Yesterday I was sat with Mike Haines of Safari & Company in Canada and Steve a friend of his at hidden crossing that is tucked away upriver of the main Paradise Plains crossings. We had snuck in there because I knew Anup Shah would be parked up in the shade of a tree waiting to see what the day sent his way. We had noticed a few Zebra heading in the general direction through the croton and normally when the Zebra move they pull some of the neighbouring wildebeest with them. Generally they will make a quick decision on wether to cross or not and everybody else follows! in this case they came and milled around but a group of Thompson Gazelle also came down to the rivers edge.
Intent on crossing they were blinkered to the fact that there were 12 crocs sat not 5 yards away mid stream. A short delay and one of them tested the water nervously backing out as one of the crocs drifted closer to shore. Then suddenly leaping forward one female tommy went for it. A series of springing bounds and she was across, bolstered by her success a rapid succession of 5 or 6 others plunged intto the river! The crocs were not so slow this time and four tommy were snapped up in a matter of seconds!
These images are courtesy of Anup Shah.
Intent on crossing they were blinkered to the fact that there were 12 crocs sat not 5 yards away mid stream. A short delay and one of them tested the water nervously backing out as one of the crocs drifted closer to shore. Then suddenly leaping forward one female tommy went for it. A series of springing bounds and she was across, bolstered by her success a rapid succession of 5 or 6 others plunged intto the river! The crocs were not so slow this time and four tommy were snapped up in a matter of seconds!
These images are courtesy of Anup Shah.
