11th August 2008 : Monday Morning Leopard
Monday, August 11, 2008 at 04:30PM You've got to admit, there's nothing quite like a Leopard at breakfast to whisk away those Monday Morning Blues... It was 8.10am, we were having our tea on the balcony when we suddenly noticed something walking into the water on the other side of the river: a Leopard no less! Gingerly (almost on tiptoe, as if it didn't enjoy getting its feet wet), the gorgeous cat made its way across from one sandbank to the other, at one point plunging into a deep channel, until it entered the large reed island downstream from the house and disappeared. What the Leopard was aiming to do in the reeds, I don't know...Lie up in the cool surroundings for the day? (A bit damp, I would have thought?)...Maybe it's hiding cubs there, or maybe it was trying to cross the river? Throughout the day, the Baboons have been barking (alarm-calling), and so I'm sure it's still in the reeds somewhere, but we haven't had another sighting...
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