Africa’s Most Dangerous Animals
Safari guide Roddy Smith, when taking guests for a bush walk in “Big Five” country, says he’s often asked “What would you do if ….?” His usual answer: “Panic!”
Roddy says guests think he’s joking, but adds that it’s a reasonable question.
After all, the term Big Five was originally coined by hunters to refer to the five African game species most likely to kill you if you messed up.
Two of the big five – lion and leopard – are shown here as one would not want to encounter them when out on a bush walk.
The others are the African elephant, African buffalo, and black rhino, although nowdays the less agressive but bigger white rhino is also regarded as one of the Big Five.
Roddy goes on to say that there’s no definitive answer to the “what if..” question because every situation is different, but there are a few basic principles to observe when faced by dangerous animals.
See his full article, Africa’s Dangerous Animals … What If? for more – and to find out which of Africa’s animals he fears most.
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+Scotch Macaskill
The hippo, definitely the hippo!!!
Cheers
Dadfap
Hey Steve, that’s what most people say, but there doesn’t appear to be any reliable data to back this up. So the phrase “Hippos kill more people in African than any other animal” gets repeated and is eventually accepted as fact – but is it? The real biggest killers in Africa are malaria-spreading mosquitoes.