Watch as a Hamerkop bird outsmarts a group of wild dog pups in a playful game of chase at MalaMala Private Game Reserve. See the adorable video and read the full story.
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This Hamerkop was not willing to give up its watering hole to a group of wild dog pups, so it just kept annoying them in an attempt to win its waterhole back.
“We had been following this pack of wild dogs as they were hunting through the early morning hours. But as soon as the heat started picking up, the wild dogs decided to find some shade and coolness close to a small mud wallow. However, this mud wallow was already occupied; a hamerkop bird was fishing for frogs and whatever it could get its beak on.”
“The adults had a quick drink and immediately went to lay in the shade. But the little pups had different ideas and wanted to play in the water. It was more mud than water, really, but that did not seem to bother them.”
“The hamerkop, who was trying so hard to be still and catch a frog off guard, now had no chance with all this playful commotion. So, that’s when the hamerkop decided that it was going to get its revenge on these young puppies. He was going to make a fool out of all of them by playing a game of chase with them!”
