Thread: Odd, unexpected and interesting things you have seen out hunting

Originally Posted by Mathias

A few years ago I was sitting near a clearing that had a few old bleached white bones on it from a previous kill. A spiker strolled on to it and started poking around, he picked up one of the bones in his mouth and then he spotted me and just stood there with it hanging out of the side of his mouth like a cigarette. What a bloody crack up silly looking pose it was, I tried to get my camera out in time but he buggered off. I've seen a few casts with the tips chewed for calcium before, bones are a supplement too it would seem.
This was the best laugh I've had in the bush with animals.

Osteophagia... As a guide in South Africa, I had a hard time with a group of tourists. They thought all the large mammals were carnivores and giraffe were at the top of that list. It didn't help when we saw a giraffe with knees bent like they do when drinking, except it was chewing on an antelope carcass, killed the week before by a pack of African wild dogs... Apparently it's an easy source of phosphorous and mainly herbivores will do it. Needless to say, they never believed another word I said after that, and there was no tip at the end if their week-long stay either.