The below picture, taken by Woodlore office member Steve on a trip to East Africa earlier this year, shows an animal print found in the dirt. The first person to find and correctly identify it wins, as always, a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher:
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The animal print found in Eastern Africa, correctly identified as that of a hyena[/caption]
Due to the angle at which the photograph was taken, this wasn't the easiest print to identify. However, some of you got it right - it is in fact a hyena print; Steve and the group were even lucky enough to see one that day sprinting past them. Of all the comments, Zoe was the first to answer correctly, winning a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher.
The animal print found in Eastern Africa, correctly identified as that of a hyena[/caption]
Due to the angle at which the photograph was taken, this wasn't the easiest print to identify. However, some of you got it right - it is in fact a hyena print; Steve and the group were even lucky enough to see one that day sprinting past them. Of all the comments, Zoe was the first to answer correctly, winning a £10.00 Woodlore Voucher.
If you'd like to brush up on your skills at tracking and identifying wildlife, we'd recommend taking a look at the Animal Tracks & Signs book or, even better, taking part in our Woodlore Tracking course.
22 comments
i think this is a leopard track.
Wow! quite a number of tracks there overlapping each other.
Well it’s a big mammalian predator, a female with young I presume. It’s hard for me with no experience.
My first instincts were a big cat, but it’s hard on the photo to get any sense of scale.
The small track upper right side seems to have 3 lobes and says cat to me.
Though the big obvious print centre right and below centre left could perhaps be hyena but I can’t distinguish any claw marks.
So I am going to go with Female leopard with cubs, perhaps two of them. I’m will not be surprised if I am wrong, but you have to try don’t you ;)
I could be repeating the theme of ray’s generous gift to children in need. I think it is a leopard track.
theres some thing there i cant make out………. is it a secretary bird???? hahahaha i give up!!!
or i think i can make out a cheetah going from left to right?? there might even be one more in there?
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