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Oct 09
2011
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A mother's love....Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Oct 9, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 09/10/2011.
The African elephant is the biggest land mammal we have in the world and one of the most intelligent. Female elephants are very protective and caring towards their young calfs. Elephants can spend upto 18 hours feeding and take naps in between but young ones require more rest. They can sleep standing or lying flat on their bellies.
Today Peter and his four guests were having a great time driving around in the extensive Masai mara game reserve. The weather was great and at around noon they came across a small herd of ellys resting silently under a tree. As they drove closer they noticed one of the baby ellys lying flat with its mother keeping a watchfull eye. It was interesting to see how the whole herd stood around while the little one was trying to get some sleep.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth | Daniel | Peter | Ferdinand | Philip |
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| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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| Blue Wilderbeest |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra |
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| Bushbuck |
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| Cape Buffalo |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck |
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| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland |
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| Grant’s Gazelle |
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| Hippopotamus |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik |
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| Klipspringer |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion |
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| Maasai Giraffe |
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| Olive Baboon |
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| Oribi |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie |
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| Serval |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena |
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| Squirrel |
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| Steenbok |
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| Striped Hyena |
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| Striped Pole Cat/Zorilla |
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| Thick-tailed Bushbaby |
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| Thompson’s Gazelle |
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| Topi |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog |
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| Water Mongoose |
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| White-tailed Mongoose |
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| Wild Dog |
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NB: * = Same animals seen by different rangers
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