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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.

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KwaZulu-Natal

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mi (almost exactly the same size as Indiana), it is one of the smaller provinces of South Africa, but is the second most densely populated with over 10 million inhabitants. They discovered Gurney’s Sugarbird during their time in South Africa. I live in a city called Pietermaritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu-Natal province.

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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

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While the species is listed as Least Concern, there are some papers suggesting it may not be as common as assumed, at least in South Africa. Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary. . “ The diet includes seeds, nuts, and nectar.

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