What is the Marine Big 5? | Rhino Africa Blog
Okay, so you’ve heard of the Big 5, but what about the Marine Big 5?
Category: Nature
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Buffalo are the only species of wild cattle in Africa and are sometimes confused with American bison or wildebeest. Buffalo have never been domesticated due to their unpredictable and often aggressive natures. Buffalo are said to have killed more hunters in Africa than any other animal. They still kill over 200 people every year earning them the reputation and nickname of ‘Black Death’ and ‘Widow Maker’.
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Lake Panic in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, is an earthen dam on the Mafunyana Creek (named after one of the nicknames of L B Steyn a Park warden. Literally the word means he who eats greedily. Lake Panic is the name that was given shortly after construction was completed about 1975 when, during a major cloudburst, it was feared that the dam wall would give way.
