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| Worth a Visit - Serengetti,
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania A visit that needs two / three days. Animals Page |
| Baboons |
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| Information on Baboons* Olive Baboons: Live in troops average size 35. Females outnumber males in troop by as much as 3:1. Each troop has a destinct hierarchy amongst males and females. Baboons can do untold damage to crops and, in some regions are cosidered vermin |
| Elephants |
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| Information on Elephants* Elephants eat a wide variety of vegitation from grasses to trees. Most Females and calves, including young males up to the age of 14, live in herd of 10 to 20 to protect they young. Old Males tend to live a solitary existence |
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| Information on Giraffes* Masai Giraffe: Giraffes walk with a slow amble moving both legs on the same side of the body at the same time.This 'pacing' is unusual amongst animals. They can move at up to 60kmph |
| Hart Beast & Impala |
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| Information on Hart Beast & Impala* Hart Beast: (left) Males stand on moundsto make themselves look bigger and more impressive to female Hart Beast. Impalla: (right) When under threat from predators they are quite fast and can make leaps of 11m in length and 3m in height, these are an evesion tactic. |
| Hippos |
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| Information on Hippos* During a nights foraging Hippos can roam 8 to 10km. As they do not sweat Hippos must keep their skin wet to prevent sunburn and cracking. These cracks, as on Hippo left and centre, usually lead to infection and death. |
| Hyenas and Jackles |
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| Information on Hyenas and Jackles Spotted Hyena (left): Females are larger than males and dominate within clans, which number up to 80. Golden (Common) Jackle (centre): Can be seen during daytime but more active under cover of darkness Black-Backed Jackle (right): May scavenge but most food is small birds, mammals, lizards, insects and fruit. |
| Warthog and Buffalo |
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| Information on Warthogs and Buffalo* Warthogs (left): To defend themselves against predators they enter their burrow backwards, enabling them to use their tusks if threatened Cape Buffalo (right): Take delight in wallowing in water holes. Have very poor eyesight, average hearing and an acute sense of smell. |
| Zebra & Wildebeast |
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| Information on Zebra* Common Zebra (left): Migrate seasonally mix with Wildebeast (right) heards. Colour darken to full balck and white as they mature, all patterns are unique. |
| Wildebeast Migration |
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| Information on Wildebeast* Seasonal migration from Southern Serengeti to and Masai Marar and back covers over 800km, in columns up to 40km in length. Continually migrate in search of food and fresh pasture. All young born in 3 week period (february / march) in Serengetti. |
| *Information taken from reading Collins Travellers Guide: Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda by David hosking and Martin Withers |