In honour of World Wetlands Day We were searching for Mason , a collared male lion that usually roams near Xini Lagoon in the Moremi Game Reserve. We hadn’t seen him in some time, and our research protocol required us to locate him and download data from his GPS collar. When his signal finally appeared, we left the main track and drove off-road toward the steady beep.  Recent heavy rains had transformed the landscape. Tall grass concealed the ground, making it impossible to