A couple of days ago we were out on Safari and looking for the Elephants. We came across a very Large Kudu Bull which had been killed very recently.
At first glace I thought that the Wild Dogs had killed it as only the better more succulent cuts of meat had been eaten. The left shoulder and rump were gone as well as some of the organs such as the heart, lungs and liver.
We all became very excited hoping that we would get to see the Wild Dogs returning to the spot where they had left their puppies and see them regurgitating food up too feed them. Upon closer inspection we saw that the Kudu had in fact been killed by the lions. Not entirely sure why they had not finished their meal … Probably because they were very full from a previous meal or had maybe been disturbed by the Elephants.
The kill was very fresh and even still warm to the touch, so we figured we would have a look around in the area to see whether we could find the lions.
Not 20 minutes later looking above we saw that vultures were starting to move toward the area of where the dead Kudu Bull was located. Hoping to see some action we raced back the kill sight to have a look.
Upon our return it became apparent that we had missed a whole lot already as there were approximately 50 Vultures already feeding on the carcass.
It is said that a White Backed Vulture can consume around 3KG of meat in around 5 minutes, there were around 50 of the guys there so u can imagine what was left of the Kudu after only this very short time. We sat there there for a while watching the commotion and were later joined by a couple of Cape Griffins and a few of the smaller Hooded Vultures which clean up the small scraps left behind by the bigger Scavengers.
Here are some Before and after pics. Not for the faint-hearted! 😉
