The cheetah is characterised by a slender body, deep chest, spotted coat, a small rounded head, black tear-like streaks on the face, long thin legs and a long spotted tail. Its lightly built, slender form is in sharp contrast with the robust build of the big cats, making it more similar to the cougar.
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.
Zebras have long necks and heads that mean they can easily reach the grass on the ground and a mane that extends from their forehead and along their back to the tail. The pattern of their stripes varies between the species with Grevy’s and Mountain Zebras having narrower stripes and white undersides, while the Common Zebra has broad stripes that cover its entire body. The Grevy’s Zebra is not only the largest of the Zebra species but is also easily identifiable by its large, rounded ears.
