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In the Ranger's Diary we tend to concentrate on the -Big Five- or rather the -Big Seven- since these are the most popular animals. The -Big Seven- includes lion, leopard, elephant, rhino, buffalo, cheetah and wild dog. The term -Big Five- (the first five animals listed) was historically used to denote the five most dangerous animals to hunt in Africa. Fortunately the term is now used to describe the most popular animals.
 

21 January
PM
- 1 male rhino in the mud at rhino pan.
- 2 elephant bulls sizing each other up on lion tree road.

22 January
AM
- 1 male lion-Manyeleti male sleeping at brown ivory clearing.
- 1 female leopard- white cloth - Bush Lodge old entrance, scent marking.

PM
- Breeding herd of elephant drinking and playing in the water at Khaya Manzi.
- 2 young male rhino at Sussen's dam grazing on the dams edge.

23 January
AM
- Breeding herd of elephant cruse camp open area.
- 1 male rhino at Marula pan drinking water.
- 1 female leopard- Nkurula - lying on the dam wall of tree house dam.

24 January
AM
- 300 buffalo Zoë's road Philemon's cutline junction. A lot of them had large intrusions on their sides.
- Nkuhuma pride on Galago open area.

PM
- Breeding herd of elephant at Hunter's Moon.
- Manyeleti male lion at Hunter's Moon.
- 8 buffalo bulls at Hunter's Moon.
- We positioned the vehicle in such a way that we got 3 of the big five in one shot!
- 1 female leopard- Inkanyeni - at Bushbuck dam.

25 January
AM
- 1 female cheetah big dam just lying down,
- 2 elephant bulls drinking at green pan.
- 1 rhino bull cheetah plain.

PM
- 1 female leopard -Nkurula on twin dam road walking south.
- Breeding herd of elephant on mamba road near cheetah cutline.

26 January
AM
- Nkuhuma pride on Mvubu road walking into the drainage line next to Vuyatela.

PM
- Breeding herd of elephants at bush lodge.
- 6 buffalo bulls and a hippo bull at Buffelshoek dam.

27 January
AM
- 3 male and 4female lions were found east of Jacobin camp.
- This is a new pride that comes from Kruger and hopefully takes up residence at djuma.
- 1 male rhino drinking at green pan.

PM
- 1 female leopard - Inkanyeni - at Nyala dam.
- 1 female rhino with calf also at Nyala dam.
- The 2 species could smell each other but could not see each other which were pretty comical.

28 January
AM
- Nkuhuma pride was all sleeping off full bellies from a wildebeest kill.
- 1 female - Nkurula was with her 2 cubs on an impala kill on twin dams' road near Walberg's eagles nest.

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14 January 2009