Survival techniques in Kenya

Cutting the fruit of the cactus

At Loisaba, where they have a lot of community input, we learnt a few techniques to help us survive if the helicopter went down and we had to look after ourselves until we were found. This is eating the fruit of the cactus - you roll the fruit to get rid of the silent pains (the silky looking thorns) then cut through the hard skin and eat the flesh beneath. Yummy.

Lion tracks

We also learnt to track lions - see below.

Some of the lions are taking part in a survey! They wear radio collars and can be tracked using a large aerial. We were given a crash course in identifying individual lions.