This morning was another exciting game drive. We got up at our usual time of 5:30 am to grab some hot chocolate and head out on the savannah to try to see some animals. After an hour of struggling to stay warm under blankets and then taking a small break for some more hot chocolate, we found something cool.
Off in the distance to the side of the road were two giraffe heads sprouting out of the tall grass. Instead of the usual glares straight at us, we saw them facing the opposite direction, which alerted our guides to the fact that something was up. We turned off the car and promptly heard some impala grunting and making alarm sounds. So we took to offroading into the bush. Soon, we saw a hyena galloping along the right side of our vehicle, then another from the left crossing our path. After driving a bit farther, we spotted the cheetah at the site of the kill. We were there in just in time to see two more hyenas chase the cheetah off and grab the impala and start furiously devouring it. They were ripping it apart from limb to limb, gutting it, and gulping down all the internal organs. It was super gross but raw and uncensored Africa. As we watched, we saw the blood flowing, heard the sound of skin ripping, and smelled the disgusting internals of the ripped open intestines.
The cheetahs, were slowly trotting away as they gave up their kill. There were 3 of them in total, young males who were most likely family. As they wandered off, we followed, to watch them cleaning and relaxing in the morning sun.
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