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May 24
2012
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A nap on the lash grassPosted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on May 24, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 24.5.2012
The maasai mara is still pouring with rains and the grass growing high and higher everyday. This creats a scenario whereby if you are out on a game drive its tricky finding the cats, but they also have the same problem locating prey. So for them to locate prey one of the best sites is on top of termite mounds to scanning . This was the case with japhet on full day game drive who spotted 3 lioness on a vantage point but later on dashed to a nearby bush to take a nap when they realised there was nothing in sight. They choose a nice sleeping method to spend the sunny part of day on the lashing grass.
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| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand |
Alex |
Martin |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 4 | 100 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 23 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 6 |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 148 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 146 | 2 |
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| Bushbuck | 6 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 12 | 500 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 8 | 20 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 3 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose | 24 |
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| Eland | 14 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 8 |
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| Hippopotamus | 6 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 956 | 200 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 18 |
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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 | 3 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 2 | 6 |
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| Olive Baboon | 62 |
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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 | 4 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 2 |
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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 | 125 | 150 |
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| Topi | 26 | 40 |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog | 18 | 10 |
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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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