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Jan 19
2012
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Old Elly hanging around Talek River.Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Jan 19, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 19.01.2012
Elephants have an average life span of about 60 years but the main determinant is the wear and tear of their teeth.
Today Peter went for a fullday gamedrive, the weather was hot and sunny throughout the day. On arrival at Talek river they saw a bull elly feeding on the riverine vegetation growing on the river bank. They watched him for a while make use of the soft grass that he could find. He also looked elderly.
Ageing elephants prefer to feed on soft vegetation due to their worn out teeth, and they prefer hanging out around rivers and swamps. As they continue feeding on this riverine vegetation their bodies become weaker due to lack of vitamins they get from eating bark of trees.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth | Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand | Philip |
Alex |
Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant |
15 |
40 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose |
20 |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
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| Blue Wilderbeest |
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10 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra |
18 |
4 |
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| Bushbuck |
1 |
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| Cape Buffalo |
200 |
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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 |
8 |
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| Hippopotamus |
23 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala |
55 |
200 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik |
6 |
2 |
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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 |
8 |
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| Maasai Giraffe |
14 |
4 |
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| Olive Baboon |
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45 |
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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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2 |
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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 |
40 |
50 |
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| Topi |
20 |
100 |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog |
15 |
23 |
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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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