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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.
 

1 June
AM
Styx pride of lions sleeping south of torchwood camp
Safari-female leopard- scent marking on zoes rd
Short horn-male rhino- phillamons cuttline grazing

PM
1 male& 1 female lion hunting buffalo at marula pan
Breeding herd of buffalo moving from marula pan going north

02 June
AM
Styx pride lions drinking water at djuma bush lodge
Tandie female leopard hunting impala east of mamba rd
Breeding herd of elephant drinking at torchwood dam. 

4 June
PM
6 dagga boys Philemon’s cut line animals lying down
3 rhino twin dam animals grazing towards mamba road
Nkarula, Impala Plain - scent marking

5 June
AM
Styx pride Torchwood dam drinking water
Rhino bull, cheetah cut line moving north
 
PM
Styx pride torchwood dam on buffalo kill
Nkarula with two cubs Buffelshoek dam playing together
 
6 June
AM
2 male lion Mapogo Chitwa cut line moving south towards Gowrie main
Young female leopard Thandy for Nkarula on Chitwa cut line on top of the tree
Herd of elephant drinking water south of Djuma lodge
Nkarula, Nyala road south towards Chela pan

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