Heather Djunga
Heather Djunga is an accomplished writer and editor whose love for the great outdoors was kindled from an early age, from when she took annual trips down to South Africa’s Kruger National Park with her family. Her most memorable animal sightings have included a showdown between a leopard and porcupine, a wild dog kill during an evening game drive, and a cheetah with three brand new cubs. She has also authored a children’s series about a lion cub.
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Two Lions Take on Entire Buffalo Herd
A pair of male lions took on an entire buffalo herd in this breathtaking sighting witnessed by Kyle Fritz in the Amakhosi Safari Lodge.
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22 Lions Chase 22 Hyenas from a Hippo
What can possibly stand against 22 hyenas? Miki Lane witnessed a large clan of hyenas intimidated by a breathtaking entourage of lionesses: 22 to be exact.
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Buck Make an Incredible Escape While Being Hunted by a Leopard
An unforgettable escape coloured this incredible sighting in the Kruger National Park.
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Elephant Sadly Mourns it’s Friend
This exquisite sighting provided a rare glimpse into the complex behaviour of elephants, which have been documented to ‘mourn’ the loss of fellow herd members.
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Stork Tries to Catch Fish but Otter Beats It to the Prize
While otters and saddle billed storks seldom compete for food, this sneaky otter stole a fish which a saddle billed stork had recently killed and then hurried out of the way!
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Too Many Impala Leave Leopard Confused
Sometimes having too many choices is not a good thing, as this leopard discovered when the many impala in front of him left him confused and without a meal.
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Snake and Chameleon Locked in Vicious Battle
It was boomslang versus chameleon in this rare showdown filmed by Darryl Sheedy in the Kruger National Park.
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Elephant Goes Scuba Diving
This joyful elephant put on a grand show for Mariska and Yolandi in the Kruger National Park, when it ducked and dived in and out of a river.
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Lions Pull Crying Warthog out of Burrow by the Road
It’s not always Hakuna Matata for warthogs in the wild, nor are lions friendly to warthogs like in the movie, the Lion King.
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Desperate Leopard Challenges Hyena
A hungry leopard desperately tried to steal an impala kill from a hyena in this memorable moment filmed by Dave Reed in the Timbavati.
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Cheetah is Too Slow to Catch a Wildebeest
The Kruger National Park set the stage for this epic wildebeest win, when the creature evaded the onslaught of a fast-approaching cheetah.
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Relentless Honey Badger Takes On Spiky Porcupine In Wild Showdown
It was honey badger versus porcupine in this dramatic sighting filmed in Springerbaai in the Western Cape.
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Warthogs Team up to Chase Cheetahs
Cameron Schmidt filmed a miraculous turn of events in the Pumba Private Game Reserve recently.
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Hidden Leopard Ambushes Fighting Impala
A leopard successfully ambushed and caught an impala in full view of game viewers in this incredible sighting.
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Bird Makes Moustache out of Buck Hair
Cameron Schmidt witnessed a most unusual sighting at the Pumba Private Game Reserve when an oxpecker fashioned a makeshift ‘moustache’ with impala hair.
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Huge Elephant Nudges Safari Vehicle Full of Tourists
It’s easy to forget how big an elephant is, until it approaches your vehicle in the road!
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Elephant Chases Lions onto the Road
How many elephants does it take to chase a pride of lions out of the bush and on to the road? The answer is just one, according to this incredible footage captured by Amir Bux.
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Lioness Abandons Cubs to Run Away from Rhinos
This lioness did the unexpected when she appeared to abandon her cubs to evade an approaching herd of rhino.
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The Perfect Lion Ambush
This impeccable ambush left a lasting impressing on Bonga Njajula who filmed the epic moment in the Kruger Shalati.
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Monitor Lizards Get Locked in an Intense Battle on the Road
Two Goliaths battled it out in this epic showdown witnessed by Cheryl Stedman at Ngwenya Lodge.
