3A Welcome to Serengeti

Finally here! No big cats yet, but there are so many beautiful flocks of birds on the lake! Flamingos are my favourites. Their feathers, legs and face have different shades of pink. Some are lighter, some are darker. It's because of the food they eat: algae, insects and shrimps. I guess it's true what they say: you are what you eat!

Napokon smo stigli! Još nema velikih mačaka, ali na jezeru ima toliko predivnih jata ptica. Ružičasti plamenci su mi omiljeni. Njihovo perje, noge i lice imaju različite nijanse ružičaste boje. Neki su svjetlije, a neki su tamnije boje. To je zbog hrane koju jedu: alge, insekte i škampe. Očito je istina kako kažu: ono si što jedeš!

There they are! My first pride of lions in the wild! There are cubs of all sizes! They are playing, but Dad says that this is actually learning. They learn how to become good hunters when they grow up. Grown-ups sleep up to 20 hours a day. I can understand that - it's so hot here. Oh, a male lion is coming! Listen to that roar... That's amazing!

Evo ih! Moj prvi čopor lavova u divljini! Tu su i lavići svih veličina! Igraju se, ali tata kaže da je to zapravo učenje. Uče kako da postanu dobri lovci kada odrastu. Odrasli spavaju do 20 sati dnevno. To mogu razumjeti - ovdje je tako vruće. Oh, lav mužjak dolazi! Poslušaj tu riku... To je nevjerojatno!

And we are up in the air! The view is impressive! There are over a million animals on the move. Wildebeests, gazelles, buffaloes... They are looking for fresh grass in the dry season. I just hope crocodiles won't get them when they cross the river. I can even see some herds of zebras! It's interesting how each zebra has unique stripes. Just like our fingerprints.

I evo nas u zraku! Pogled je impresivan! Milijuni životinja su u pokretu. Gnui, gazele, bizoni... U potrazi su za svježom travom tijekom suhog razdoblja. Samo se nadam da ih krokodili neće dohvatiti kada budu prelazile rijeku. Mogu čak vidjeti neka krda zebri! Zanimljivo je kako svaka zebra ima jedinstvene pruge. Baš kao i naši otisci prstiju.

I don't understand why a lot of people say hyenas are ugly. I think they are handsome. This pack is just eating. They are good hunters. And their jaws are very strong - they can crush bones! There's a leopard sitting in the tree. It's not easy to see it. Maybe because of its spots...

Ne razumijem zašto puno ljudi kaže da su hijene ružne. Ja mislim da su baš zgodne. Ovaj čopor upravo jede. Dobri su lovci. I njihove čeljusti su vrlo snažne - mogu lomiti kosti. Leopard sjedi na drvetu. Nije ga baš lako vidjeti. Možda zbog njegovih točaka...

Standing on the volcano crater today! Happy it's not active... I can see a black rhino! There are lots of myths about their horns, and that's why some people hunt them. They are really endangered. But rhino horns are just like our hair - no magic about them!

We're visiting a Maasai village today. I look forward to seeing how these proud warriors live in harmony with Serengeti... In their language, 'Serengeti' means 'Endless Plains'.

Danas stojim na krateru vulkana. Drago mi je da nije aktivan... Vidim crnog nosoroga. Puno je mitova o njihovim rogovima, i zbog toga ih mnogu ljudi love. Zaista su ugroženi. Ali, rogovi nosoroga su baš kao i naša kosa - nema nikakve čarolije u tome!

Danas posjećujemo Maasai selo. Radujem se što ću vidjeti kako ti ponosni ratnici žive u skladu sa parkom Serengeti. Na njihovom jeziku, "Serengeti" znači "Beskrajne ravnice".

I'm sad that we have to go home. But I have a few photos of baobab and acacia for my sister. She wants to become a botanist. Elephants like to eat baobab, because they have a lot of water. And they can be really old - thousands of years. Most of the time they don't have leaves.

Acacia has long thorns, but that doesn't stop animals from eating it. Nature always finds a way...

Tužna sam jer moramo ići kući. Ali, imam nekoliko fotografija stabla baobaba i akacije za moju sestru. Želi postati botaničarka. Slonovi vole jesti baobab, jer u sebi imaju puno vode. I mogu biti jako stari - tisućama godina. Većinu vremena nemaju lišće.

Akacija ima dugo trnje, ali to ne sprječava životinje da je jedu. Priroda uvijek pronađe način...