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The Storks of Africa

10,000 Birds

Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills. They have even been known to kill children who have been incautious enough to approach too closely. They are also attracted by fires and can gather in thousands.

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72 dangerous animals africa

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African forest buffalo have much smaller horns than their counterparts the Cape, Sudan and Nile buffalo. The spotted hyena displays greater plasticity in its hunting and foraging behaviour than other African carnivores it hunts alone, in small parties of 2–5 individuals or in large groups.

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