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(06-28-2021, 08:55 PM)Hairy tummy Wrote: Not everything is filmed as evidence with lion activity,if only it was that easy. lots happen at night so a lot of the time we just have to go off what the local guides and experts tell us dont we. Im just happy to get what info we can
Absolutely. In fact I have lots of respect for guides who can piece together the events of a fight just through drag marks and track marks. The whole Phinda drama wasn't seen by anyone but they figured out the exact details of the fight through tracking. Having said that, there are just as many guides who completely butcher lion IDs, and speculate, and come up with incorrect assumption. In fact I just heard one today. And TrX, who criticizes Londolozi and other reserves when he doesn't agree with their reporting, has a huge problem because I said guides can get IDs of animals wrong in pitch darkness when they themselves agreed they didn't see the fight. I have no problem agreeing a fight happened but I'm not convinced about the IDs of the lions... big deal. Not sure why this is worth getting offended over.
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