00:11I love that right good morning everyone today I'm going to be taking the six
00:20lions out on a walk that stores group it always puts a smile on my face when I
00:26see these guys having fun and I want you to have a look at the excitement in their
00:34faces and in their body language when I open that gate and let them run in this
00:39big area just have a look at that and if that doesn't put a smile on your face
00:43then I don't know what will who wants to go walking hmm yeah everybody's excited
00:54everybody especially the girls and here come the boys oh my goodness gracious me
01:00oh my goodness gracious me what's happening what's happening guys yeah
01:06everyone's happy hello yes yes yes yes just give me a second oh off you go just them
01:19having some fun
01:34okay it's really interesting to see how the girls all stick together and the boys
01:42go and try and cause trouble and mark the trees and do all the things that boys do
01:50what's interesting and nice about these walks is it also gives them a little bit
01:55of time away from each other so that's that's an important component to time
02:03away from each other we all know what it feels like to be cooped up in the same
02:08place as our loved ones every now and again we just need a little bit of space
02:12and this is what this does for these lions this gives them a bit of space and
02:16those who want to hang back can and those who want to run ahead can also
02:37there are just loving life a few guinea files in the tree that were on the ground that obviously makes
02:48for
02:49something you can hear them that makes for something cool to chase
02:58good fun chasing guinea file hello girls oh
03:29lions love roads I've spoken about this before why do lions love roads
03:33lions like roads well simple answer is it's easier to walk on so invariably a lion is
03:43going to use a road where it can alternatively it's going to use well used game
03:49parts so alternatively they'll use well well used game paths and then every now and
03:58again if they really have to they're going to they're going to trundle across the bush which is not
04:04always the ideal
04:15they've got a lot of energy today so they've set off on a very very very intense pace
04:25and uh I haven't walked for a little while
04:42hence why all the excitement huh
04:45have to go guys oh oh oh oh oh
05:15on the prowl.
05:38Crazy cats, certainly in and out, in and out, in and out of the bushes.
05:54Crazy cats in the woods, in and out, in and out, in and out, in and out, in and out,
06:19in
06:19and out, in and out, in and out, in the woods.
06:53The line's pug marks, very distinctive, I can get to that just now, I just want to keep
07:03on following, it's very sludgy here as the water starts to recede.
07:13As we're going into autumn, what have we found, so that's a, it looks like an active porcupine
07:39borough, that obviously is filled with smells, and that attracts them there, so go and have
07:46a quick look, energy, what have you found?
08:07Let's see, come, here, oh, yeah, come, here, oh, yeah, come, come, come, come, come, come,
08:21keep, keep, right, we'll catch them on the other side, boys are hanging just a few meters
08:33behind us, I'll catch up with them now, oh man, into a spider's web, it's between the spider's
08:47webs and the blackjacks, don't know what's worse.
09:08Okay, you can see, they've already slowed down tremendously, the energy levels have been curbed,
09:20and, yeah, oh, you've got a bit of a lump there, I think she was bitten on her back, one
09:29of the
09:29others, been in a scrap, guys mustn't fight, eh, not good.
09:48Oh, you funny things.
10:03Oh, prickly, prickly, okay, go around, go around.
10:09So even though a lion has very nice thick soles, like we would have my nice thick hiking
10:23boots so I can walk over the thorns, but even, having said that, even though they've got these
10:28nice thick paw pads, they can still be quite sensitive to thorns.
10:36So they do walk gently, another reason why they like to stick on paths, makes more sense.
10:44Okay, let's go, come.
10:51Nezhi, nezhi, nezhi, nezhi, how are you, my darling, eh?
10:59Haven't even said hello, you're rude, you are, you're rude.
11:14A good example of running through the bush, because she's seen a guinea fowl, and that
11:23is, that is well worth chasing.
11:35Hey, Mr guinea file.
11:45Yeah, not in the mood for games, eh?
11:47Heh, heh, heh, heh.
11:49Let's go.
12:25There's one lagging behind, I think she's got a thorn in her foot, so if they do get thorns
12:38in their feet, all they do is they use their incisors and they grab onto them and pull
12:45them out.
12:49They're beautiful.
12:51Oh!
12:59Okay, almost through this thicket.
13:05Once we pass through the thicket, there should be a road here.
13:12We can continue walking on the road, I see the boys have joined us.
13:16They're now leading.
13:21Now I'm sweating because actually it is quite hot and humid.
13:26A bit of humidity.
13:28Weird weather.
13:29It's sunny, not a cloud in the sky today, but a little bit of a nip.
13:37By the same token, we have quite high humidity.
13:42Hello my girl.
13:45Alright, let's go.
14:04Oh!
14:08I thought I was saying to Jubes, don't even think about it.
14:14Don't come and steal my pheromones.
14:19Yeah.
14:22We're going to get him roaring.
14:24Hello big boy.
14:25Oh!
14:27Pudududududu!
14:54There comes Lola and she's gonna get stalked
15:01and everyone's back. I'm not even bothering running down the road. This is how you make lines
15:18fit and it's important this kind of exercise because not only do they go back to their usual
15:27areas and sleep better but it works up an immense appetite and then they eat. So this is almost
15:37in a sense mimicking the energy expenditure of a hunt. So let them run, let them run, let
15:44them run, let them get exhausted and then you know once they're exhausted you can feed them.
15:51So they'll be fed tomorrow. So they can work up a little bit of appetite today and then
15:57tomorrow, yeah. Okay guys, I think we should head down this way hey? Come. Yeah naughty. You're
16:07a naughty porty. Naughty porty. I love old Jubari. She sits there and waits for my recognition.
16:23She sits there and she says, can I go this way Kev? Like yeah, let's go that way. And she's
16:32happy.
16:34Alright, so this is more my pace guys. This is a better pace, slightly more relaxing.
16:48Beautiful. Just beautiful. Having fun. And they don't want me to lead. If I start to lead,
17:09they start to run. Girls love to lead. Neji behind me. Come Neji. Come on. No.
17:30Oh, I need to get back. Let's go.
17:36Poo.
17:45Okay, let's go.
18:06So, let's go.
18:49something's caught her nose what's that hmm I smell it too
19:06one
19:07one
19:23one
19:24one
19:24one
19:25one
19:53Let's go.
19:55We're waiting nicely, she's going to get stalked.
20:07I love that.
20:13It's so beautiful.
20:19Hey, sweetots.
20:21Beautiful.
20:22Hello, my girl.
20:24Here we go.
20:49Crazy, crazy.
20:50Crazy.
20:58Crazy.
21:01Crazy.
21:02Crazy.
21:09Crazy.
21:11Crazy.
21:11Crazy.
21:11Crazy.
