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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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Busch Gardens welcomes a baby giraffe!

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Both mother and baby will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in about three months. Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds.

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Cute of the Day: baby giraffes

4 The Love Of Animals

Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds. Tags: cute animal photos cute of the day.

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Cute of the Day: All Legs Baby!

4 The Love Of Animals

The duo will join the other animals on the Serengeti Plain in a few months. Busch Gardens’ 65-acre Serengeti Plain is a naturalistic habitat featuring a diverse population of free-roaming African animals including giraffe, zebra, white rhinoceros, eland antelope and several other species of hoof stock and birds.

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My Top 12 Wildlife Watching Moments

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A pair of screeching Blacksmith Lapwings was flying around as six Burchell’s Zebras were quenching their thirst, suspiciously observing surroundings every now and then. One Nilgai – the largest of Asian antelopes and a few Sambar deer later, we hit a jackpot: there is one jackal-like animal sitting among the dry leaves!

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An afternoon in the Madikwe Game Reserve, South Africa

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The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. The others follow, some dozen animals in all. Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes.

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Shadows of Africa

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The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus. The others follow, some dozen animals in all. Their presence indicates large mammals nearby – and only a few meters away, one Southern White Rhinoceros mother with a calf disappears among the bushes.

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