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Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA

10,000 Birds

The leopards place their kill in a tree, protecting it from poaching by other predators. The Big Five–lion, leopard, African buffalo, elephant, and rhinoceros–are impressive, but my heart lies with the patterned mammals, giraffes and zebras. Verreaux’s Eagle-Owls are amongst the heaviest and longest owls in the world.