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I was on an island off Zanzibar this weekend and saw a Aders Duiker. Given the limited number of these, it got me thinking about other rare African animals. I am sure a lot of us have seen rhinos and wild dog, and some have seen gorillas and chimps. But what about the more rare/lesser known animals- Ethiopian wolf, grevy's zebra, okapi, or other rarity? ----------------------------------------- "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden | ||
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Saw the Okapis at Epulu in Zaire in 1985. A number of pangolins. Anchietae's Dwarf Python. Some animals, like Wild Dogs may be rare in areas and plentiful in others. | |||
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Colobus monkeys in the trees above us. Not sure if they are rare? DRSS | |||
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I saw an Ardvark in the middle of the day in the Eastern Cape  | |||
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Chevrotan in CAR. | |||
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Gorillas in Cameroon too. | |||
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Two honey badgers wrestling in the sand on the border of Zim and Botswana at 11am. The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense | |||
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Wild dogs in Botswana were a common site. Six hunts in Africa (Zim X3, Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana) and never have seen a hyena which seems unusual. | |||
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Held a few pangolin. Saw gorilla in the wild in Cameroon. Harvey’s Red Duiker in Tanzania. Cape mountain zebra in SA. Thought I saw an honest politician once, but he was lying...  | |||
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The only not mentioned animal would be the Dwarf Crocodile. | |||
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I saw the rarest of the rare. A Democrat with his hands in his own pockets!  Probably because it was a very cold day!  | |||
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Arc wolf in Namibia. DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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Ethiopian Wolf Aardwolf Pangolin Abyssinian Bushbuck Gorillas Cape Mtn Zebra Galada Baboon Giant Forest Hog Angolan Duiker Yellow Back Duiker Will J. Parks, III | |||
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My bad. Aardwolf DRSS Searcy 470 NE | |||
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On the same day I held a pangolin & saw an ardvark in daylight. LORD, let my bullets go where my crosshairs show. Not all who wander are lost. NEVER TRUST A FART!!! Cecil Leonard | |||
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Bat-eared Fox along the confluence of the Shashi and the Limpopo in southwest Zimbabwe. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ J. Lane Easter, DVM A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.– Billy Clayton, Speaker of the Texas House No state commands such fierce pride and loyalty. Lesser mortals are pitied for their misfortune in not being born in Texas.— Queen Elizabeth II on her visit to Texas in May, 1991. | |||
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Does a Vadoma count as a mammal?? | |||
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Aardvark and Bush babies in Limpopo | |||
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I saw a pack of African Wild Dogs in the Selous. That was one of the highlights of the trip. Brett DRSS Life Member SCI Life Member NRA Life Member WSF Rhyme of the Sheep Hunter May fordings never be too deep, And alders not too thick; May rock slides never be too steep And ridges not too slick. And may your bullets shoot as swell As Fred Bear's arrow's flew; And may your nose work just as well As Jack O'Connor's too. May winds be never at your tail When stalking down the steep; May bears be never on your trail When packing out your sheep. May the hundred pounds upon you Not make you break or trip; And may the plane in which you flew Await you at the strip. -Seth Peterson | |||
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Aardwolf in Limpopo province " Until the day breaks and the nights shadows flee away " Big ivory for my pillow and 2.5% of Neanderthal DNA flowing thru my veins. When I'm ready to go, pack a bag of gunpowder up my ass and strike a fire to my pecker, until I squeal like a boar. Yours truly , Milan The Boarkiller - World according to Milan PS I have big boar on my floor...but it ain't dead, just scared to move... Man should be happy and in good humor until the day he dies... Only fools hope to live forever “ Hávamál” | |||
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I saw a bush pig once in the save  Mike | |||
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Maneless Zebra in Karamoja. Will J. Parks, III | |||
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Aardvark Aardwolf Bat-eared Fox Bontebok Cameroon Mountain Goat Various Mongoose Meercat Hunting Dogs Knysna Turaco Coqui Francolin Blue Crane Giant Ground Hornbill Cape Mountain Zebra Tsessebe African Wildcat Serval Black Rhino Black Impala Painted Impala Copper Blesbuck Masked Blesbuck Yellow Blesbuck Golden Oryx Golden Wildebeest Bush Baby Cape Hare Various snakes and lizards African giant free tailed bat Blue Duiker Vaal Rhebuck Many others but not all that rare Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Aardwolf, at Deka, just north of Hwange Park. | |||
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Two of the most fascinating animals I saw in Africa were an eledile and a crocophant. Walter once shot a kudina! | |||
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Not a very rare sighting but while filming in Chewore South in 2005 with Peter Wood we were charged by a young Honey Badger which we had accidently trapped between a cliff and the truck. Filming the trackers while they were trying to keep it a bay with sticks was hilarious. Mean little animals With kind regards Mike Mike Taylor Sporting Hunting, Fishing & Photographic Safaris Worldwide +44 7930 524 097 mtaylorsporting@gmail.com Instagram - miketaylorsporting | |||
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Pangolin - chased and caught it but rolled itself in a tight ball and no way in hell to force it open. Once back on the ground it uncurled and went on its way and I got my cheap thrill to live with. The myth that it brings good luck if you catch one with bare hands is what it is - a myth. | |||
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A ruffed grouse in western Massachusetts... oh--Africa, Ardwolf in Namibia "I speak of Africa and golden joys; the joy of wandering through lonely lands; the joy of hunting the mighty and terrible lords of the wilderness, the cunning, the wary and the grim." Theodore Roosevelt, Khartoum, March 15, 1910 | |||
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Bat ear red fox in South Africa, wild dog pack in Zimbabwe. | |||
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Aardwolf, bat eared fox and African wildcat Jesus saves, but Moses invests | |||
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They don't seem all that rare based on the posts above, but I was fascinated by the pangolin we saw in Namibia. Also so an aardwolf and bat-eared foxes, which I thought were pretty cool. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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So what’s a Kudina? A female kudu scared to death by a blaser?  | |||
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Dogcat, I would be interested in hearing more about this experience? | |||
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I've seen lots of cool critters throughout Africa....most memorable has been 2 different Aardvark's during the day. I was so impressed with seeing them that I forgot to take pics / film?  | |||
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Aardwolf in Namibia, I think. Jet lag had the best of me then. | |||
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I saw an Aardwolf in broad daylight in S.A. | |||
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Wow! That is extremely rare.  [url=https://flic.kr/p/92DLdJ] | |||
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Lots, but most interesting was a rather large blind snake, as blind snakes go. Out and about in daylight. | |||
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Hunting with Erik Mararv's company. We were camped on a stream. On a couple of occasions the young PH said he heard noise at the stream and that he thought it was chevrotan. Got out a light and spotlighted it. It did not stay long... Pretty cool. | |||
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