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24.01.2022 African opportunist The spotted hyena is still widely regarded as a scavenger that picks up leftovers at the kills of other carnivores (cheetah, leopard, lion) or feeds on carrion. Although spotted hyenas will scavenge opportunistically, they kill as much as 95% of the food they eat. Hyenas can be very opportunistic and has been recorded eating almost any mammal, bird, fish or reptile, irrespective of size or species.

17.01.2022 In 2007 Lucy Bates and colleagues at the University of St Andrews found that elephants in Amboseli national park in Kenya, could smell the difference between local ethnic groups and respond accordingly. They found that elephants reacted more fearfully to the smell of clothes worn by a Maasai man than to those from a Kamba man. Of the two groups, the Maasai are traditional elephant hunters and upon smelling the Maasai clothes, the elephants retreated into long grass.

14.01.2022 The tusks of elephants are in fact modified incisors of the upper jaw. In the wild they grow at a rate of about 15 centimetres every year. Evidence suggests that elephants normally prefer one tusk over the other, similar to being left or right handed in humans. The preferred tusk is known as the master tusk.

08.01.2022 African wild dogs are some of Africa’s lesser known animals and certainly some of the most misunderstood. Due to their being critically endangered, with only 5,000 left in the wild, sightings are rare outside of specific areas. However, they are probably Africa’s most effective predators, boasting an 80% success rate with hunts; far higher than the 30% rate of lions.

03.01.2022 A baby leopard comes into the world without any spots on its coat! They are quite helpless when newborn, and look like a little fuzzy ball of dark grey fur. They weigh only about one pound, and are about 5 or 6 inches long. Their eyes and ears are shut, but they are vocal, making soft squeaking sounds, and their sense of smell is fairly strong, helping them stay close to mother.