By Vianney Jacob Kabwine, Guide –Greystoke Mahale.Yellow baboons, vervet monkeys, red tailed monkeys, warthogs, and bushbuck and blue duikers are some of the animals that are found within Greystoke Mahale. They normally spend much of their time feeding on fruits, grass, leaves and insects as well as anything they can find that is edible around our kitchens and sometimes even taking food from the mess. They can get very close to people, sometimes as little as one meter away, but if they see you coming with anything in your hands they usually run away.
On 13th December a bushbuck (once known as George, now known as Obama) was feeding around the camp area at around 5:00pm. He used to be seen with his family but nowadays he is all alone, no one knows where the rest of the family are. He often feeds along the mess building and from room number one to room number three where grasses are suitable for him.
That evening as night fell he was looking for a place to sleep. He stayed near the office for some time and he then disappeared. At around 10:00pm we heard something running in the bushes behind the mess building. It was Obama, being chased by a leopard. He went straight out on to the beach and he stood there for some minutes looking back to see if the leopard was still coming after him. Once he realized that he was safe, he slowly walked into the mess building where he often sleeps and spent the night in safety there. Sometimes the warthogs and even yellow baboons and vervet monkeys will go to the mess building if they feel that they are not secure enough when a leopard is in camp.
