First thing when we got to the Crater this morning, we saw a big pack of hyenas stealing a cape buffalo kill from two female lions! What a way to start the day. The lions were so angry. They had the deepest growls, but because the hyenas have such strong jaws, the lions did not dare approach them. The hyenas were making their laughing noise almost as if they were mocking the lions. Their coat was much different than I expected it to be. They are mostly a medium brown shade, but a few of them had black spots and big bushy tails. They look almost like puppies. There were a few little jackels that kept trying to get a piece of the meat, but would get scared by the much bigger animals and run away.
It is extremely foggy in the crater. It is so thick it feels like it is misting on you. Two lions walked so close to the side of the car that if we had rolled down the window we could have touched them. We stopped to watch four cape buffalo and were told that there was a lion stalking them. As soon as she decided to start chasing, two others popped up out of no where. The buffalo ended up getting away, but it was really neat to see how the lions worked together. Ammy said that lions do not attack humans because they know that we would jump back into our vehicles too quickly.
After a lot of binocular searching, we saw our first Rhinos. They were fairly far off the road so it made it difficult to see them which was frustrating.
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