Zimbabwe boy of eight survives five days in lion-inhabited Matusadona game park

The young boy ate wild fruit and dug small wells in dry river banks to find drinking water in Zimbabwe.

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The ordeal began when Tinotenda Pudu wandered 23 km (14 miles) from home into the "perilous" Matusadona Game Park, said Mashonaland West MP Mutsa Murombedzi on X.

He spent five days "sleeping on a rocky perch, amidst roaring lions, passing elephants, eating wild fruits", she said.

Matusadona game park has about 40 lions. At one point, it had one of the highest lion population densities in Africa, according to African Parks.

Murombedzi said the boy used his knowledge of the wild and survival skills to stay alive.

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