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Game Reserve News
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It's Amazing What A Difference Two
Years Makes
On the 16th February 2008, our lions were
introduced to Plumari Private Game Reserve after the required quarantine
period in a holding camp.
One just has to compare the
following two pictures to see an amazing difference in the
males' appearance over the last two years. He has grown into
a stunning animal.
 
February 2008
February 2010
February has seen the growth of our buffalo herd with the
birth of two youngsters, the first at the beginning of
February, and the other two weeks later. We are all very
excited about these new additions. They are both doing
extremely well.
True to form, their mothers are very protective over their
young, so it's advisable to keep one's distance for now, and
naturally, a little difficult to get that award winning
photograph.
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DID YOU KNOW? The Big 5
Most people
know that 'Big 5' is the term used for a
collection of five animals found on the African
continent, namely; lion, elephant, rhino,
leopard and buffalo.
But do you know why these animals are called the
'Big 5'?
Many years ago, people came to Southern Africa
not to view the animals of the region, but to
hunt them for trophies.
These hunters ignored the warnings of the locals
as to how dangerous these five animals were, and
soon experienced being dragged away by lions,
charged by elephant, chased by rhino, stalked by
leopards and killed by wounded buffalo.
They began calling these animals the 'Big 5';
being the most dangerous animals they
encountered on the African continent.
INTERESTING FACTS
Number 1
Lions
Lions are the
only felines with tufts at the ends of their
tails.
Aided by
special tissue, tapetum lucidum, a lion is able
to see in conditions which we would regard as
darkness. This tissue lines the retina of each
eye and any light passing the rods of the retina
is reflected back concentrating the reflected
light. The white markings below each eye assists
with night vision by increasing the amount of
light entering into the eye by reflection.
A lion is able
to carry twice its weight in its jaws and their
enormous paws can break a wildebeest's neck with
a single blow.
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