SAFARI at Lake Mburo National Park 🦓🦒🐃
Before we even made it into Lake Mburo National Park, we saw tons of cattle and zebras. Many of the people tending the cattle were only wearing shorts and carrying long sticks.
Gift drove us through the park, and let me ride shotgun so that I could roll the window down and take pictures. But, I think dad and Will just wanted to sit in the middle so they could stand up out of the sunroof.
We saw some warthogs or what we liked to call "pumbas". Fred said that they kneel on their front legs when they are eating or drinking because bending over would waste more of their energy. They also really like the mud because it cools them off.
We also saw a water buck for the first time. They are similar to deer but seem to be a lot fluffier.
More zebras :)
Dad started singing a veggie tales song when we saw these next animals. Even though these water buffalo don't look super harmful, they can be pretty aggressive and will sometimes kick members out of their pack. If you zoom in on the second picture, you'll see a symbiotic relationship happening (go biology). The ox pecker is a bird that sits on top of the water buffalo and eats bugs and parasites off of it, cleaning the water buffalo and providing a meal for itself.
We saw lots of Vervet monkeys staring at us through the grass, but when they were in the trees they were the easiest to photograph.
Seeing the giraffes was crazy! Fred told us that they can rest while standing or laying down, but they never put their necks down. If they laid their necks on the ground, the blood wouldn't pump correctly, and they would go into cardiac arrest.
No lions on this safari :(
Impalas travel in packs for protection. The males have horns, and the females do not. The city of Kampala gets its name from the words camp and impala
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We found some impala and hippo bones by Lake Mburo.
We have another safari in a few days, so I will have more pictures to share then!
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