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Sep 16
2012
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VULTURES FIGHTING OVER WILDEBEESTPosted by: ranger in SBT - Daily Game Reports on Sep 16, 2012 Tagged in: Bushtops Daily Game Reports
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Reporting Date: 16.09.2012
. This is now a frequent occurrence in the northern parts of the Serengeti as a result of the numerous wildebeests that die on the plains. Vultures would be seen fighting each other so as to get to the best feeding positions on a carcass, they kick and bite each other and chase the weak ones away. They see a carcass from a distance then descend on it one by one. Theirs is a free meal as they do not hunt but wait till they come across a dead animal.
| Animals sighted | Rangers | Kokan | Deus | Gordon | Jaffery | Birdi | Other | Total |
| Aardvark |
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| Aardwolf |
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| African Civet |
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| African Elephant | 350 | 300 |
200 |
150 |
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| African Wild cat |
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| Banded mongoose | 12 | 21 |
31 |
30 |
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| Bat-eared Fox | 2 | 3 |
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1 |
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| Black Rhinoceros | 2 |
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2 |
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| Blue Wilderbeest | 1200 | 2000 |
3000 |
1500 |
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| Bohor Reedbuck | 1 | 2 |
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2 |
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| Burchell’s Zebra | 600 | 200 | 500 |
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210 |
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| Bushbuck |
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1 |
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| Cape Buffalo | 120 |
120 |
300 |
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| Cape Clawless Otter |
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| Caracal |
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| Cheetah | 1 |
2 |
1 |
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| Coke’s Hartebeest | 10 | 21 |
8 |
7 |
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| Common Genet |
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| Common/Golden Jackal |
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| Defassa Waterbuck | 2 | 7 |
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5 |
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| Dwarf Mongoose |
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| Eland | 90 |
105 |
200 |
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| Grant’s Gazelle | 1 |
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| Hippopotamus | 120 | 170 |
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207 |
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| Honey Bager/Ratel |
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| Impala | 12 | 34 |
38 |
9 |
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| Kirk’s Dik Dik | 2 | 2 |
3 |
2 |
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| Klipspringer | 2 | 2 |
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2 |
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| Large-spotted Genet |
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| Leopard | 1 | 1 |
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1 |
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| Lesser Bushbaby |
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| Lesser Kudu |
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| Lion | 12 | 2 | 3 |
12 |
10 |
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| Maasai Giraffe | 34 | 10 | 43 |
45 |
12 |
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| Olive Baboon | 12 | 22 | 34 |
41 |
50 |
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| Oribi | 2 | 5 | 8 |
7 |
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| Pangolin |
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| Patas Monkey |
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| Porcupine |
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| Rock Hyrax/Dassie | 2 | 44 | 15 |
4 |
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| Serval | 1 |
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1 |
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| Side-striped Jackal |
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| Silver-backed Jackal | 2 | 3 |
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2 |
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| Slender Mongoose |
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| Small-spotted Genet |
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| Spotted Hyena | 6 | 5 |
3 |
3 |
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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 | 200 | 51 | 12 |
34 |
500 |
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| Topi | 28 | 34 | 43 |
54 |
54 |
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| Vervet Monkey | 6 | 7 |
6 |
8 |
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| Warthog | 23 | 34 | 8 |
4 |
12 |
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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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