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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

10,000 Birds

Generally the large family herds of buffalo are peaceful, but the old bulls (called “dagga” boys, “dagga” being a Zulu word for “mud” since they are often covered with the substance after their long wallows) who have left the herds tend to be furious with life in general and anyone they can smash in particular.

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Shadows of Africa

10,000 Birds

A little further, there’s a family group of Savannah Elephants with two two-year olds. We are nearing the waterhole, and see the large oval shadow in the darkness: that White Rhino cow with a calf. The dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus.

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