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Okt 01
2011
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Tree-climbing lioness of the MaraPosted by: ranger in MBT - Daily Game Reports on Okt 1, 2011 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 1/10/2011
About a fortnight ago, Daniel and his guests watched a lioness 'playing hide and seek' with her two cubs. The lioness climbed a tree while her three cubs seatchded for her under the tree. Ferdinand and his guests, while on a Full Day excursionn in the reserve observed the same mother lioness resting up a 'sausage tree' (Kigelia africana), only this time the cubs were not in sight. Tree-climbing lions are not very common. While cubs climb trees for fun, adult lions rarely do in nature. It is believed that lions climb trees to get away from tsetse flies or to enjoy a cool breeze.
Tree-climbing lions are more often seen in Lake Manyara National Park than in any other National Park in africa. Uganda is also known for its tree-climbing lions.
| Animals sighted | Scouts | Charles | Japeth |
Daniel |
Peter |
Ferdinand | Philip |
Alex |
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| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 100 |
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120 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 70 |
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60 |
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| Bat-eared Fox |
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| Black Rhinoceros | 3 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 1,000 |
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2,000 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck | 6 |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 1,000 |
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200 |
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| Bushbuck | 2 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 200 |
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600 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah | 4 |
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4 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 40 |
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40 |
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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 | 200 |
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100 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 40 |
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14 |
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| Hippopotamus | 30 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 150 |
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600 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 6 |
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8 |
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| Klipspringer |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard | 2 |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 28 |
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30 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 40 |
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2 |
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| Olive Baboon | 150 |
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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 | 1 |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 2 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 10 |
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| Squirrel |
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| Steenbok | 1 |
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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 | 160 |
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140 |
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| Topi | 120 |
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70 |
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| Vervet Monkey | 6 |
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| Warthog | 10 |
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9 |
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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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