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South African Safari

January 2008 at Kapama Lodge - South Africa

In search of the Big 5 - the five most dangerous animals to hunt - Lion, Leopard, Elephant, Rhino, and Cape Buffalo. We were able to see all but the Leopard on this trip.
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    Included this photo to show how close we got to the animals, in a lot of cases really close.
    These ladies were not happy with us being here and started to make an aggressive move towards one of the jeeps. Our guide got them to back away a little bit before we drove off safely. Note how the ears are flared out to make themselves look bigger.
    This is pretty how we saw all of the hippos on the trip. The hippo is the most dangerous mammal on the continent (kills the most human) but NOT one of the Big 5 (toughest 5 to hunt).