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Nov 03
2012
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Stranded in the middle of Mara river....Posted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Nov 3, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 03.11.2012
The grassy plains of the Mara game reserve are already looking nice and green due to the rains that have been pounding for the last ten days. The Mara river gets flooded due to heavy rains upstream. Ranger Japhet and his guests witnessed a very interesting wildebeest crossing down at the mara river. They watched a herd of wildebeest swim across with some of them being pushed further down stream due to strong water current. The small group took refuge on an island in the river and before long they decided to swim across and re-join the others. Japhet guests were happy to see all the wildebeest make it through un-harmed.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand |
Alex |
John |
Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 5 | 24 | 35 |
30 |
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60 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 35 | 23 | 10 |
30 |
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40 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 5 |
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| Black Rhinoceros |
1 |
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1 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 260 | 20,000 | 100 |
8,000 |
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5,000 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 150 | 5,000 | 200 |
3,000 |
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4,000 |
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| Bushbuck | 8 |
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1 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 17 | 200 | 7 |
200 |
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250 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 16 | 27 | 10 |
30 |
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20 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 16 |
8 |
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10 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose | 30 | 2 |
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| Eland | 14 | 45 | 12 |
80 |
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80 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 6 | 8 | 8 |
20 |
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10 |
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| Hippopotamus | 2 |
45 |
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50 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel | 2 |
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| Impala | 1,000 | 250 | 400 |
200 |
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300 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 40 | 4 | 14 |
4 |
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6 |
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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 | 1 | 10 |
7 |
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7 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 10 | 17 | 10 |
35 |
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20 |
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| Olive Baboon | 60 |
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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 | 2 |
7 |
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6 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 22 |
12 |
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6 |
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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 | 55 | 150 | 100 |
120 |
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200 |
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| Topi | 38 | 200 | 25 |
180 |
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150 |
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| Vervet Monkey |
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| Warthog | 18 | 25 | 8 |
25 |
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28 |
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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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