God and cross your heart? Wow! Who would have thought! We dumb tourists would never understand a thing without having these clever guides around to explain it all to us. Worth their weight in gold, those guys and gals! Imagine if we had to rely solely on our own senses, powers of observation and ability to reason logically. We would surely be wasting our time on safari.
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  59.  @nagysuti19  Imagine if it had been a warthog. The lioness would have needed earplugs. In an African context warthogs are probably the loudest, and they just keep in squealing and hollering. Monkeys scream loudly too. Buffaloes can be quite noisy, but often go quietly. The various species of antelope generally don't cause much of a ruckus. In my experience at least, and I can't say I've seen every single species there is getting killed. But plenty enough to get a feel for what it's like, so to speak.
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  60. Advice to emotional lady: close your eyes, put your fingers in your ears, and shut the ... up. Or just stay home.
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  61.  @thabzmad7265  If you can't tell at a glance, you belong to the category of viewers who are easily deceived, and therefore not insulted.
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  62. @RubyCarrots3232 Have you considered crowdfunding a trip to a competent optometrist?
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  63. "Watch these birds"? A proper identification at species level (not at all hard) would have been the professional thing to do.
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  64. Here's some amazing news: whispering doesn't help, we can still hear y'all. The Golden Rule of wildlife videography: shut up. Nature is perfectly capable of speaking for itself.
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  65. Brownie points for not saying Oh My God! even once. Gigs for leaving the engine running, filming the rear-view mirror and the airbag.
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  66. "Guys, you don't understand what we just found." Always a bright idea to insult the intelligence of the clients paying your salary. It would also behoove the guide to focus 100% on said clients, which is not possible to do when simultaneously filming events. But at least the pidgin Shangaan these guides use in radio comms is truly entertaining.
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  67. Bison?!? Where?!?
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  68. But this one had no tassle.
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  69.  @tom11zz884  a baby hare is called a leveret. I bet the kind of people YouTube employs as content moderators have never heard of the word, and the algorithm can't make sense of it either.
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  70.  @Crocutaalpha  Allow me to draw your attention to an error. Imao stands for "in my arrogant opinion". This should be "in my ignorant opinion". A modicum of self-knowledge is not unbecoming, you know.
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  71.  @apnrground-hornbillproject6462  Thanks for your feedback. It is my understanding that these days a lack of suitable nesting cavities is is a major factor, perhaps even the most important one, limiting the reproductive success of Ground Hornbills. Now for countless millennia, and despite a host of nasty and hungry predators, Ground Hornbills have managed to if not thrive, then at least hang in there using only natural cavities. Such cavities may not be predator-proof (good luck keeping a crafty and sneaky genet out of anything or any place, and don't even get me started on baboons) but they have obviously been good enough on average. It should be possible (and most desirable) to improve on that when designing artificial nests. I do not claim any expertise in this field, but I have noted that the natural cavities that I have seen don't have nice and big perfectly round entrance openings. If they are somewhat larger than strictly needed and desirable, they are usually in the shape of an irregular and predominantly vertical slit, located on straight and hard to access section of the bole. Some of the artificial nests I have seen struck me as impromptu designs based on and constructed with whatever materials happened to be lying around.
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  72.  @apnrground-hornbillproject6462  Thank you for the comprehensive elucidation, much appreciated. Again, my experience with Ground Hornbill nests is limited and restricted to the Timbavati and the Klaserie, plus the odd Kruger one that happened to be right next to a road (Mphongolo River is the most recent one that comes to mind). I recall one in the Timbavati (on Johnniesdale, I iam sure) that simply comprised of a section of large hollow log with a hole in the side and a roof nailed on, somewhat precariously perched in a large tree. Long ago, probably early days, and possibly even just a local landowner's initiative.
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  73. @Sheri McDANIEL: They should be more careful when hiring crocs for the star parts next time, ensuring they select individuals prepared to fight to the death right in front of the camera, instead of moving off screen to finish their business.
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  74. As usual, people just can't keep their traps shut.
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  75.  @Polosatiy_Varan  Congratulations, you've managed to contradict yourself in an eight word sentence. Carrion: the decaying flesh of dead animals.
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  76. Another portrait format genius.
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  77. @Matt, I'm afraid you are completely clueless about what the KNP is, and how things work there. The whole concept is based on self-drive game viewing. A great idea, it's a lot of fun, but has some unfortunate side effects, as is obvious from this video.
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  78. @Tianze Xie. If this shocks you, then you are obviously not a regular visitor to the KNP.
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  79.  @Snailryder  No, lions and other predators are perfectly capable of identifying human beings in vehicles as such. Or other animals, for that matter. I've known lions to spot and identify dogs in a car at a distance of several hundred meters. The vehicle was downwind (I made sure to check), so the identification was by sight, despite the dogs being small Corgis with only their heads sticking out.
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  80. Oh boy,as if the stupid commentary is not bad enough, we now get treated to horrible muzak as well.
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  81.  @notchkali9892  Does that make shooting in portrait format any more excusable?
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  82. Here we go again: another imbecile click-bait thumbnail, so badly made that it's an insult to potential viewers.
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  83. Not quite a Kruger sighting, is it now? Perhaps time to change this channel's name? And, once again, the first rule of videography: shut up!
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  84. Categorizing participants in fights between animals as protagonists and antagonists doesn't make much sense. Nature in action does not readily lend itself to literary characterisation.
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  85. "A hyena was chasing the pack of dogs". No it wasn't. That hyena was simply tagging along a pack of hunting wild dogs in the hope of scavenging something from any kill they might make. That kind of behavior is not that uncommon. I once saw six dogs stealthily approaching a herd of impalas, heads down, ears flat, single file and nose to tail. Bringing up the rear was a hyena, head down, ears flat, and its nose almost up the butt of the rearmost dog. It looked really funny. The hunt was unsuccessful, by the way, because a herd of zebras saw what was coming, took exception, and started chasing the dogs and the hyena. The latter wisely decided the better option was to run off in a different direction than the dogs were taking.
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  86. Mr. Scattolin gets full marks for not saying a word for 3 minutes and 26 seconds. Well done!
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  87. "Let's watch guys, let's watch. See what happens." Such amazing sagacity! Without this helpful advice his guests would undoubtedly have closed their eyes and fallen asleep. Or jumped off the vehicle and walked back to the lodge. So many options available to them.
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  88. "If you're planning to witness the migration, make sure you pack enough food, snacks, and water." Thanks for that timely, apt and wonderful advice, I would never have thought of it myself. All my life I've assumed that one witnesses the migration on an empty stomach and with a parched throat.
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  89. If only people would switch off their engines at sightings.
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  90. This channel should consider changing its name to something more appropriate than "Kruger" Sightings. Hwange is not in Kruger, nor is Kruger in Zimbabwe.
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  91. Mrs. Crocodile Whisperer gets a special award for her perceptive, lapidary and insightful commentary. Well done!
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  92. Who says the leopard was blind?
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  93. I suspect it is quite dead by now. Probably nothing much left but horns, skin & bones.
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  94. Here we go again: is really that hard to keep your trap shut while filming?
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  95. @Hilt. No, they don't. Every once in a while they dutifully say they do, but they never put their money where their mouth is and spend what it takes to provide proper enforcement. Heck, they can't even stop the rampant rhino poaching, so what do you expect?
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  96.  @mikejones9961  Lions are not designed for stamina. They don't chase their prey for long distances like wolves, wild dogs and hyenas. Their modus operandi is a stalk followed by a short rush. Digging out a warthog is exhausting work for a lion. I've seen a single lioness do it. She had two little cubs to feed so was pretty desperate. She dug a hole as deep as she stood tall, which took a long time (over an hour as far as I can remember), and had to pause frequently to rest. When she finally had dug deep enough, she pulled out a male warthog by his head. On the first attempt she only ripped an ear off, but the next time she got a good grip. This warthog was as large as they come, and fought hard all the way. The lioness not only had to pull him out of the burrow, but then also back out of the hole she had dug. That was easily the greatest feat of strength I've ever seen a lion perform. Once she had the warthog out, she rolled him over and got a good suffocating grip on his throat. Nevertheless, this warthog managed to get on his feet again five times. Each time she swept his feet from under him with a front paw. He then finally kicked the bucket. When mom first got hold of the warthog it of course started screaming. The cubs got an enormous fright and ran like bats out of hell. I believe they are still running.
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  97. Cool stuff, but Mr. Bester should perhaps put some effort into honing his videography skills. Didn't get much right this time round.
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  98. That's not a turtle. A channel that calls itself Kruger Sighting should at least make sure it gets the basics straight, such as what the animals in the videos are called. Furthermore, the terrapin was not aggressively chasing the lions away. Anyone who has spent time watching terrapins in action will know that they approach drinking animals, especially those that wade into the water, looking for ticks on their bodies to feed on. They also go for open wounds.
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  99.  @alanfoster6589  That lion will then immediately prove he is a good Christian, Spanish inquisition style.
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  100. But it didn't bite anything off, that was the problem.
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  101. Even by Marula standards that was a really easy tree to climb.
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  102. Once again the Choir of Inanity delivered a spectacular performance. Bravo!
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  103. Yeah, they should have sent in a bloodhound to chase away that nasty, cruel and evil lioness!
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  104.  @youme1414  Forget about Tutti Frutti Dutti. You get people who unfortunately are ignorant. Then you get those who are blissfully ignorant of their own ignorance. And finally there are the ones who are so ignorant that no matter how many times you rub their nose in their ignorance, they still don't get it. Hopeless cases, beyond redemption. Stupid is what stupid does.
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  105. "the snake's head and its dangerous fangs". Pythons don't have fangs.
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  106. Baby season?!? Huh? Duh? What? Neither lions, hyenas, leopards nor cheetahs are seasonal breeders. Amongst the large predators only wild dogs are, and now is most definitely not their breeding season.
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  107. Who says the cubs were lost?
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  108.  @christophernorman684  Why not? Just about any car will do, all depends on what you happen to own/drive. Having said that, a nice big SUV is by far the best option, simply because the extra height is worth its weight in gold. At least for those who actually try to spot game, as opposed to all those who speed up and down the roads looking for traffic jams.
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  109. How?
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  110. Things that smell or taste awful to humans may well be appealing to other animals. Leopards will happily eat the most putrid meat, the smell of a decomposing carcass doesn't put them off. On the contrary, it is a source of food that will attract them. If you are fortunate enough to witness a kill at very close range, your nose will be treated to a whole range of interesting odors. The smell of fresh blood flowing; the pungent mixture when the victim is disemboweled and the contents of the stomach and guts spill all over, etc. None of those discomfit predators in the least. If anything, the smell probably excites them. Furthermore, all carnivores stink themselves, and have really bad breath. That's at least how we humans perceive it, but they themselves couldn't care less. Many even habitually roll in anything smelly they come across. African wild dogs are a good example of such behavior.
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  111. " The way the leopard methodically opens the warthog, targeting vital organs, demonstrates a predator finely tuned for survival." What the leopard targets are the most nutritious organs. The liver is a favorite. A leopard has no idea what a vital organ is.
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  112. Zooming, panning and focusing all at the same time requires multi-tasking skills beyond the capabilities of some.
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  113. Just goes to show that leopards, commonly reckoned to be the brightest of the the large cats, have pretty limited problem solving abilities.
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  114. The gorgeous natural setting of the impala kill is a true highlight. Not what I like best, the electric fence, or the perfectly manicured lawn.
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  115. The cub could just have climbed into the top of the tree, out of reach of lions. That's what they usually do.
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  116. "the fact that nature can be cruel"? No it can't. Nature has no soul, no will, no feelings, no emotions. It does not do anything, it just is. And even then only as a uniquely human concept
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  117. How do you "save" a dead calf? Obviously mom is not to brightest spark around. And giraffe are anything but bright to begin with.
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  118. Switch off your engine at a sighting.
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  119. "A huge male lion takes down a buffalo bull by himself after an epic battle with the herd." Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but I didn’t see any huge male lion taking down a buffalo bull by himself, nor any battle with the herd, epic or otherwise.
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  120. @Oberto. No park officials at the scene that I could see.
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  121. That was most likely the case. Such battles can and sometimes do end with the death of one of the participants, who may then well be eaten by the victor. Why pass up on a big and nutritious meal?
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  122.  @edrianluyt8735  Spotting a predator in the KNP is not at all rare. On the assumption that you are referring to the larger charismatic ones, not just any predator, I can assure you that they are seen in substantial numbers all over the KNP every single day. If you know the park well, are familiar with its animals and their behavior, plan your game drives carefully, concentrate on what you are doing and keep your eyes peeled, you are pretty much guaranteed to see lions every day, as well as spotted hyaenas. Leopards, wild dogs and cheetahs less frequently in that order, although that depends to some extent on where in the KNP you are. The real problem is that a considerable proportion of KNP visitors are mesmerized by lions and don't want to see anything else. They race around looking for them, or rather for road blocks. Once found, they are happy to sit for hours and stare at the animals sleeping soundly, or doing something just as boring. Nothing new there, Stevenson-Hamilton noticed the same curious fact almost 100 years ago when the gates were thrown open to tourists. Only change these days is that the problem has been exacerbated by apps that people use to report sightings. The result is embarrassing mess seen in this clip.
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  123. I guess the arrows and captions were added for the benefit of blind viewers? Looks like the MalaMala airstrip, by the way.
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  124.  @user-10021  Name me one instance of a wild cheetah attacking a human being. I know of pet cheetahs biting people, but they all had it coming (the people, that is).
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  125.  Mimi Kyuki  They do, I've seen it happen, but it is not common. And when it does happen, it is usually a coalition of several males, and they make sure to pick on young and vulnerable wildebeeste.
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  126.  @paulkelly8533  The whole point is that it is completely irrelevant what the person behind the camera does for a living, except perhaps if he happens to be a professional cameraman. Who cares if he's an industrial property broker, or a city bus driver, or the owner of whatever who saved enough money (for what?), or owns a cleaners chain? The lioness doesn't give a hoot, the hyenas don't give a hoot, and I bet viewers don't give a hoot either. Senseless trivia of this kind don't make the video any more or less enjoyable. And, if yelling "Karen" at anybody you disagree with is the best you can do, then you may want to consider honing your rhetorical skills.
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  127. It's this thing called instinct. You know, evolution, genes, that kind fo stuff.
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  128. A giant plated lizard (Matobosaurus validus).
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  129. There's no reason whatsoever to believe that those bulls put on a show to distract the others. Why on earth would they want to do that, and how would they even be able to form, agree upon and execute a plan?
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  130. "Their extensive sleep helps them stay strong and dominant". Now that's a novel theory. I'd like to see some evidence in support.
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  131. What exactly had that cub recently passed? The road sign? In which direction?
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  132. What is this world coming to when even retired HP employees can think of nothing better to say than OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! ?
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  133. "When days on safari seem boring and not much is to be seen, it is always a good idea to visit the closest water source or river to look at what you can find." No, that's not always a good idea. All depends.
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  134. That leopard is missing a canine.
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  135. @SID-ve6zy. Zero clickbaits? Are you joking, or just blind?
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  136. If only the people on scene could just watch and listen, and keep their traps firmly shut.
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  137. "but it highlights the extraordinary capabilities of one of nature's most skilled hunters." What's so extraordinary about the capabilities of this particular leopard, or the species in general? This video only shows a somewhat gory example of what leopards do for a living. Quite literally. And why would the leopard be one of nature's most skilled hunters? Is it really better at its job than all or most of the other millions of predators out there? How can one even compare a leopard to, say, predatory fish, birds, insects or parasites? And how would one even begin to rank their hunting skills? This video description is full of unsubstantiated assertions and plain nonsense.
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  138. Please spare us the muzak, I bet you don't play that stuff on game drives either. The text describing what everybody with at least one halfway decent eye can already see is superfluous too.
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  139. Congratulations, for two minutes and 48 seconds nobody said a word.
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  140. I didn't see any birth caught on camera.
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  141. ​ @donnasyms7873 Possibly, but I see none of the the obvious signs of musth (i.e. temporal gland secretions or dribbling urine).
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  142.  @SogMosee  Ah, I see. I'm afraid you'll need to do your homework all over again, because your list makes no sense whatsoever. Not when it comes to cognitive ability, nor where "powerful" is concerned (whatever that's supposed to mean).
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  143.  @Bobsboas  There's no reason to believe that elephants are capable of taking the long-term view. They do not altruistically take the hypothetical needs of future generations into account, nor do their own future nutritional needs take precedence over instant gratification.
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  144. Nothing cruel about it, nature is amoral.
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  145.  @thabzmad7265  LS insults everyone who isn't fooled by an awful and pathetic fake thumbnail. That's unfortunate, because this channel does upload the occasional clip that shows something interesting. The quality is often poor, if not abysmal, but that's not LS's fault. The material is mostly supplied by amateurs wielding cellphones. Some of them even shoot in portrait format, and many of them just can't keep their traps shut, ruining the video with their inane commentary or crying and wailing.
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  146. I didn't see any nyala ewe "trying to risk her own life". She took a look at what was happening and then decided to run away and live another day, giving her the opportunity to produce some more offspring.
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  147.  @Rainkit  SANParks does limit numbers. For one, the number of available beds by definition caps the number of visitors that can spend the night in the KNP. In addition, the number of of day visitors is limited by different quotas for each gate at busy times. Problem is that the number of visitors allowed in has continously increased over the years. More visitors means more income, so setting strict limits is financially unattractive to SANParks. It wouldn't be popular with patrons either. To exacerbate matters, there has been a tremendous increase in non-tourist traffic, especially staff speeding around in private vehicles. Add to that the surfeit of OSVs, a real pain in the behind, but another money spinner for SANParks. You can take it from me: the KNP offered a nicer experience 30+ years ago. Much nicer.
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  148. 1st prize goes to the kudu, and eland are very good at it too.
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  149.  @miquelescribanoivars5049  At the very end you can see the leopard fleeing with what looks like a cub right behind it. Cubs don't accompany males.
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  150.  @YooTooLoB  Video quality is unfortunately very poor, but I see no testicles at 1:03, 1:26 or 1:42. They are usually very conspicuous. Also, I've never seen a male leopard (and I've seen hundreds in the wild) in the company of another leopard, unless it was a mating with a female. The second leopard looked far too small to be sexually mature.
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  151. Kept four cheetahs at bay? I could see one mildly curious and slightly bemused young cheetah taking a cautious look at the serval. The others were too lazy to even get up.
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  152. As far as I know, leopards don't particularly love catching baboons. Like most predators, they are opportunists and will go for anything edible coming their way that can be overpowered. What that is, will mostly depend on local species composition and abundance. Baboons obviously feature on the menu where both species occur, but rarely. Baboon hair has been found in only 2% of leopard faeces (Skinner). There are instances where particular leopards have been documented exhibiting a preference for certain prey species, e.g. bushpigs domestic dogs and jackals, but not baboons.
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  153. "If the crocodile latches on to the lion, it will be very, very detrimental for the lion". Astounding perspicacity! The lady deserves a Mensa Lifetime Achievement Award. Maybe two.
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  154. Impalas don't go for relaxing swims. Ever.
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  155. "Weekends in the Sabi Sabi Game reserve can get quite interesting" Huh? As opposed to what? Weekdays? Those are less interesting? I strongly suspect that the average Sabi Sabi cheetah or lion doesn't know or care what day of the week it is. They all dine out every day of the week, not only on Saturdays or Sundays.
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  156. "Coleman and ... Tonkin were both on two different safari vehicles" Split personalities?
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  157. So what did we learn today? Not even doctors and bankers can keep their mouths shut when shooting a wildlife video.
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  158. I tried to watch the moment, but didn't see any hyena walking into any lions. It did walk past some without noticing, which is bad enough.
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  159. Congratulations on coming up with yet another ridiculously bad clickbait thumbnail. Those amber lions are a true highlight. Well done!
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  160. Here we go again: another risible fake clickbait thumbnail. Par for the course for Latest Sightings.
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  161. @michaeldeierhoi4096  Open at least one eye and your questions will answer themselves. As for civets, I've seen more of them in the flesh than I could possibly count. They are not at all uncommon in suitable habitat. They are indeed mostly seen at night, but daytime sightings do occur. That also goes for all other nocturnal mammals , including the ones often described as "strictly" nocturnal. I cannot think of a single nocturnal southern African mammal that I have not seen in daylight. They usually look a lot better by day too.
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  162. @Boski. Amazingly, the KNP has a perfect track record in this regard. In the almost one hundred years since it allowed the first self-drive visitors in, not a single one has been killed by a wild animal. Traffic accidents pose a far greater risk. They are not at all uncommon in this national park where the speed limit is either 40 or 50 kph. As many as five people have been killed in a single wreck.
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  163. South Luangwa is not exactly a Kruger sighting, and "law specialists" (whatever that is) are obviously not specialists when it comes to focusing. "
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  164. Wildlife videography 1.01 : keep your mouth shut.
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  165. That still doesn't make it the largest pride ever, nor the largest number of lions ever walking in the road.
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  166. "A herd of elephants rescue a leopard from two lionesses that climb a tree and fight him for his hard-earned prize." & "One of them climbed the tree in a hurry". Hmm . . . . I sense a contradiction here. Perhaps counting to two is beyond the capabilities of some.
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  167. For once, those watching had the sense to keep their traps shut. Congratulations! Pity about the poor video quality, though.
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  168. "He doesn't have tusk" ; "No! Female!" ; "I have video! I have video!" Somebody is obviously angling for the Bright Spark of the Year Award here. Throw in the the portrait format and I figure his chances are quite high, but you never know what Latest Sightings will come up with next. And before anybody mentions it, the fact that there are around 47 genders these days is no excuse for calling a female "he". Had this elephant been a professor of critical gender studies at Reed College, the poor narrator would have been canceled by a woke mob before nightfall.
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  169.  @shafqatishan437  I've seen vultures chasing cheetahs off a kill numerous times. Not only single cheetahs, but even four adult males. It's all about the numbers. Once the vultures are numerous enough, they harrass the cheetah(s) incessantly and simultaneously from all sides. That's almost guaranteed to produce the desired effect. Cheetahs are suprisingly vulnerable to intimidation. I recall a sole black-backed jackal trying to appropriate a buffalo calf kill by sneaking up on the feeding cheetah from behind, biting its tail, and literally attempting to pull it away from its breakfast. That didn't work, but the jackal got full marks for its audacity (and then a belly full of leftovers once the cheetah had eaten its fill.
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  170. Just a straightforward mock charge. They are a dime a dozen.
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  171. Hey, Latest Sightings, if you want to use thumbnails as clickbait you will need to do a lot better. This one is so risibly amateurish that it won't even fool the congenitally blind.
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  172. Keeping your engine running while shooting wildlife videos is such a bright idea.
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  173. OK, I get it, clickbait thumbnails are intended to fool the gullible, attract viewers and generate income. But thn at least put some effort into producing a halfway convincing thumbnail, not this kind of risible amateurish junk. Insulting viewers by playing them for fools is not really a bright idea.
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  174. Truly amusing?!? Truly boring! None of the lions laughed, and neither did the millipede.
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  175.  @Crocutaalpha  I never said they run, but sensible hyenas are very wary with adult male lions, and give them a wide berth. There can be courage in numbers, but many a hyena has paid the penalty for boldness.
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  176.  @Crocutaalpha  Here we go again. I could give you several examples from personal observation that flatly contradict the utter gibberish you spout, but hey, you only believe what you see on YouTube. Well, here's some really exciting news for you: there's actually a real world out there. You should try it sometime. Until then, consider this: something like 99.999999999% of what happens in the wild doesn't get uploaded to YT. And that which does, is not necessarily representative of what goes on in the natural environment. On the contrary, it is highly skewed towards the unusual, exciting, and (human beings being what they are) the gory, disgusting and cruel. And what gets recorded is often just the product of luck and chance. There are exceptions, e.g. (mammal) ethologists who spend weeks and months, sometimes even years in the field studying animals up close, and professional photographers who do the same from another perspective, but even they usually don't highlight the trivial and mundane. If you wish to gain a true understanding of African ecology, you either need to get out there and see it for yourself (it will take you years) or thoroughly study the relevant scientific literature (ain't done in a day either). Preferably both. And that will only work if you have what it takes. In your case that's doubtful, given that you seem to spend your time trying to let everybody on YT know that you don't get it, and know nothing. Why anybody would want to expose themselves to ridicule that way is beyond me. To do so with asinine persistence is simply moronic. Good grief! So here's some very simple advice: the way to be heard, is speak up. The way to be appreciated, is shut up.
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  177.  @Crocutaalpha  Most people can't even estimate the age of other human beings with any accuracy. I wouldn't recommend trying it with lions unless you are very experienced. Best way is to regularly observe your local lions over many years, especially those whose date of birth you can pin down fairly accurately, i.e. with a margin of error of a few weeks. Then in due course you get a pretty good idea of what they look like at different ages. There are certain features that can be really helpful, such as the amount of pink on the nose, but that also requires experience, and is too variable to be highly accurate. Only those who have gone cross-eyed from spending 17 hours a day watching YouTube will be able to triumphantly determine a lion's exact age by glancing at a grainy video.
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  178.  @sidneywilder2731  Because there are six of 'm in the lunatic asylum, that's why.
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  179.  @Crocutaalpha  You are truly amazing. Your every utterance seems to be crafted to convey the distinct impression that you are uneducated, ignorant and immature; and have a poor command of the English language to boot. That's quite an achievement, I grant you that. Were there such a thing as a YT Moron of the Year Award, then you would effortlessly coast to victory. The internet has given just about everybody an online vuvuzela, an opportunity that countless millions have eagerly seized upon to let the whole world know that they know nothing. You can at least console yourself that you are in good company. You are not alone in the world where the blind lead the blind.
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  180.  @kyle-markmiddleton4142  Thanks for the heads up!
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  181. Wildlife videography hints and tips: 1. Shut up! Silence is golden. Besides, we can all see you can't hold the camera steady, so no need to tell the world about it. 2. Buy a beanbag. They come cheap.
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  182. Engine switched off forthwith, and not a word spoken. Congratulations!
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  183. What was that other lioness munching on?
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  184. Videography 1.01 : Shut up! Viewers can easily do without that inane commentary.
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  185. Perfect example of natural selection in action: demise of the dumbest.
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  186. "... may have bitten off more than it can chew"? It did bite anything off, nor do crocodiles chew their food.
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  187. "What has been happening recently"? Huh? We have one altercation in the middle of a dry and drab winter landscape, the other in a green and lush summer setting. They can't both be recent.
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  188. That cub was a prime candidate for natural selection.
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  189. How old is this footage? Veld looks very dry and most trees are leafless.
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  190. Silence is golden.
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  191. "This rare and raw moment showcases not only the power of the leopard but also its surprising accuracy in disabling its prey." This particular leopard was anything but accurate in disabling its prey. Leopards will subdue their prey only to the extent necessary to commence feeding. That may or may not involve killing it. They don't have a human concept of death, their perspective is entirely pragmatic. Had the leopard wished to disable the warthog with surprising accuracy, it would have throttled it. There would have been nothing surprising about that, by the way. Asphyxiation it would not only have disabled it permanently, but also shut it up for good. Hollering hogs tend to attract hyenas, lions and jackals from far and wide, which is not in the leopard's interest. So why it chose to have a live meal is anybody's guess.
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  192. "At the moment, there's a flood occurring in the Kruger National Park". No there's not. Whoever filmed the cheetah gets brownie points for keeping his or her mouth shut for exactly half a minute. Quite an achievement.
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  193.  @peterbilt-bo1vy  had this leopard been brighter, it would have solved the problem instead of persevering in its futile attempts to dislodge the carcass. Their cognitive abilities are fairly limited. Having said that, I've managed to let a leopard deceive me once or twice. Embarrassing. At least lions have never managed that, but they are appreciably dimmer, despite the fact that they live in prides, which requires at least a modicum of social skills.
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  194.  @jacquesdemolay5171  Leaving aside the fact that there was no deer to feed on, what alternative explanation for the leopard's behavior would you like to suggest?
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  195. Has any research ever been published on the cognitive ability deficiencies of those who film in portrait format?
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  196. Brownie points for keeping silent, gig for shooting in portrait format. The lion gets a Merit Badge for mane grooming.
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  197. Latest Sightings has managed to come up with the worst amateurish and inept clickbait thumbnail so far. Congratulations.
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  198.  @hotbit7327  Did you? Where exactly at 1:39 do you see the leopard's left front leg pointing straight at the sky? If you can't tell a fake thumbnail at a glance, you are just the kind of viewer that Latest Sightings is looking for: dupes and suckers.
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  199. Here we go again, another ridiculously bad clickbait thumbnail.
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  200.  @davidwagner8536  If you can't see it for what it is, you're beyond redemption. Or blind. Maybe both. How unfortunate.
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  201. @davidwagner8536 Clickbait scammers and their defenders are the dregs of YT, but some of them at least have the finesse to come up with halfway convincing thumbnails. And then you get all those who don't, and happily make online asses of themselves for all the world to laugh at.
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  202.  @yaahlabanyamyan144  And most certainly not to humans either.
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  203.  @Polosatiy_Varan  Well, the second an animal dies its flesh starts decaying. Prey that predators catch themselves will be consumed fresh, but if the victim is big enough it will be eaten over the course of several or many days, by which time it will be plenty rotten. Carnivores couldn't care less how rotten the meat is, their stomachs can handle anything. Crocodiles don't have shearing carnasassials, and they can't chew. That means they have to tear or twist off chunks of meat that are not too big to swallow. Much easier when the meat is very tender, i.e. very rotten. Crocs will eat any carrion they can come over, the more rotten the better. They even stash meat under water and leave it to decompose until they can consume it. So crocodiles scavenge, eat carrion and like rotten meat. They'll eat it at every opportunity.
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  204. Good to learn that this video was shot by "by [a] 37-year-old International Shipping Business Owner". What a relief. Imagine if it had been shot by, say, a 42-year old Domestic Shipping Business Owner! That would really have taken all the fun out of watching the video. Apposite information of this kind is therefore always much appreciated.
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  205. The thumbnail image is manipulated clickbait. Such images do the channels image no good.
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  206. I saw two helping tusks and one helping trunk, but where's that helping hand?
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  207. In the clickbait thumbnail department Latest Sightings has managed to sink to an impressive new low. Add a misleading title plus plenty of moronic commentary and you get a star contender for the next Dregs of YT award.
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  208. He lost his head.
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  209. Nothing greedy about this leopard's behavior.
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  210. Huh? Why should lion food be scarce in the dry season? If anything, the dry season is beneficial for lions. Prey animals need to drink, so they congregate in numbers at waterholes, of which there are fewer when it is dry. Easier for lions to find and catch prey in such circumstances. At the end of the dry season, or when there's a drought, forage becomes scarce and the nutritional quality declines, so grazers and browers lose condition and become easier to catch. Warthogs especially are known to suffer under such conditions. They cannot find enough to eat during daylight hours, so in desperation venture out before sunrise and stay out after sunset, greatly increasing the risk of predation.
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  211. What lesson and what love? She was just doing what instinct told her to do, i.e. raise her cubs to indepence. They cubs won't even thank her for it. If she's really unlucky, one of them may even kill her one day. Yes, that happens. Leopards are animals, not maudlin and mawkish quadripedal humans. Not that they know it, but their purspose in life is to pass on their genes. They'll do whatever it takes to achieve that, up to and including killing their own kith and kin. Empathy and compassion are not their thing.
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  212. Whatever is"immaculate" about this, it sure ain't the video quality. Filmed with a baked potato by the looks of it. Crowdfund the guy a decent camera. As for "nature can be cruel": no it can't. Nature just is. It has no feelings, no emotions, no compassion, no opinions. Cruelty exists only in the minds of humans.
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  213. The moment unraveled?!?
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  214. Best part was that motorized moron honking his horn.
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  215. Cool stuff, very unfortunate that the video quality is abominable. and that people couldn't keep their traps shut.
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  216. And, to nobody's surprise, we are treated to another kindergarten quality clickbait thumbnail.
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  217. And nobody said a word!
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  218. Doesn't always work. I've seen Wild Dogs pick up millipedes, crush them in their jaws, spit them out, and then roll back and forth over the smelly remains. And what on earth are "quinos", by the way?
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  219.  @Tanks-In-Space  No it is not
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  220.  @Ree33ee  Guess that depends on which side of the Anacostia.
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  221.  @vapeurdepisse  Doesn't have to rare at all, if. . . you get to know the park like the back of your hand; plan your game drives thoroughly and carefully, taking into account the season, climate, weather, time of day, as well as your knowledge of animal numbers, distribution, behavior, etc.; execute your came drives carefully and methodically, concentrate and stay focused the entire time. In a nutshell: make sure you know what you are doing, and keep your eyes peels. You'll be amazed at all the things you see.
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  222. Really cool video, but that commentary is not only exceptionally annoying, but also completely superfluous. Does she think viewers are all blind, or what?
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  223.  @JG-wz4bt  In both places where and when also matter. Pick the right season, the right time of day and the right roads, and you can avoid the circus experience.
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  224. Embarrassing intentionally misleading click bait title. Interesting how low some will stoop to make a buck.
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  225. And another ridiculously bad click bait thumbnail. Come on now, Latest Sightings, stop insulting your viewers. We are not as stupid as you seem to think.
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  226. Portrait format and inane narration, what a stellar combination.
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  227.  @Latestsightings  Indeed you do, but why on earth would anybody want to know, or even give a hoot? Maybe you could also tell us what brand of toothpaste they use, their weight, political affiliation, preferred pronouns and how many grandchildren they have? I'm sure the entire world is dying to find out.
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  228.  @Skyypixelgamer  It's not bad at all, credit should certainly be given where credit is due, and that's what Mr. Barnard gets. But it would make sense for any personal details provided to be germane to the video topic. If the person who shot this video had been a mammal ethologist specializing in large carnivore research, then that information might perhaps have been of some interest. That Mr. Barnard works for an outfit called Corporate Real Estate Africa is of as little interest to viewers as it is to the featured lioness and the hyenas. In other words, it is completely irrelevant. Might as well tell us how often Mr. Barnard trims his toenails.
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  229. Oh come on! Just hold that camera still and keep your mouths shut for two minutes. How difficult can it be?
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  230. Portrait format Bessie bug strikes again.
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  231. What on earth is a "system" head ranger?
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  232. You are mistaken. Plenty of clickbait thumbnails, for example.
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  233. Mala Mala has a much longer and better video of this standoff.
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  234. "this leopard made the wrong mistake". Yeah, it would have been much better off making the right mistake.
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  235. Not sure which was the brightest idea: partially closing the window to keep that vicious leopard out, or speaking in whispers to keep the leopard from hearing what was being said. And how do we know that it was a spitting cobra what done it?
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  236. Mama Lion couldn't care less.
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  237. Here we go again: another fake clickbait thumbnail. Why am I not surprised. Ä
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  238. Just as you said, no danger doing that whatsoever. Just about the only way to get yourself or your baby killed on safari is in an auto wreck.
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  239. Sheesh! What a fabulous KNP traffic jam, with everybody on best behavior as usual. Give me the peace and tranquility of the private reserves any day (OK, not all of 'm - some of the commercial ones excel at messy sightings too). And where on earth is "Gasanftombi"? Not in Kruger, that's for sure.
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  240.  @pmulline  Are you perhaps referring to Gezantfombi? If so, which one? The dam? The Vurhami weir? Or Gezantfombi Creek near Tswaene (sort of between the Manyelti and Nhlanguleni)?
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  241. The victim was a Four-striped Grass Mouse.
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  242. If you want to watch this, mute your audio first.
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  243. The thumbnail is a clickbait fake.
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  244. A clip without proper beginning or end. In any case, that impala lamb was not exactly articulate. It sure struggled to get its message across.
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  245. And not a single human voice to be heard!
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  246. Here we go again: another glaringly obvious clickbait thumbnail.
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  247. No bright sparks in that herd. Pity the crocs didn't wipe out the whole lot.
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  248. It's not as if there's a predator waiting on every corner. Could take days before this waterbuck gets nailed.
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  249. "Jij stuurt een beetje? Ja, jij stuurt, hè?". How about the person in the driver's seat just driving the car?
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  250. Here we go again, another insultingly bad click-bait thumbnail. Grow up and stop insulting your prospective viewers.
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  251. No need to think, this thumbnail is a great example of clickbait. Obviously fake, obviously faked on purpose. That's what you get when greed trumps morals, and it is par for the course for Latest Sightings.
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  252. This video perfectly illustrates a well-known fact: lions aren't very clever! If that lioness hitching a ride had been able to put two and two together, she would have continued clawing her way up until she reached the neck, which would have brought the giraffe down in no time. (As an aside, it has been experimentally proven that lions can are capable of very rudimentary arithmetic, but they are still far from bright).
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  253. Baby buck?!? Where?
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  254.  @ChrisSanDiego11  I'd have given the same advice had it been an emotional male, or any LGTBQIA2S+ of your choice. Or a Martian, for that matter.
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  255.  @dkcrooby1  The subject matter is interesting, but the video quality is mediocre at best. That's to some extent excusable, given the constraints imposed by KNP rules & regs (you're restricted to a very limited road network, etc). However, the first rule of wildlife filming applies everywhere and at all times: keep your trap shut. Dead simple, yet for some reason incredibly hard for so many. Those with Attenborough ambitions can alway add pertinent narration afterwards when editing the footage.
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  256.  @craigdeklerk3863  The inane comments were the ones made in a whisper loud enough for all viewers to hear.
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  257. Why's that tracker wearing a mask? Is it that dusty? Is his nose freezing? Or is it all those little covid viruses zooming around the Lowveld at dawn? He is the best example of the inanity of mask wearing I've ever seen, bar one: driving in the Western Taurus mountains one morning just after dawn last November, I met one single pedestrian on a 116 kilometer long road. He was wearing a mask. My jaw dropped. The effect of fearmongering on the gullible is amazing.
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  258. "Ek gaan dood gaan." Really? Well yes, sooner or later that happens to everyone. Gelukkig for her verstaan daai leeus nie Afrikaans nie.
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  259. I'd put my money on Giant Plated Lizard
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  260.  @SogMosee  What do you mean by "top animals"?
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  261.  @SogMosee  What I understand is that you have changed your tune and are now claiming something quite different from what you originally wrote. Your new claims still don't stand up to scrutiny, though. And by the way, you have yet to tell us what you mean by powerful. No point in asking you to do your homework again, the task is simply beyond your cognitive abilities, as both your first and second attempt make glaringly obvious. Try asking Google instead, that's a lot easiern. You'll be amazed to learn that opinions diverge considerably, but that actually stands to reason if you (try to) give it some thought. You'll also be amazed to learn that your rankings are pathetic.
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  262.  @SogMosee  Changing the subject is tantamount to an admission of defeat. Any rankings of animals by intelligence worth their salt will put mankind at the top of the list. That's for obvious reasons, but you seem eager to demonstrate that you're the exception that proves the rule.
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  263.  @SogMosee  Resorting to infantile inanities, problems with grammar, syntax and spelling . . . I rest my case!
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  264.  @SogMosee  Not from proudly advertising my ignorance online, that's for sure.
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  265.  @SogMosee  Here's the thing: you posted a silly and ignorant comment. Changing the subject and switching to ad hominem attacks doesn't make your original comment any less silly or ignorant. If you had any sense, you would have deleted it long ago. But you didn't, and if your parents and teachers failed you, then there's little anybody else can do to make you see the light.
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  266.  @SogMosee  As you are beyond redemption, there's indeed no reason to. Might as well bang my head against a brick wall. But by all means, keep on advertising your ignorance to the YT community. If nothing else, it should be good for laughs.
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  267.  @fexcasanova  Whether all humans have morals is debatable, but in any case morals are something we have made up as a species, not a fixed, immutable and universal feature of nature. Nature as such has no morals, just as it doesn't have a tail or spots, even though most leopards do.
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  268. Two brownie points for staying silent, and a gig for not focusing properly half the time.
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  269.  @GlazedInfants  Not to the animals involved, which have no concept of human ethics.
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  270. The inanity of the commentary is priceless. Any one of those baboons would have done better.
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  271. Maybe not, but plenty of people want to anyway. Gets a bit tricky on game drives when there's a divergence of opinion between the guests. Some want to leave, others to stay and watch as long as possible. Sometimes it gets rather extreme. I've known people to return from a particularly bloody game drive physically sick and unable to eat dinner. It even happens that they pack their bags and leave at the first opportunity. Not sure what goes on in the minds of some people who pay to go on safari. When asked by the ranger on their very first game drive what they would like to see, the answer is surprisingly often "a kill!". Then, when they are incredibly lucky to see one on that very first drive, they start crying and screaming. Good grief!
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