Yesterday, I went on a game drive in the wildlife reserve and we came across the most beautiful creature.

Puff Adder

It looks as though it has just shed its skin.

It was slowly crossing the road to disappear into the nearby bush. Its bright yellow scale pattern was so amazing that I could not stop myself but to jump out of the car to take a photo of this beauty.

During my stay at the Kenyan coast, I visited Bio-Ken Snake Park in Watamu to see what kind of work our fellow bloggers are doing. Their lecture on snake bite was so interesting and indepth, I recommended to tour operators in the Mara to invite the snake expert to give basic snake bite first aid. We all live in the bush, but I don’t think anyone knows what to do in the case of serious snake bite except for calling the flying doctor. So far one lodge has shown an interest in hosting the snake expert’s visit and we are trying to organize the lecture here in the Mara so all tour guides, drivers, lodge doctors and rangers can attend. After all, these are the “high risk people” for snake bite and I feel that it is very important that we have basic understanding on how to handle snake bites. I hope we can organize the trip for snake expert to visit the Mara soon.

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According to many people, this year’s wildebeest migration might begin early towards the end of June. Zebras are already congregating in the Mara Triangle and yesterday I witnessed around 1,000 zebras crossing the Mara River!

Nervous zebras checking the crossing point.

Crocodiles are feesting on the zebras.

Check out Kimojino’s flickr photostream for more amazing photo on crocodile feeding frenzy.

I just uploaded some photos on my flickr photostream.

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After weeks of absence from Mara, I just came back to my savannah home. My animals are all doing well, but the land is very dry and dusty. Precious water tanks are almost empty and we are now waiting for the rain.

With little tourists, the Mara Triangle is still quiet but animals in the reserve seem to be going about their normal business. I will update stories from my trip after I finish some report facing deadline…

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I am passing by Nairobi and heading back to Mara tomorrow morning. I want to thank the following people who supported our project between April 15-28th!

Dana J $200, Meghan H $25, Jesus Muro $50 and Wanda H $25

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I am on safari and just checked my email for the first time after reaching Mombasa. It is extremely humid and hot here…something I am not so used to.

I just noticed that wildlifedirect has started a “Stop Wildlife Poisoning” blog and video I took was on there. It is footage of paralyzed lion (Day 2). This lion was completely paralyzed from Day2 to Day10. It was then killed by passerby lion on Day10.

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