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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 March
AM
1 male leopard mafufanyane tree house dam. He killed an impala then a hyena stole it
After which they fought over it and the hyena won.
1 female leopard nkarula and her 2 cubs playing in a tree on bateleur rd central junction.

PM
Breeding herd of buffalo drinking at rhino pan.
2 white rhino grazing around nyala dam.

22 March
AM
1 male lion manyeleti boy drinking water at sussens dam.
1 male leopard shidulu east of crus camp sitting on termite mound.
Breeding herd of elephant at twin dams drinking water.

PM
Breeding herd of buffalo east of mluwanini on euphorbia road and in the same frame white cloth and her cub crossed the road into torchwood using the cover of the drainage line.
1 male white rhino drinking at tambotie dam.
1 male lion advertising his territory by roaring on buffelshoek airstrip.

23 March
AM
1 male leopard walking down bush lodge old entrance. He had been fighting with another male who was following not so far behind. One of the males was from a neighbouring property which is called the manyeleti male, the other leopard is unknown.
Breeding herd of elephant drinking at Vuyatela dam.

PM
Breeding herd of buffalo wallowing and drinking at buffelshoek dam.
1 male leopard beacons offspring on Philemon's cut line. He was very skittish like his father Jordan.

24 March
AM
Nkarula and her 2 cubs walking south from quarantine.
4 male cheetah ngwenza coalition, hunting around big dam.

PM
Sandy patch lioness with 3 cubs west of nyala dam. They were in a deep drainage line and sleeping.
4 white rhino at khaya manzi. Grazing the open area.

25 March
AM
Breeding herd of buffalo lying down at torchwood dam.
2 young male white rhino lying down on buffelshoek airstrip.

PM
1 female leopard inkanyeni lying on termite mound at cheetah pan.
Breeding herd of elephant around a hundred around vuyatela, quarantine and twin dams.

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