Wild Kingdom -- S3 Flora and Fauna
Lions and tigers and lemurs, oh my! This thread is a mixed bag of all things native (and sometimes not) to the S3 location: local wildlife and vegetation, photos of the Reserve, and some fat evil...
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Hey MvS, have you got any Survivor UK episodes laying around. I would love to see one. Thanks MBR
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In the very short Extra interview with Mark Burnett (rm on survivorfever.net), he said the hardest thing about filming in Africa was "the constant threat of wild animals", naming three of them...
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Cape Buffalo are mentioned on Liz Leyden's list of animals and birds that she has seen in the Samburu Complex - either Samburu, Buffalo Springs (Hey!), or Shaba....
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Any background on that pic, Dalbster? A small note about where the buffalo roam... Cape buffalo skulls can be seen in our pics of Natrobe Gate.
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Good remembering, Okie ! They certainly ARE advertised as game for hunting safaris. I imagine you would want to be a good shot with a rifle, not just a handy knife stabber though.
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Quite true, stef. From our links list in this thread In Africa, the water buffalo is represented by the African or cape buffalo. This bulky animal is one of the most dangerous mammals to be found...
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Yes - the links I posted noted that, too (not the BBQ sauce, the other stuff) - the key thing being that they only kill in retaliation. They are herbivores, after all ... and they bellow like cattle....
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MB also mentioned that lion were prevalent in Shaba while SIII was being filmed. Here's my favorite image of lions, drinking at the river : Source site :...
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I'm glad I didn't know this earlier. www.kenyadaily.com/?actio...dex=recent "They live on the same continent and both have big ears, trunks and tusks, but the forest and grassland groups of African...
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Is it true there are no native pine trees in the Savannah?
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A savannah is primarily grasslands, so I guess that could be true, but I am no botanist. www.findarticles.com/cf_d...html?term= A savanna setting The Mpala Research Centre (MRC) in central Kenya,...
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Housekeeping... Just bringing all the relevant threads to the top. (In other words, I hate saying: BUMP!)
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Just an interesting note (I think.). At one of the Kenyan message boards, a poster claimed that most of survivor was filmed outside of Kenya. His proof? He said the animals shown were not native to...
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Here's the information we've collected thus far on Boran's "worst nightmare." ssstefffii MESS member (8/30/01 7:58:40 am) In the very short Extra interview with Mark Burnett (rm on survivorfever.net),...
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It will only attack when it feels under threat, ie if injured, under attack or protecting a vulnerable buffalo - and that's when buffalo's earn their reputation as one of the 'most dangerous' animals...
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