Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/26

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Subject: [Leica] African animals
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:32:51 -0400

> Marty,
> That is a good one, if you were on foot, even better! I have seen
> enough Masai mauled by the big cats who have lived to tell the tale,
> so it might be a little more dangerous than you think. I think
> Cheetahs are relatively safe, though. Elephants are the biggest
> killers in India relative to all the other forms of wildlife, and the
> Asian Elephant is far more docile than the African one, so one has to
> tread with great care, which I am sure your guides would have ensured.
> BTW the maximum number of wildlife deaths in Africa is caused by the
> Hippo, so you were probably lucky you did not get closer to them in a
> small canoe!
> Cheers
> Jayanand

I thought it was the hippos.
Killer hippos.
I remember that because it seems so incongruous.
Why they're so dangerous of course.



Mark William Rabiner





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