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!Welcome To Your Safari!
After days of exhausing flights, stopovers and car drives, you're finally here: the entrance of the national park. You've made it. But this is only the beginning, your real safari journey will start soon. An endless horizon of ''savannah'' surrounded by ''mountains'' and ''tropical rainforests'' awaits behind this small checkpoint. And who knows how many amazing animals are lying back there?
<span id="intro_1"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#intro_1">>"Thousands of different species", Robert tells you. "''Mammals'', ''birds'' and ''reptiles''. This park includes the best of east African safaris. It's also the biggest in the region." Your guide looks at you as excited as a child despite his mid-forties. "I've done it a thousand times, but even 20 years later I still feel like the first time."
"Also, feel free to ask me anything", he says, "although I'll probably tell you about it first because I talk a lot." It's true that he talks a lot, and sometimes in a very peculiar way. He definitely has encyclopedic knowledge about the animals but he's also very precise when he tells you about them.
<span id="intro_2"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#intro_2">>"If we're lucky we'll see some big game today! ''Lions'', ''elephants'', maybe even ''leopards''! But you know, when you go on a safari, you drive a lot through open spaces looking for the big game so fortunately to entertain yourself on the way you have the birds. I'm a birder myself and I'm sure we'll see many fascinating ones today!" He just finished his sentence when the ranger came back to the car to give him the signed permit to enter.
You drive through the portal into this wild area. But where should you go first?
<<initInv>><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |Barred long-tailed cuckoo6a35ae75eb3c3]]
* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Brown woodland warbler6a35ae75eb3c4]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but trees, of course, it's a forest, but you were expecting a bit more diversity.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Brown woodland warbler") != -1>>"So many ''Brown woodland warbler'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Brown woodland warbler") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''Brown woodland warbler''.", says Robert. "The brown woodland warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen."
"It's good to know also", he continues. "It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.."<<addToInv "Brown woodland warbler">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Brown_Woodland_Warbler.jpg/640px-Brown_Woodland_Warbler.jpg" alt="Brown woodland warbler - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse6a35ae75eb3c1]]
* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Cinnamon bracken warbler6a35ae75eb3c2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are so dense and so big that you look above the car but you can't see the sky clearly anymore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Barred long-tailed cuckoo") != -1>>"One more ''Barred long-tailed cuckoo''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Barred long-tailed cuckoo") == -1>>"Can you see it? The ''Barred long-tailed cuckoo'', just there.", says Robert. "The barred long-tailed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.."<<addToInv "Barred long-tailed cuckoo">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Illustrations_of_ornithology_%28Color_Plate_67%29_%287747984404%29.jpg/640px-Illustrations_of_ornithology_%28Color_Plate_67%29_%287747984404%29.jpg" alt="Barred long-tailed cuckoo - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb3bf]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Black-faced waxbill6a35ae75eb3c0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road is really narrow to access the forest through the low trees, it's a strange atmosphere.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cinnamon bracken warbler") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Cinnamon bracken warbler'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cinnamon bracken warbler") == -1>>"Look a bit more to the right, you see the ''Cinnamon bracken warbler''?", says Robert. "The cinnamon bracken warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae."<<addToInv "Cinnamon bracken warbler">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.92532_1_-_Bradypterus_cinnamomeus_cinnamomeus_%28Ruppell%2C_1840%29_-_Sylviidae_-_bird_skin_specimen.jpeg/640px-Naturalis_Biodiversity_Center_-_RMNH.AVES.92532_1_-_Bradypterus_cinnamomeus_cinnamomeus_%28Ruppell%2C_1840%29_-_Sylviidae_-_bird_skin_specimen.jpeg" alt="Cinnamon bracken warbler - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb3bb]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Rufous-tailed scrub robin6a35ae75eb3b8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Termite nests in the high yellow grass are really tricking you, you thought you spotted a big game...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse") == -1>>"Like always, I know this one too, the ''Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse''!", says Robert.<<addToInv "Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse_%28Pterocles_exustus%29.jpg/640px-Chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse_%28Pterocles_exustus%29.jpg" alt="Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Striolated bunting6a35ae75eb3bc]]
* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb3b7]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The water and the sky have the exact same colour and you're not exactly sure if the birds on top are swimming or not...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-faced waxbill") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Black-faced waxbill'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-faced waxbill") == -1>>"I present you the ''Black-faced waxbill''.", says Robert. "The black-faced waxbill or black-cheeked waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,300,000 km2."<<addToInv "Black-faced waxbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Black-faced_waxbill%2C_or_black-cheeked_waxbill%2C_Estrilda_erythronotos%2C_at_Zaagkuildrift_Road_near_Kgomo_Kgomo%2C_Limpopo%2C_South_Africa_%2833418486332%29.jpg/640px-Black-faced_waxbill%2C_or_black-cheeked_waxbill%2C_Estrilda_erythronotos%2C_at_Zaagkuildrift_Road_near_Kgomo_Kgomo%2C_Limpopo%2C_South_Africa_%2833418486332%29.jpg" alt="Black-faced waxbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some cars are gathered around the lake down there, there should be something nice to see. [[ ▶▶ |Madagascan cuckoo6a35ae75eb3b4]]
* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Jackson's hornbill6a35ae75eb3b3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road along the river is beautiful, in between the savannah, the forest and the water!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Senegal bushbaby'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae. The name "bush baby" may come either from the animals' cries or from their appearance."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Erckel's francolin6a35ae75eb3b5]]
* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |Kikuyu white-eye6a35ae75eb3b9]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're in the tropical rainforest, fortunately it's not the rain season, but you still feel a lot of humidity in this place.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Striolated bunting") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Striolated bunting'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Striolated bunting") == -1>>"There, on the ground, the ''Striolated bunting''!", says Robert. "The striolated bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae.."
"More about this animal", he suggests. "It is 14 cm long, similar in size to the house bunting and smaller than the similarly plumaged rock bunting. The breeding male has a chestnut body, and grey head with darker streaking and a white supercilium and moustachial streak."
"Funny thing is", adds Robert. "The breeding range of the bird in India has been noted in recent times to include more southerly locations such as near Saswad near Pune. The incubation period of the clutch of three eggs is 14 days. ."
"I want to keep it simple", he narrates. "It is a resident breeder of dry country from the Canary Islands, east through south-west Asia to north-western India. It breeds in remote wadis, usually close to streams, laying two to four eggs in a nest on the ground or in a hole in the ground. Its natural food consists of seeds, or when feeding young, insects.."<<addToInv "Striolated bunting">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Israel._Striolated_bunting_%2815356301994%29.jpg/640px-Israel._Striolated_bunting_%2815356301994%29.jpg" alt="Striolated bunting - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Hunter's cisticola6a35ae75eb3b0]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb3b2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"This is the ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa.."
"I want to keep it simple", he explains. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm. The head is narrow with a pointed muzzle and variable colouring round the eyes."
"If you want to know more", tells Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal. During the day it sleeps in a nest made of dense vegetation or leaves some 5 to 40 m off the ground."
"I'll tell you what I know", he adds. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb3af]]
* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb3ac]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The humidity and the sun makes this whole forest foggy, sometimes you can't even see a few meters away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Kikuyu white-eye") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Kikuyu white-eye'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Kikuyu white-eye") == -1>>"You can see the ''Kikuyu white-eye'' on the left.", says Robert. "The Kikuyu white-eye is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It includes numerous subspecies, sometimes considered a subspecies of montane white-eye ."<<addToInv "Kikuyu white-eye">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Zosterops_poliogastrus_kikuyuensis_-_Tiergarten_Sch%C3%B6nbrunn_-_Ausschnitt.jpg/640px-Zosterops_poliogastrus_kikuyuensis_-_Tiergarten_Sch%C3%B6nbrunn_-_Ausschnitt.jpg" alt="Kikuyu white-eye - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb3b2]]
* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Hunter's cisticola6a35ae75eb3b0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Rufous-tailed scrub robin") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Rufous-tailed scrub robin'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Rufous-tailed scrub robin") == -1>>"The style of this ''Rufous-tailed scrub robin'' is impressive.", says Robert. "The rufous-tailed scrub robin is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae. Other common names include the rufous scrub robin, rufous bush chat, rufous bush robin and the rufous warbler."
"More about this animal", he says. "Adult male and female rufous-tailed scrub robin look alike and measure about 6 inches long with relatively long legs and a large rounded tail."
"Also", explains Robert. "The rufous-tailed scrub robin is found flitting among dense cover but also in more open positions on trees, the tops of bushes and on posts."
"I'll tell you what I know", he affirms. "The rufous-tailed scrub robin is a partial migrant. Its breeding range extends from Portugal, southern Spain and the Balkan Peninsula, through the Middle East to Iraq, Kazakhstan and Pakistan."<<addToInv "Rufous-tailed scrub robin">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Agrobate_roux_au_Parc_National_de_l%27Ichkeul_%28Tunisia%29%2C_crop.jpg/640px-Agrobate_roux_au_Parc_National_de_l%27Ichkeul_%28Tunisia%29%2C_crop.jpg" alt="Rufous-tailed scrub robin - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb3ac]]
* The south road goes deep into the tropical rainforest but you're not afraid and go there. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb3af]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Pousargues's mongoose''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"Do you hear it? That's the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"Moreover", he tells. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"Also", he says. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve. In 2016, an individual was observed and photographed in Garamba National Park. ."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Hunter's cisticola6a35ae75eb3b0]]
* Many thick trees are aligned along this road, let's drive next to them and try to see something. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb3ac]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You were hoping to see many animals in this wide open grassland but so far it's just cactus and termite nests...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Erckel's francolin") != -1>>"So many ''Erckel's francolin'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Erckel's francolin") == -1>>"The ''Erckel's francolin'' is in the back, do you see it?", says Robert. "The Erckel's francolin is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae."<<addToInv "Erckel's francolin">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Erckel%27s_Francolin.PNG/640px-Erckel%27s_Francolin.PNG" alt="Erckel's francolin - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb3af]]
* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Hunter's cisticola6a35ae75eb3b0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Madagascan cuckoo") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Madagascan cuckoo'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Madagascan cuckoo") == -1>>"I will tell you more about this one, the ''Madagascan cuckoo''.", says Robert. "The Madagascan cuckoo, also known as the Madagascar lesser cuckoo, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Though it breeds only in Madagascar, it spends the non-breeding season in a number of countries in the African Great Lakes region and the Indian Ocean islands: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia."
"Interesting fact", he declares. "The Madagascan cuckoo is a small, slim cuckoo, measuring 28 cm in length. ."<<addToInv "Madagascan cuckoo">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cuculus_rochii.JPG/640px-Cuculus_rochii.JPG" alt="Madagascan cuckoo - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb3b2]]
* There's a tropical rainforest in the north. You decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb3af]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Jackson's hornbill") != -1>>"It's just the ''Jackson's hornbill''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Jackson's hornbill") == -1>>"The ''Jackson's hornbill'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert.<<addToInv "Jackson's hornbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Jackson%27s_hornbill_%28Tockus_jacksoni%29_male.jpg/640px-Jackson%27s_hornbill_%28Tockus_jacksoni%29_male.jpg" alt="Jackson's hornbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Jackson%27s_hornbill_%28Tockus_jacksoni%29_female.jpg/640px-Jackson%27s_hornbill_%28Tockus_jacksoni%29_female.jpg" alt="Jackson's hornbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb3ac]]
* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb3b2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car struggles a bit to enter the tropical rainforest but it's already an amazing landscape from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''!", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa.."
"But there's more", he describes. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm. The head is narrow with a pointed muzzle and variable colouring round the eyes."
"Funny thing is", tells Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"Furthermore", he informs. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb39c]]
* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Lycodonomorphus6a35ae75eb39d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're lucky there's no car coming the other way because the forest road is too narrow to let two cars pass at the same time.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Hunter's cisticola") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Hunter's cisticola''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Hunter's cisticola") == -1>>"This is the ''Hunter's cisticola''.", says Robert. "The Hunter's cisticola is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda."<<addToInv "Hunter's cisticola">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Cisticola_hunteri_02.jpg/640px-Cisticola_hunteri_02.jpg" alt="Hunter's cisticola - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Hemprich's hornbill6a35ae75eb39e]]
* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Leopard6a35ae75eb3a3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The light filtered through the trees is incredible, but it's also the worst to take pictures...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") != -1>>"So many ''Mountain gorilla'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") == -1>>"Can you see it? The ''Mountain gorilla'', just there.", says Robert. "The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla."
"Furthermore", he says. "The fur of the mountain gorilla, often thicker and longer than that of other gorilla species, enables them to live in colder temperatures."
"Interesting animal", he says. "The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests and of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres."<<addToInv "Mountain gorilla">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg/640px-Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg/640px-Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb397]]
* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb399]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car struggles a bit to enter the tropical rainforest but it's already an amazing landscape from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"The ''Senegal bushbaby'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"This ''Senegal bushbaby'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae. The name "bush baby" may come either from the animals' cries or from their appearance."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |White rhinoceros6a35ae75eb395]]
* The sign says the river is this way, let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Echis pyramidum6a35ae75eb392]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The vegetation around the water is really different, you spotted so many nenuphars and papyrus!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Leopard") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Leopard''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Leopard") == -1>>"This ''Leopard'' is the best.", says Robert.
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he informs. "The leopard's skin colour varies by climate and habitat from pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden. Leopards living in forests are darker than those in arid habitats."
"I can also tell you this", adds Robert. "Leopards are active mainly from dusk till dawn and rest for most of the day and for some hours at night in thickets, among rocks or over tree branches."
"I know some more", he declares. "The leopard has the largest distribution of all wild cats, occurring widely in Africa as well as eastern and southern Asia, although populations have shown a declining trend, and are fragmented outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Within sub-Saharan Africa, the species is still numerous and even thriving in marginal habitats where other large cats have disappeared, although there is considerable potential for human-leopard conflict due to leopards preying on livestock."<<addToInv "Leopard">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/African_leopard%2C_Panthera_pardus_pardus%2C_near_Lake_Panic%2C_Kruger_National_Park%2C_South_Africa_%2819448654130%29.jpg/640px-African_leopard%2C_Panthera_pardus_pardus%2C_near_Lake_Panic%2C_Kruger_National_Park%2C_South_Africa_%2819448654130%29.jpg" alt="Leopard - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You saw something in the trees back there, let's have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb391]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Cut-throat finch6a35ae75eb38f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The papyrus are covering almost all the shore, it's the home of so many birds.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Hemprich's hornbill") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Hemprich's hornbill'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Hemprich's hornbill") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Hemprich's hornbill''.", says Robert. "The Hemprich's hornbill is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae."<<addToInv "Hemprich's hornbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/ET_Amhara_asv2018-02_img015_Wunenia.jpg/640px-ET_Amhara_asv2018-02_img015_Wunenia.jpg" alt="Hemprich's hornbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Double-banded courser6a35ae75eb38e]]
* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Afrotyphlops schlegelii6a35ae75eb38d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Seeing animals from the shore can be really hard as the river is large and the forest on the other side is thick.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Lycodonomorphus") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Lycodonomorphus'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Lycodonomorphus") == -1>>"I'm always happy to see the ''Lycodonomorphus''.", says Robert. "Lycodonomorphus is a genus of snakes commonly referred to as African water snakes."<<addToInv "Lycodonomorphus">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Lycodonomorphus_rufulus_Brown_Watersnake_4.JPG/640px-Lycodonomorphus_rufulus_Brown_Watersnake_4.JPG" alt="Lycodonomorphus - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Cut-throat finch6a35ae75eb38f]]
* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb391]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but a river surrounded by forests on both sides, animals should be near.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"One more ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"I can also tell you this", he says. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he explains. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Afrotyphlops schlegelii6a35ae75eb38d]]
* You recognize some individual trees in a sea of grass, the shadow would probably attract animals, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Double-banded courser6a35ae75eb38e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These fig trees are sometimes used as a home by birds and even mammals but you don't see anything from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''East African wild dog'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb391]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Afrotyphlops schlegelii6a35ae75eb38d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert says that you'll just be passing next to the forest as entering it would be too complicated with the car.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"Also", he narrates. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms."
"I'll tell you what I know", tells Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"I'll tell you what I know", he declares. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Double-banded courser6a35ae75eb38e]]
* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb391]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White rhinoceros") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''White rhinoceros''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White rhinoceros") == -1>>"This is the ''White rhinoceros'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert.
"I can also tell you this", he narrates. "The white rhinoceros is the largest of the five living species of rhinoceros."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", continues Robert. "White rhinoceroses are found in grassland and savannah habitat."
"In case you didn't know", he adds. "The southern white rhino lives in Southern Africa. About 98.5% of white rhinos live in just five countries."<<addToInv "White rhinoceros">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Waterberg_Nashorn3.jpg/640px-Waterberg_Nashorn3.jpg" alt="White rhinoceros - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Cut-throat finch6a35ae75eb38f]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Double-banded courser6a35ae75eb38e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You approach the riverside where many animals would come to have a drink or get a small bath, you wish you could do the same now.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Echis pyramidum") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Echis pyramidum'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Echis pyramidum") == -1>>"Oh, the ''Echis pyramidum'', I can tell you some things about it.", says Robert. "Echis pyramidum is a species of venomous viper endemic to Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. ."
"I can also tell you this", he affirms. "The average total length is 30–60 cm with a maximum total length of 85 cm . ."<<addToInv "Echis pyramidum">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Echis_pyramidum-4.jpg/640px-Echis_pyramidum-4.jpg" alt="Echis pyramidum - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Afrotyphlops schlegelii6a35ae75eb38d]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Cut-throat finch6a35ae75eb38f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Unfortunately the car can't go further in the trees, it would have been nice to make a treck in this tropical forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"If you look on the right you'll see it, the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"I know some more", he tells. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws. The species can be distinguished from other mongooses by its size."
"Fascinating thing", narrates Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"I can also tell you this", he suggests. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb386]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Grey-crested helmetshrike6a35ae75eb387]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cut-throat finch") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Cut-throat finch''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cut-throat finch") == -1>>"I present you the ''Cut-throat finch''.", says Robert. "The cut-throat finch is a common species of estrildid finch found throughout Africa; it is also known as the bearded finch, the ribbon finch, the cut throat, and the weaver finch. The cut-throat finch has plumage that is pale, sandy brown with flecks of black all over."<<addToInv "Cut-throat finch">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Cut-throat_Finch_%28Amadina_fasciata%2C_male_-_Djenn%C3%A9%2C_Mali%2C_2008%29.jpg/640px-Cut-throat_Finch_%28Amadina_fasciata%2C_male_-_Djenn%C3%A9%2C_Mali%2C_2008%29.jpg" alt="Cut-throat finch - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Cut-throat_Finch_SMTC2.jpg/640px-Cut-throat_Finch_SMTC2.jpg" alt="Cut-throat finch - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb37c]]
* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Green barbet6a35ae75eb379]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Double-banded courser") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Double-banded courser'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Double-banded courser") == -1>>"This is our lucky day, we just saw the ''Double-banded courser''!", says Robert. "The double-banded courser, also known as the two-banded courser, is a species of bird in the Glareolidae family.."
"Just so you know", he continues. "The bird's crown is pale and streaked with brown/black feathers. A narrow black stripe extends from the base of the bill, through the eye to the nape."
"Funny thing is", informs Robert. "Double-banded coursers breed in monogamous pairs."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he affirms. "The double-banded courser is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania. The bird is widespread enough to have practically no chance of becoming endangered or extinct."<<addToInv "Double-banded courser">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/2012-double-banded-courser.jpg/640px-2012-double-banded-courser.jpg" alt="Double-banded courser - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb383]]
* The forest on the side looks a bit dark and cold but it might also be the perfect time and place for animals so let's try it. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb381]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Neverending savannah on the horizon, some trees, the blue sky, and nothing else but your hope of spotting a nice game.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Afrotyphlops schlegelii") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Afrotyphlops schlegelii'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Afrotyphlops schlegelii") == -1>>"Shhh... Don't make a sound, it's the ''Afrotyphlops schlegelii''.", says Robert. "Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake or Schlegel's giant blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid."
"I want to keep it simple", he says. "Three distinct color phases of A. schlegelii are found: uniform, blotched, or striped."
"I can tell you a bit more", he remarks. "Afrotyphlops schlegelii is found in a variety of habitats, from sandveld to coastal bush. ."<<addToInv "Afrotyphlops schlegelii">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Afrotyphlops_schlegelii.jpg/640px-Afrotyphlops_schlegelii.jpg" alt="Afrotyphlops schlegelii - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |White rhinoceros6a35ae75eb37e]]
* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Spot-flanked barbet6a35ae75eb384]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These cactus in the middle of the open grassland look like vegetation from another planet.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey-crested helmetshrike") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Grey-crested helmetshrike''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey-crested helmetshrike") == -1>>"I like how this ''Grey-crested helmetshrike'' looks.", says Robert. "The grey-crested helmetshrike is a species of bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania."<<addToInv "Grey-crested helmetshrike">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Prionops_poliolophus_-Lake_Nakuru_National_Park%2C_Kenya-8.jpg/640px-Prionops_poliolophus_-Lake_Nakuru_National_Park%2C_Kenya-8.jpg" alt="Grey-crested helmetshrike - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern olivaceous warbler6a35ae75eb36e]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Ring-necked francolin6a35ae75eb36a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are breathing and releasing a lot of water which makes the forest a very humid place, it's not unpleasant though.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"One more ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"Can you see it? The ''Common dwarf mongoose'', just there.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"Funny thing is", he narrates. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws. The species can be distinguished from other mongooses by its size."
"Also", declares Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"I want to keep it simple", he affirms. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You saw something in the trees back there, let's have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb370]]
* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |White-eyed slaty flycatcher6a35ae75eb36b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You stay inside the car as the trees are surrounding the road are quite low and could scratch you.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Spot-flanked barbet") != -1>>"So many ''Spot-flanked barbet'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Spot-flanked barbet") == -1>>"I introduce you the ''Spot-flanked barbet''.", says Robert. "The spot-flanked barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family."<<addToInv "Spot-flanked barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Spot-flanked_Barbet_-_Kenya_IMG_5387.jpg/640px-Spot-flanked_Barbet_-_Kenya_IMG_5387.jpg" alt="Spot-flanked barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Ring-necked francolin6a35ae75eb36a]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern olivaceous warbler6a35ae75eb36e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road is really narrow to access the forest through the low trees, it's a strange atmosphere.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"It's just the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"Oh, it's the ''Eastern chimpanzee''!", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"Additionnaly", he informs. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"It's good to know also", remarks Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"I can tell you a bit more", he declares. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |White-eyed slaty flycatcher6a35ae75eb36b]]
* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb370]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"The ''Eastern chimpanzee'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"I like how this ''Eastern chimpanzee'' looks.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"I can also tell you this", he tells. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms."
"I can tell you a bit more", adds Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"This might sound too precise", he tells. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern olivaceous warbler6a35ae75eb36e]]
* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |White-eyed slaty flycatcher6a35ae75eb36b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives and you keep an eye on the grassland with your binoculars in hand to be sure not to miss anything!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White rhinoceros") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''White rhinoceros'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White rhinoceros") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''White rhinoceros''!", says Robert.
"Moreover", he mentions. "The white rhinoceros is the largest of the five living species of rhinoceros."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", suggests Robert. "White rhinoceroses are found in grassland and savannah habitat."
"I can say a bit more about it", he adds. "The southern white rhino lives in Southern Africa."<<addToInv "White rhinoceros">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Waterberg_Nashorn3.jpg/640px-Waterberg_Nashorn3.jpg" alt="White rhinoceros - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb370]]
* Robert recognizes a fresh footprint on the ground going forward and to the bushes. Let's follow it! [[ ▶▶ |Eastern olivaceous warbler6a35ae75eb36e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You stay inside the car as the trees are surrounding the road are quite low and could scratch you.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"I really like this one, the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"I can say a bit more about it", he narrates. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"I can also tell you this", affirms Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals. The eastern chimpanzee is both arboreal and terrestrial and spend its nights in the trees, while most of its daytime hours are spent on the ground. Chimpanzees walk using the soles of their feet and their knuckles, and they can walk upright for short distances."
"I'll tell you what I know", he tells. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night. They once inhabited most of this region, but their habitat has been dramatically reduced in recent years.."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Ring-necked francolin6a35ae75eb36a]]
* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb370]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but trees, of course, it's a forest, but you were expecting a bit more diversity.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green barbet") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Green barbet'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green barbet") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''Green barbet''.", says Robert. "The green barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa."
"I know some more", he declares. "They have dull ginger-olive plumage, but are yellower on the wings, and paler below."
"But there's more", affirms Robert. "They frequent fruiting branches in the subcanopy, and vary from solitary to social during foraging and roosting. It is a sedentary species which is not known to undertake any movements."<<addToInv "Green barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Green_Barbet_%28Stactolaema_olivacea%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Green_Barbet_%28Stactolaema_olivacea%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" alt="Green barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |White-eyed slaty flycatcher6a35ae75eb36b]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Ring-necked francolin6a35ae75eb36a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's so bad that you can't leave the car nor the road, there should be incredible animals to spot inside the forest itself.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Eastern chimpanzee'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''Eastern chimpanzee''!", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"Moreover", he narrates. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms."
"Fascinating thing", informs Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"What I can also say", he tells. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road there passes through a dense tropical forest, let's enter it. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb355]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Graceful chameleon6a35ae75eb357]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives and you keep an eye on the grassland with your binoculars in hand to be sure not to miss anything!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern olivaceous warbler") != -1>>"The ''Eastern olivaceous warbler'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern olivaceous warbler") == -1>>"Oh, it's the ''Eastern olivaceous warbler''!", says Robert. "The eastern olivaceous warbler is a small passerine bird with drab plumage tones, that is native to the Old World. For the most part it breeds in the northern Afrotropics and winters in southeastern Europe, the Middle East and adjacent western Asia.."
"In case you didn't know", he remarks. "It is a medium-sized warbler, more like a very pale reed warbler than its relative the melodious warbler. The adult has a plain pale brown back and whitish underparts."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", suggests Robert. "This small passerine bird is found in dry open country, including cultivation, with bushes or some trees."<<addToInv "Eastern olivaceous warbler">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Hippolais_pallida_%28J%C3%A1n_Svetl%C3%ADk%29.jpg/640px-Hippolais_pallida_%28J%C3%A1n_Svetl%C3%ADk%29.jpg" alt="Eastern olivaceous warbler - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Echis pyramidum6a35ae75eb353]]
* You recognize some individual trees in a sea of grass, the shadow would probably attract animals, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Moorland chat6a35ae75eb351]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Binoculars are quite useless in the forest as long as the car moves, it's impossible to have a long distance view of anything.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-eyed slaty flycatcher") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''White-eyed slaty flycatcher''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-eyed slaty flycatcher") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''White-eyed slaty flycatcher''!", says Robert. "The white-eyed slaty flycatcher is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."<<addToInv "White-eyed slaty flycatcher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Melaenornis_fischeri1.jpg/640px-Melaenornis_fischeri1.jpg" alt="White-eyed slaty flycatcher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The lake and river area is full of interesing animals at this time of the day, you decide to go there. [[ ▶▶ |Zanzibar red bishop6a35ae75eb352]]
* Robert recognizes a fresh footprint on the ground going forward and to the bushes. Let's follow it! [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb359]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is quite large and you can see from here that it goes pretty far down the park and through the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Ring-necked francolin") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Ring-necked francolin''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Ring-necked francolin") == -1>>"The ''Ring-necked francolin'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "The ring-necked francolin is a bird species in the family Phasianidae."<<addToInv "Ring-necked francolin">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/FrancolinusStreptophorusKeulemans.jpg/640px-FrancolinusStreptophorusKeulemans.jpg" alt="Ring-necked francolin - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* When the animals don't find shadow, they usually go for water, so let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Zanzibar red bishop6a35ae75eb356]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb350]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some birds are flying in round above the yellow hill, maybe something is hidden in the high grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''East African wild dog''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"The ''East African wild dog'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Brown-breasted barbet6a35ae75eb34c]]
* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb34b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car drives fast on the dusty road as you look at the horizon trying to spot something in the grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Graceful chameleon") != -1>>"It's just the ''Graceful chameleon''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Graceful chameleon") == -1>>"Take your camera, it's the ''Graceful chameleon''!", says Robert. "The graceful chameleon is a species of chameleon native to sub-Saharan Africa."
"Also", he mentions. "C. gracilis is often green, yellow, or brown, with a green stripe on its side."<<addToInv "Graceful chameleon">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Graceful_chameleon.JPG/640px-Graceful_chameleon.JPG" alt="Graceful chameleon - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |White-browed sparrow-weaver6a35ae75eb34d]]
* Some footprints go towards the shore, the animals should be there drinking, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb349]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The best place to have a good view of the animals near the river would be on top of this hill on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Zanzibar red bishop") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Zanzibar red bishop'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Zanzibar red bishop") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''Zanzibar red bishop''.", says Robert. "The Zanzibar red bishop is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae."<<addToInv "Zanzibar red bishop">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bishop%2C_Zanzibar_BW.jpg/640px-Bishop%2C_Zanzibar_BW.jpg" alt="Zanzibar red bishop - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You saw something in the trees back there, let's have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb34b]]
* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Brown-breasted barbet6a35ae75eb34c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You enter the dense forest slowly with the car but soon you can't even see the place you left behind.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"One more ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"This is the ''Wildcat'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert.
"I'll tell you what you need to know", he describes. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat. The wildcat is similar in appearance to a striped tabby cat, but has relatively longer legs, a more robust build, and a greater cranial volume."
"I want to keep it simple", continues Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period. The size of its home range varies according to terrain, the availability of food, habitat quality, and the age structure of the population."
"I want to keep it simple", he explains. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia. Subspecies are distributed as follows: The European wildcat was thought extinct in the Netherlands."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some cars are gathered around the lake down there, there should be something nice to see. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb349]]
* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |White-browed sparrow-weaver6a35ae75eb34d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some birds are flying in round above the yellow hill, maybe something is hidden in the high grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Echis pyramidum") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Echis pyramidum'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Echis pyramidum") == -1>>"Shhh... Don't make a sound, it's the ''Echis pyramidum''.", says Robert. "Echis pyramidum is a species of venomous viper endemic to Northeast Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Three subspecies are currently recognized, including the nominate subspecies described here. ."
"Also", he suggests. "The average total length is 30–60 cm with a maximum total length of 85 cm . ."<<addToInv "Echis pyramidum">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Echis_pyramidum-4.jpg/640px-Echis_pyramidum-4.jpg" alt="Echis pyramidum - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |Brown-breasted barbet6a35ae75eb34c]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb349]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You approach the riverside where many animals would come to have a drink or get a small bath, you wish you could do the same now.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Zanzibar red bishop") != -1>>"It's just the ''Zanzibar red bishop''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Zanzibar red bishop") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Zanzibar red bishop''.", says Robert. "The Zanzibar red bishop is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae."<<addToInv "Zanzibar red bishop">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bishop%2C_Zanzibar_BW.jpg/640px-Bishop%2C_Zanzibar_BW.jpg" alt="Zanzibar red bishop - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |White-browed sparrow-weaver6a35ae75eb34d]]
* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Brown-breasted barbet6a35ae75eb34c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Moorland chat") != -1>>"One more ''Moorland chat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Moorland chat") == -1>>"I introduce you the ''Moorland chat''.", says Robert. "The moorland chat, also known as the alpine chat or hill chat, is a species of songbird in the Old World flycatcher family."<<addToInv "Moorland chat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Moorland_chat_%28Cercomela_sordida_sordida%29_composite.jpg/640px-Moorland_chat_%28Cercomela_sordida_sordida%29_composite.jpg" alt="Moorland chat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Moorland_Chat_at_the_Kilimanjaro_moorland_cropped.JPG/640px-Moorland_Chat_at_the_Kilimanjaro_moorland_cropped.JPG" alt="Moorland chat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb34b]]
* The south road goes deep into the tropical rainforest but you're not afraid and go there. [[ ▶▶ |White-browed sparrow-weaver6a35ae75eb34d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These cactus in the middle of the open grassland look like vegetation from another planet.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"Take your binoculars, there's the ''East African wild dog''!", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa. It is distinguished from the nominate Cape form by its smaller size and much blacker coat. Its range is patchy, having been eradicated in Uganda and much of Kenya."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Last time, Robert saw some interesting game on the riverside. Let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb349]]
* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb34b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road is really narrow to access the forest through the low trees, it's a strange atmosphere.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-browed sparrow-weaver") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''White-browed sparrow-weaver'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-browed sparrow-weaver") == -1>>"Look a bit more to the right, you see the ''White-browed sparrow-weaver''?", says Robert. "The white-browed sparrow-weaver is a predominantly brown, sparrow-sized bird found throughout central and north-central southern Africa. It is found in groups of two to eleven individuals consisting of one breeding pair and nonreproductive individuals.."
"Interesting animal", he describes. "It ranges from 17 to 19 cm in length and is characterized by a broad, white eyebrow stripe and white rump visible in flight. While the male white-browed sparrow-weaver sports a black bill, the female's bill is horn-colored ; that of the juvenile is pinkish-brown."
"I can also tell you this", he explains. "The white-browed sparrow-weaver is found in greatest numbers in north-central southern Africa. While this species most densely populates dry regions with woodland or wooded grassland at northern South Africa, its range includes Botswana, northern and central Namibia, and western Zimbabwe."<<addToInv "White-browed sparrow-weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Plocepasser_mahali_-Baringo_Lake%2C_Kenya_-male-8.jpg/640px-Plocepasser_mahali_-Baringo_Lake%2C_Kenya_-male-8.jpg" alt="White-browed sparrow-weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some cars are gathered around the lake down there, there should be something nice to see. [[ ▶▶ |Williams' mud turtle6a35ae75eb33a]]
* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Buff-crested bustard6a35ae75eb342]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're lucky there's no car coming the other way because the forest road is too narrow to let two cars pass at the same time.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Brown-breasted barbet") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Brown-breasted barbet''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Brown-breasted barbet") == -1>>"This ''Brown-breasted barbet'' has so much grace!", says Robert. "The brown-breasted barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family."<<addToInv "Brown-breasted barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lybius_melanopterus_Hamburg_zoo_24.10.2012_%28325%29.jpg/640px-Lybius_melanopterus_Hamburg_zoo_24.10.2012_%28325%29.jpg" alt="Brown-breasted barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Coarse chameleon6a35ae75eb33f]]
* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Green malkoha6a35ae75eb33b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are so dense and so big that you look above the car but you can't see the sky clearly anymore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"I like how this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' looks.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"You must also know", he suggests. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I can also tell you this", narrates Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"Interesting fact", he informs. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert recognizes a fresh footprint on the ground going forward and to the bushes. Let's follow it! [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb33d]]
* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Collared flycatcher6a35ae75eb340]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is quite large and you can see from here that it goes pretty far down the park and through the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae. The name "bush baby" may come either from the animals' cries or from their appearance."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Pied wheatear6a35ae75eb33e]]
* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Red-knobbed coot6a35ae75eb341]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Only acacias can stand alone in this wide open grassland and be seen from so far away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Buff-crested bustard") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Buff-crested bustard'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Buff-crested bustard") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Buff-crested bustard''.", says Robert. "The buff-crested bustard is a species of bird in the family Otididae."<<addToInv "Buff-crested bustard">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Crested_Bustard_-_Eupodotis_ruficrista_gindiana.jpg/640px-Crested_Bustard_-_Eupodotis_ruficrista_gindiana.jpg" alt="Buff-crested bustard - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb336]]
* The sign on the side of the road says that the forest is this way. OK, let's try. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb32a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some of the cactus in the savannah reach very high, but it's almost the only trees you can see there.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-knobbed coot") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Red-knobbed coot''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-knobbed coot") == -1>>"Can you see it? The ''Red-knobbed coot'', just there.", says Robert. "The red-knobbed coot or crested coot,, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae. It is a resident breeder across much of Africa and in southernmost Spain on freshwater lakes and ponds."
"If you want to know more", he suggests. "The red-knobbed coot is largely black except for the white frontal shield. It is 38–45 cm long, spans 75–85 cm across the wings and weighs 585–1,085 g."
"Interesting fact", continues Robert. "The habits of the red-knobbed coot are practically identical to those of the Eurasian coot. It is much less secretive than most of the rail family."<<addToInv "Red-knobbed coot">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Fulica_cristata_-Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa_-adult-8.jpg/300px-Fulica_cristata_-Cape_Town%2C_South_Africa_-adult-8.jpg" alt="Red-knobbed coot - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Silvery-cheeked hornbill6a35ae75eb32b]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb338]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're in the tropical rainforest, fortunately it's not the rain season, but you still feel a lot of humidity in this place.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Collared flycatcher") != -1>>"The ''Collared flycatcher'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Collared flycatcher") == -1>>"Be silent, just observe, it's the ''Collared flycatcher''.", says Robert. "The collared flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers."<<addToInv "Collared flycatcher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Collared_flycatcher_%28Ficedula_albicollis%29.jpg/640px-Collared_flycatcher_%28Ficedula_albicollis%29.jpg" alt="Collared flycatcher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb32a]]
* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb336]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car drives fast on the dusty road as you look at the horizon trying to spot something in the grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Coarse chameleon") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Coarse chameleon''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Coarse chameleon") == -1>>"I will tell you more about this one, the ''Coarse chameleon''.", says Robert. "The coarse chameleon, Trioceros rudis, also known as the rudis chameleon, Ruwenzori side-striped chameleon or the Rwenzori bearded chameleon is a chameleon from western Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo. Contrary to common belief, this species does not inhabit Mount Meru, Tanzania."<<addToInv "Coarse chameleon">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Rough_chameleon_%28Trioceros_rudis%29.jpg/640px-Rough_chameleon_%28Trioceros_rudis%29.jpg" alt="Coarse chameleon - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb338]]
* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Silvery-cheeked hornbill6a35ae75eb32b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car drives fast on the dusty road as you look at the horizon trying to spot something in the grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pied wheatear") != -1>>"It's just the ''Pied wheatear''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pied wheatear") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Pied wheatear''!", says Robert. "The pied wheatear is a wheatear, a small insectivorous passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher. This migratory central Asiatic wheatear occurs from the extreme southeast of Europe to China, and has been found wintering in India and northeastern Africa."
"What I can also say", he mentions. "The crown, nape and neck of the adult male pied wheatear are pale brown, the feathers having pale tips and white bases. The mantle and scapulars are black with buff tips to the feathers."
"I want to keep it simple", continues Robert. "The pied wheatear is rather shy but is conspicuous when spotted. It is not gregarious and single birds or pairs are found in rough, rocky countryside."
"I'll tell you what I know", he narrates. "The pied wheatear is native to Southeast Europe and Western Asia."<<addToInv "Pied wheatear">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Pied_Wheatear_%28Oenanthe_pleschanka%29_%288079431820%29.jpg/640px-Pied_Wheatear_%28Oenanthe_pleschanka%29_%288079431820%29.jpg" alt="Pied wheatear - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb336]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb338]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car moves near the bushes, you try to look closely into them without getting hurt by the spines at the window.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"So many ''East African wild dog'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"The ''East African wild dog''! I know a bit about it.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa. It is distinguished from the nominate Cape form by its smaller size and much blacker coat. Its range is patchy, having been eradicated in Uganda and much of Kenya."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Silvery-cheeked hornbill6a35ae75eb32b]]
* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb336]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but trees, of course, it's a forest, but you were expecting a bit more diversity.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green malkoha") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Green malkoha'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green malkoha") == -1>>"Oh, it's the ''Green malkoha''!", says Robert. "The green malkoha or whistling yellowbill is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. This species and the blue malkoha were previously considered conspecific and together known as the yellowbill."<<addToInv "Green malkoha">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Yellowbill.jpg/640px-Yellowbill.jpg" alt="Green malkoha - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb32a]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Silvery-cheeked hornbill6a35ae75eb32b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're not sure if these things moving on the water are vegetation or animals but they look strange.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Williams' mud turtle") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Williams' mud turtle''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Williams' mud turtle") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''Williams' mud turtle''.", says Robert. "Williams' mud turtle is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae. The species is endemic to Africa.."<<addToInv "Williams' mud turtle">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/William%27s_African_Mud_Turtle_%28Pelusios_williamsi%29_%287080593585%29.jpg/640px-William%27s_African_Mud_Turtle_%28Pelusios_williamsi%29_%287080593585%29.jpg" alt="Williams' mud turtle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb338]]
* The leaves just moved in the forest and you're pretty sure it's not the wind. Let's dive into it. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb32a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The high grass is really difficult for spotting animals as they can hide easily but you still look through the window as far as you can.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"I can see it in my binoculars, it's the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb320]]
* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Spot-throat6a35ae75eb31c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some of the cactus in the savannah reach very high, but it's almost the only trees you can see there.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"It's just the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa. It is distinguished from the nominate Cape form by its smaller size and much blacker coat. Its range is patchy, having been eradicated in Uganda and much of Kenya."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb322]]
* Robert recognizes a fresh footprint on the ground going forward and to the bushes. Let's follow it! [[ ▶▶ |Pangani longclaw6a35ae75eb31b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're not sure if these things moving on the water are vegetation or animals but they look strange.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Silvery-cheeked hornbill") != -1>>"It's just the ''Silvery-cheeked hornbill''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Silvery-cheeked hornbill") == -1>>"Hm, look, this is a ''Silvery-cheeked hornbill''.", says Robert. "The silvery-cheeked hornbill is a large species of hornbill found in Africa."
"Interesting fact", he affirms. "It measures 75 to 80 centimetres in length, and has a very large cream-colored casque on the beak. The head is silver-grey and the rest of the plumage is iridescent black, except for the white rump, lower back, thighs, vent and tip of the outer tail-feathers."
"Interesting fact", explains Robert. "Usually they live in pairs and sometimes roost in flocks of hundreds of individuals."<<addToInv "Silvery-cheeked hornbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Silvery-cheeked_hornbills_%28Bycanistes_brevis%29_male_%28left%29_female_%28right%29.jpg/640px-Silvery-cheeked_hornbills_%28Bycanistes_brevis%29_male_%28left%29_female_%28right%29.jpg" alt="Silvery-cheeked hornbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Bitis arietans6a35ae75eb31d]]
* A lake is hidden behind this hill, let's have a look at this landscape! [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb324]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car struggles a bit to enter the tropical rainforest but it's already an amazing landscape from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"It's just the ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"Look at this ''Senegal bushbaby'', beautiful!", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |White-necked raven6a35ae75eb31e]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb327]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"So many ''Senegal bushbaby'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Senegal bushbaby'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb313]]
* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Fan-tailed raven6a35ae75eb319]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You approach the riverside where many animals would come to have a drink or get a small bath, you wish you could do the same now.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Serval''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"This is the ''Serval''.", says Robert.
"I want to keep it simple", he explains. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter."
"This might sound too precise", informs Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight."
"Moreover", he remarks. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a river down there and some shapes moving, let's look at these animals! [[ ▶▶ |White-tailed lark6a35ae75eb31a]]
* The south road goes deep into the tropical rainforest but you're not afraid and go there. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb318]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Crested porcupine'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"The ''Crested porcupine'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Fan-tailed raven6a35ae75eb319]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb313]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bush around the road are quite thick but you look through the window attentively in order to find a moving target.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Crested porcupine'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"Hm, look, this is a ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb318]]
* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |White-tailed lark6a35ae75eb31a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert says that you'll just be passing next to the forest as entering it would be too complicated with the car.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-necked raven") != -1>>"We've seen this ''White-necked raven'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-necked raven") == -1>>"Look at this ''White-necked raven'', beautiful!", says Robert.
"This might sound too precise", he remarks. "The white-necked raven has a much shorter tail than the common raven, as well as a deeper bill with a white tip that is almost as strongly arched as that of the thick-billed raven. Though predominantly black, the throat, breast and neck show a faint purple gloss."
"You might not know", continues Robert. "Most of this bird's food is obtained from the ground, but it will take food from trees as well. It has been seen to drop a tortoise from a height on to hard ground, preferably on rocks, and then swoop down to eat it, or even pick it up again if not sufficiently broken."
"More about this animal", he remarks. "It occurs in eastern and southern Africa in open, mountainous country."<<addToInv "White-necked raven">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/2009-white-necked-raven.jpg/640px-2009-white-necked-raven.jpg" alt="White-necked raven - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb313]]
* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb318]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The light filtered through the trees is incredible, but it's also the worst to take pictures...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bitis arietans") != -1>>"One more ''Bitis arietans''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bitis arietans") == -1>>"I like how this ''Bitis arietans'' looks.", says Robert.
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he mentions. "The average size is about 1m in total length and very stout. Large specimens of 190 cm total length, weighing over 6.0 kg and with a girth of 40 cm have been reported."
"Funny thing is", he mentions. "It is found in all habitats except true deserts, rain forests, and alpine habitats. It is most often associated with rocky grasslands. It is not found in rainforest areas, such as along the coast of West Africa and in Central Africa ; it is also absent from the Mediterranean coastal region of North Africa."<<addToInv "Bitis arietans">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bitis_arietans.jpg/640px-Bitis_arietans.jpg" alt="Bitis arietans - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You decide to go east, towards the river where animals go to drink. [[ ▶▶ |White-tailed lark6a35ae75eb31a]]
* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb313]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The sun is very high already so it's good to go hide under the trees and in the freshness of the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Spot-throat") != -1>>"So many ''Spot-throat'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Spot-throat") == -1>>"Did you see it? It was the ''Spot-throat''.", says Robert. "The spot-throat is a species of bird in the Modulatricidae family. It is found in northern Malawi and Tanzania."<<addToInv "Spot-throat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Spot-throat_specimen_RWD.jpg/640px-Spot-throat_specimen_RWD.jpg" alt="Spot-throat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Fan-tailed raven6a35ae75eb319]]
* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |White-tailed lark6a35ae75eb31a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The high grass is really difficult for spotting animals as they can hide easily but you still look through the window as far as you can.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pangani longclaw") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Pangani longclaw'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pangani longclaw") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Pangani longclaw''.", says Robert. "The Pangani longclaw is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae, which includes the pipits and wagtails."
"Also", he suggests. "The Pangani longclaw measures around 20 cm in length."<<addToInv "Pangani longclaw">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Pangani_Longclaw_specimen_RWD.jpg/640px-Pangani_Longclaw_specimen_RWD.jpg" alt="Pangani longclaw - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb318]]
* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Fan-tailed raven6a35ae75eb319]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The riverside hides a lot of bird nests, Robert sure knows them all by heart and could talk about them for hours.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-tailed lark") != -1>>"We've seen this ''White-tailed lark'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-tailed lark") == -1>>"You're lucky, it's a ''White-tailed lark''.", says Robert. "The white-tailed lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in Africa."
"It's good to know also", he affirms. "The white-tailed lark is found in western Chad, eastern Sudan, north-eastern South Sudan, south-central Ethiopia, and from Uganda and western Kenya to central Tanzania. It occurs mainly around Lake Chad and Lake Victoria."<<addToInv "White-tailed lark">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mirafra_2_Gronvold%2C_Mirafra_albicauda.jpg/640px-Mirafra_2_Gronvold%2C_Mirafra_albicauda.jpg" alt="White-tailed lark - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Cinnamon-chested bee-eater6a35ae75eb2ff]]
* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Eastern golden weaver6a35ae75eb308]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fan-tailed raven") != -1>>"One more ''Fan-tailed raven''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fan-tailed raven") == -1>>"I can see it in my binoculars, it's the ''Fan-tailed raven''.", says Robert. "The fan-tailed raven is a passerine bird of the crow family native to Eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Like the Forest raven, Little raven, Australian raven and Chihuahuan raven, it is one of the smaller raven species."
"Interesting fact", he continues. "The fan-tailed raven is completely black including bill, legs and feet and the plumage has a purplish-blue gloss in good light."
"I'll tell you what I know", tells Robert. "Food is invariably taken on the ground and includes all manner of insects and other invertebrates, grain taken from animal dung, carrion and scraps of human food. It has also been seen taking skin parasites from camels and, where not persecuted, scavenges around rubbish dumps and camp sites."
"This might sound too precise", he adds. "It occurs in the Middle East, North Africa, Arabia, and south to Sudan and Kenya. It also ranges across the Aïr Massif in the southern Sahara."<<addToInv "Fan-tailed raven">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Fan-tailed_raven_%28Corvus_rhipidurus%29.jpg/640px-Fan-tailed_raven_%28Corvus_rhipidurus%29.jpg" alt="Fan-tailed raven - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* When the animals don't find shadow, they usually go for water, so let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb30f]]
* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed mousebird6a35ae75eb309]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The humidity and the sun makes this whole forest foggy, sometimes you can't even see a few meters away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''.", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"I know some more", he suggests. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"I'll tell you what I know", adds Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal. During the day it sleeps in a nest made of dense vegetation or leaves some 5 to 40 m off the ground."
"But there's more", he remarks. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Fischer's sparrow-lark6a35ae75eb30b]]
* The sign on the side of the road says that the forest is this way. OK, let's try. [[ ▶▶ |Western citril6a35ae75eb310]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Crested porcupine'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"You can see the ''Crested porcupine'' on the left.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb30d]]
* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Afrotyphlops schlegelii6a35ae75eb30a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The neverending greenness of this place is unique, and you're not even lost in between the trees, you're in the car!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Western citril") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Western citril'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Western citril") == -1>>"The style of this ''Western citril'' is impressive.", says Robert. "The western citril, also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family."<<addToInv "Western citril">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Crithagra_frontalis.jpg/640px-Crithagra_frontalis.jpg" alt="Western citril - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2fb]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2fe]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is quite large and you can see from here that it goes pretty far down the park and through the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Serval'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"Did you recognize the ''Serval''? It's just there.", says Robert.
"I know some more", he affirms. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter."
"I can say a bit more about it", adds Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight."
"If you want to know more", he says. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria. It inhabits semi-arid areas and cork oak forests close to the Mediterranean Sea, but avoids rainforests and arid areas."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Grey-headed kingfisher6a35ae75eb2fc]]
* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |African pied wagtail6a35ae75eb2f8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Only acacias can stand alone in this wide open grassland and be seen from so far away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"It's just the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2fe]]
* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2fb]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These fig trees are sometimes used as a home by birds and even mammals but you don't see anything from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fischer's sparrow-lark") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Fischer's sparrow-lark'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fischer's sparrow-lark") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Fischer's sparrow-lark''.", says Robert. "Fischer's sparrow-lark or Fischer's finch-lark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. It is found from central Kenya to eastern Zambia, Malawi and north-western Mozambique."<<addToInv "Fischer's sparrow-lark">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/Fisher%27s_Sparrow-Lark_-_Tanzania_2008-03-01_0063_%2816759772588%29.jpg/640px-Fisher%27s_Sparrow-Lark_-_Tanzania_2008-03-01_0063_%2816759772588%29.jpg" alt="Fischer's sparrow-lark - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some footprints go towards the shore, the animals should be there drinking, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |African pied wagtail6a35ae75eb2f8]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Grey-headed kingfisher6a35ae75eb2fc]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Termite nests in the high yellow grass are really tricking you, you thought you spotted a big game...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Afrotyphlops schlegelii") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Afrotyphlops schlegelii''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Afrotyphlops schlegelii") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''Afrotyphlops schlegelii''.", says Robert. "Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake or Schlegel's giant blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid."
"I can tell you a bit more", he mentions. "Three distinct color phases of A. schlegelii are found: uniform, blotched, or striped."
"Moreover", he explains. "Afrotyphlops schlegelii is found in a variety of habitats, from sandveld to coastal bush. ."<<addToInv "Afrotyphlops schlegelii">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Afrotyphlops_schlegelii.jpg/640px-Afrotyphlops_schlegelii.jpg" alt="Afrotyphlops schlegelii - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2fb]]
* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |African pied wagtail6a35ae75eb2f8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed mousebird") != -1>>"The ''White-headed mousebird'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed mousebird") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''White-headed mousebird''.", says Robert. "The white-headed mousebird is a bird belonging to the mousebird family, Coliidae."<<addToInv "White-headed mousebird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/White-headed_Mousebird_-_Samburu_NH8O5520.jpg/640px-White-headed_Mousebird_-_Samburu_NH8O5520.jpg" alt="White-headed mousebird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Grey-headed kingfisher6a35ae75eb2fc]]
* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2fb]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From the shore, you can see a dense forest on the other side of the river but spotting animals will be difficult.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern golden weaver") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Eastern golden weaver''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern golden weaver") == -1>>"The ''Eastern golden weaver'', beautiful right?", says Robert.<<addToInv "Eastern golden weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Ploceus_subaureus_Zanzibar.jpg/640px-Ploceus_subaureus_Zanzibar.jpg" alt="Eastern golden weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2fe]]
* A lake is hidden behind this hill, let's have a look at this landscape! [[ ▶▶ |Grey-headed kingfisher6a35ae75eb2fc]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're in the tropical rainforest, fortunately it's not the rain season, but you still feel a lot of humidity in this place.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cinnamon-chested bee-eater") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Cinnamon-chested bee-eater''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cinnamon-chested bee-eater") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Cinnamon-chested bee-eater''!", says Robert. "The cinnamon-chested bee-eater is a species of bird in the family Meropidae. They are found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. ."
"I know some more", he remarks. "The sexes are alike in the cinnamon-chested bee-eater."
"Fascinating thing", continues Robert. "This bird lives in upland regions, usually between 1,800 and 2,300 m and can be found associated with wooded hillsides and forest edges, clearings, plantations, and gardens."<<addToInv "Cinnamon-chested bee-eater">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cinnamon-chested_bee-eater_%28Merops_oreobates%29.jpg/640px-Cinnamon-chested_bee-eater_%28Merops_oreobates%29.jpg" alt="Cinnamon-chested bee-eater - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Cinnamon-chested_bee-eater_%28Merops_oreobates%29_2.jpg/640px-Cinnamon-chested_bee-eater_%28Merops_oreobates%29_2.jpg" alt="Cinnamon-chested bee-eater - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |African pied wagtail6a35ae75eb2f8]]
* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2fe]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You can't help but look at the branches of these big acacias with the hope of spotting a leopard.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"Peculiar species", he explains. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"I know some more", explains Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"Just so you know", he describes. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road there passes through a dense tropical forest, let's enter it. [[ ▶▶ |Fox's weaver6a35ae75eb2f0]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2f3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many flowers and even some grass are floating on the river, it's so strange as it moves.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey-headed kingfisher") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Grey-headed kingfisher'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey-headed kingfisher") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Grey-headed kingfisher''.", says Robert. "The grey-headed kingfisher has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.."
"I can also tell you this", he describes. "The sexes are similar. The adult of the nominate race H."
"Also", affirms Robert. "A dry-country kingfisher of scrub and woodland, solitary or in pairs, often found near water, but unlike most kingfishers is not aquatic."
"More about this animal", he tells. "The grey-headed kingfisher is found in tropical and semi-tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula."<<addToInv "Grey-headed kingfisher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Grey-headed_Kingfisher_%28Halcyon_leucocephala%29%2C_crop.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Grey-headed_Kingfisher_%28Halcyon_leucocephala%29%2C_crop.jpg" alt="Grey-headed kingfisher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Jackson's widowbird6a35ae75eb2f4]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Abyssinian ground hornbill6a35ae75eb2f5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's difficult to spot animals in this dense forest, but you trust Robert and his expert eye.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"Oh, it's the ''Common dwarf mongoose''!", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"More about this animal", he mentions. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws. The species can be distinguished from other mongooses by its size."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", adds Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"I can also tell you this", he remarks. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb2ee]]
* When the animals don't find shadow, they usually go for water, so let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Olive-headed weaver6a35ae75eb2ef]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("African pied wagtail") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''African pied wagtail'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("African pied wagtail") == -1>>"I'm always happy to see the ''African pied wagtail''.", says Robert. "The African pied wagtail, or African wagtail, is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.."
"I can also tell you this", he informs. "A striking black and white wagtail with black upperparts contrasting with white underparts, a white supercilium and a white patch in the folded wing. Juvenile birds are greyer, while birds of the nominate subspecies show grey flanks."
"I can also tell you this", he affirms. "The African pied wagtail is found in sub-Saharan Africa from the Eastern Cape north to extreme southern Egypt and from Guinea to western Eritrea and Somalia."<<addToInv "African pied wagtail">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/African_pied_wagtail_%28Motacilla_aguimp_vidua%29.jpg/640px-African_pied_wagtail_%28Motacilla_aguimp_vidua%29.jpg" alt="African pied wagtail - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Northern white-crowned shrike6a35ae75eb2f1]]
* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb2f7]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"Look at this ''Senegal bushbaby'', beautiful!", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae. The name "bush baby" may come either from the animals' cries or from their appearance."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see the river on this side of the road, let's take a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2e5]]
* The road there passes through a dense tropical forest, let's enter it. [[ ▶▶ |Black-fronted bushshrike6a35ae75eb2e2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives and you keep an eye on the grassland with your binoculars in hand to be sure not to miss anything!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abyssinian ground hornbill") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Abyssinian ground hornbill''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abyssinian ground hornbill") == -1>>"It's the ''Abyssinian ground hornbill'' in front of us!", says Robert. "The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill. The other is the slightly larger southern ground hornbill; the two are the largest species of hornbills found in Africa.."
"It's good to know also", he adds. "Abyssinian ground hornbill is a large, terrestrial hornbill with black body feathers and white primary feathers which are visible in flight. The adult male has a patch of bare blue skin around the eye and an inflatable patch of bare skin on the neck and throat which is red, apart from the upper throat which is blue."
"But there's more", declares Robert. "The Abyssinian ground hornbill lives in open grassland, in pairs or small family parties."
"Fascinating thing", he declares. "The Abyssinian ground hornbill is found in open habitats such as savanna, sub-desert scrub, and rocky areas, preferring short vegetation which enables its visual foraging technique. The areas inhabited by this species are usually drier areas than the preferred habitat of the Southern ground hornbill."<<addToInv "Abyssinian ground hornbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Abyssinian_ground-hornbill_%28Bucorvus_abyssinicus%29_male.jpg/640px-Abyssinian_ground-hornbill_%28Bucorvus_abyssinicus%29_male.jpg" alt="Abyssinian ground hornbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Abyssinian_ground-hornbill_%28Bucorvus_abyssinicus%29_female.jpg/640px-Abyssinian_ground-hornbill_%28Bucorvus_abyssinicus%29_female.jpg" alt="Abyssinian ground hornbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2e7]]
* The road there passes through a dense tropical forest, let's enter it. [[ ▶▶ |Sokoke pipit6a35ae75eb2e3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Jackson's widowbird") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Jackson's widowbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Jackson's widowbird") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''Jackson's widowbird''.", says Robert. "The Jackson's widowbird is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania."<<addToInv "Jackson's widowbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Jackson%27s_Widowbird_-_Ngorongoro_-_Tanzania_0305_%2822432180578%29.jpg/640px-Jackson%27s_Widowbird_-_Ngorongoro_-_Tanzania_0305_%2822432180578%29.jpg" alt="Jackson's widowbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Black-fronted bushshrike6a35ae75eb2e2]]
* If you follow that road, you'll come to the shore, it's a good place for animal sighting. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2e5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives and you keep an eye on the grassland with your binoculars in hand to be sure not to miss anything!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"It's just the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"It's the ''Common dwarf mongoose'' in front of us!", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he continues. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I can also tell you this", continues Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"I can also tell you this", he affirms. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Sokoke pipit6a35ae75eb2e3]]
* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2e7]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some birds are flying in round above the yellow hill, maybe something is hidden in the high grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Northern white-crowned shrike") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Northern white-crowned shrike'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Northern white-crowned shrike") == -1>>"This is the ''Northern white-crowned shrike'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert. "The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike, is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. Its binomial name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell."
"I can tell you a bit more", he describes. "The northern white-crowned shrike is a 19–23-cm long passerine. The adult has a white crown and rump, black eyestripe, brown back and wings and black tail."
"Interesting animal", continues Robert. "The northern white-crowned shrike is gregarious, occurring in groups of up 12 birds."<<addToInv "Northern white-crowned shrike">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Northern_White-crowned_Shrike_Eurocephalus_ruepelli_in_Tanzania_2943_Nevit.jpg/640px-Northern_White-crowned_Shrike_Eurocephalus_ruepelli_in_Tanzania_2943_Nevit.jpg" alt="Northern white-crowned shrike - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2e5]]
* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Sokoke pipit6a35ae75eb2e3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're in the tropical rainforest, fortunately it's not the rain season, but you still feel a lot of humidity in this place.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fox's weaver") != -1>>"One more ''Fox's weaver''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fox's weaver") == -1>>"The ''Fox's weaver'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The Fox's weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is endemic to Uganda."<<addToInv "Fox's weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Fox%27s_Weaver_specimen_RWD.jpg/640px-Fox%27s_Weaver_specimen_RWD.jpg" alt="Fox's weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2e7]]
* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2e5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There is a lake further on the horizon where the river passes, it is quite a landscape from here!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Olive-headed weaver") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Olive-headed weaver'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Olive-headed weaver") == -1>>"Take your camera, it's the ''Olive-headed weaver''!", says Robert. "The olive-headed weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia."<<addToInv "Olive-headed weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Ploceus_olivaceiceps_%286885965097%29.jpg/640px-Ploceus_olivaceiceps_%286885965097%29.jpg" alt="Olive-headed weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |Black-fronted bushshrike6a35ae75eb2e2]]
* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2e7]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Among the many amazing things you see in the savannah, the shapes of the cactus are really something.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"Shhh... Don't make a sound, it's the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"I'll tell you what I know", he narrates. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face. Its tail is bushy, and its front feet have strong claws."
"Additionnaly", he suggests. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Sokoke pipit6a35ae75eb2e3]]
* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Black-fronted bushshrike6a35ae75eb2e2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"So many ''East African wild dog'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"I introduce you the ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Golden-breasted starling6a35ae75eb2cf]]
* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Abyssinian scimitarbill6a35ae75eb2ce]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Crested porcupine'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"The ''Crested porcupine'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2dd]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Shelley's sparrow6a35ae75eb2e0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Sokoke pipit") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Sokoke pipit''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Sokoke pipit") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Sokoke pipit''.", says Robert. "The Sokoke pipit is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae."<<addToInv "Sokoke pipit">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Sokoke_Pipit_%28Anthus_sokokensis%29_with_a_snail.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Sokoke_Pipit_%28Anthus_sokokensis%29_with_a_snail.jpg" alt="Sokoke pipit - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Many thick trees are aligned along this road, let's drive next to them and try to see something. [[ ▶▶ |Forest batis6a35ae75eb2e1]]
* The lake and river area is full of interesing animals at this time of the day, you decide to go there. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb2df]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You enter the dense forest slowly with the car but soon you can't even see the place you left behind.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-fronted bushshrike") != -1>>"So many ''Black-fronted bushshrike'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-fronted bushshrike") == -1>>"Like always, I know this one too, the ''Black-fronted bushshrike''!", says Robert. "The black-fronted bushshrike is a passerine bird of the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae. It inhabits forests mainly in East Africa."
"Interesting fact", he says. "It is 18-19 centimetres long. It is variable in appearance and has several different colour morphs."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he declares. "It has a patchy distribution and is restricted to montane forests in many areas."<<addToInv "Black-fronted bushshrike">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/MalaconotusManningiKeulemans.jpg/640px-MalaconotusManningiKeulemans.jpg" alt="Black-fronted bushshrike - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a tropical rainforest in the north. You decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |East African cheetah6a35ae75eb2cb]]
* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb2cd]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The sun is very high already so it's good to go hide under the trees and in the freshness of the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Forest batis") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Forest batis'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Forest batis") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Forest batis''.", says Robert. "The forest batis or short-tailed batis is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae occurring in eastern Africa.."
"I can also tell you this", he narrates. "The forest batis is a small species measuring 9.5–10 cm in length and weighing 10.5–14.2 g."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", suggests Robert. "The habits of the forest batis are little known, there have been indications of breeding behaviour in May and June in Kenya, September and October in Tanzania and a single nest with a clutch of 2 eggs has been recorded. Like other batises the largest groups seen are small family groups and pairs are territorial."
"Peculiar species", he adds. "East Africa from the south eastern coast of Kenya and north eastern Tanzania including Mount Kilimanjaro, along the northern Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, i.e. Nguru, Nguu, Usambara Mountains, Pare and Kilimanjaro, also in coastal south eastern Tanzania. At sea level found in coastal forest, miombo woodland and in montane forest up to 2300m on Kilimanjaro."<<addToInv "Forest batis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Short-tailed_Batis_%28Batis_mixta%29.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Short-tailed_Batis_%28Batis_mixta%29.jpg" alt="Forest batis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2c8]]
* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2c5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Shelley's sparrow") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Shelley's sparrow'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Shelley's sparrow") == -1>>"I didn't see it for a long time, the ''Shelley's sparrow''!", says Robert. "Shelley's sparrow, also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya."<<addToInv "Shelley's sparrow">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Passer_shelleyi.jpg/640px-Passer_shelleyi.jpg" alt="Shelley's sparrow - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |D'Arnaud's barbet6a35ae75eb2c3]]
* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Ashy cisticola6a35ae75eb2c6]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"This ''Pousargues's mongoose'' is the best.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"You might not know", he declares. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"Also", he informs. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve. In 2016, an individual was observed and photographed in Garamba National Park. ."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2c5]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2c8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"I like how this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' looks.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"Just so you know", he adds. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I know some more", explains Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"Furthermore", he mentions. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Ashy cisticola6a35ae75eb2c6]]
* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |D'Arnaud's barbet6a35ae75eb2c3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These fig trees are sometimes used as a home by birds and even mammals but you don't see anything from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-breasted starling") != -1>>"The ''Golden-breasted starling'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-breasted starling") == -1>>"It's technical name is the ''Golden-breasted starling''.", says Robert.
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he continues. "The adult has a metallic green head and upper back, bright golden yellow breast and belly, dark bill and legs, white iris and metallic violet blue on wings, back, neck and its long tail feathers. Both sexes are similar."
"If you want to know more", mentions Robert. "The golden-breasted starling is a social animal, living in groups of three to twelve individuals."
"I can tell you a bit more", he suggests. "The golden-breasted starling is distributed in the grassland, savannah and shrubland of East Africa, from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.."<<addToInv "Golden-breasted starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Cosmopsarus_regius_-Bird_Kingdom%2C_Niagara_Falls%2C_Canada-8a.jpg/640px-Cosmopsarus_regius_-Bird_Kingdom%2C_Niagara_Falls%2C_Canada-8a.jpg" alt="Golden-breasted starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2c8]]
* Robert recognizes a fresh footprint on the ground going forward and to the bushes. Let's follow it! [[ ▶▶ |Ashy cisticola6a35ae75eb2c6]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road is really narrow to access the forest through the low trees, it's a strange atmosphere.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abyssinian scimitarbill") != -1>>"The ''Abyssinian scimitarbill'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abyssinian scimitarbill") == -1>>"I really like this one, the ''Abyssinian scimitarbill''.", says Robert. "The Abyssinian scimitarbill is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.."<<addToInv "Abyssinian scimitarbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Abyssinian_scimitarbill_Kenya.jpg/640px-Abyssinian_scimitarbill_Kenya.jpg" alt="Abyssinian scimitarbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |D'Arnaud's barbet6a35ae75eb2c3]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb2c8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These cactus in the middle of the open grassland look like vegetation from another planet.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Serval'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"I'm always happy to see the ''Serval''.", says Robert.
"Also", he informs. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter."
"I can also tell you this", mentions Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight."
"More about this animal", he remarks. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria. It inhabits semi-arid areas and cork oak forests close to the Mediterranean Sea, but avoids rainforests and arid areas."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2c5]]
* The sign on the side of the road says that the forest is this way. OK, let's try. [[ ▶▶ |D'Arnaud's barbet6a35ae75eb2c3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African cheetah") != -1>>"The ''East African cheetah'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African cheetah") == -1>>"Take your binoculars, there's the ''East African cheetah''!", says Robert.
"Peculiar species", he tells. "East African cheetahs measure around 110–135 cm in head-and-body length and weigh between 70 and 75 kg."
"Fascinating thing", tells Robert. "Male cheetahs are sociable and often live in a group of other males called coalitions."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he mentions. "In East Africa, cheetahs primarily live on scrub forests, grasslands, savannahs, open fields, steppes and arid environments where preys are available, in which are suitable to be the cheetahs' main hunting grounds. A few can also be found at lakeshores and coastal areas, including mountain ranges."<<addToInv "East African cheetah">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Cheetah_genetic_diversity.jpg/640px-Cheetah_genetic_diversity.jpg" alt="East African cheetah - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |Ashy cisticola6a35ae75eb2c6]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2c5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car drives fast on the dusty road as you look at the horizon trying to spot something in the grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Crested porcupine'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"Hm, look, this is a ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb2bc]]
* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb2be]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car moves near the bushes, you try to look closely into them without getting hurt by the spines at the window.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Ashy cisticola") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Ashy cisticola''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Ashy cisticola") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''Ashy cisticola''.", says Robert. "The ashy cisticola is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family."<<addToInv "Ashy cisticola">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Amboseli%2C_Ashy_Cisticola.jpg/640px-Amboseli%2C_Ashy_Cisticola.jpg" alt="Ashy cisticola - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Straw-tailed whydah6a35ae75eb2b3]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Rudd's apalis6a35ae75eb2bf]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You were hoping to see many animals in this wide open grassland but so far it's just cactus and termite nests...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''East African wild dog'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"The ''East African wild dog'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa. It is distinguished from the nominate Cape form by its smaller size and much blacker coat. Its range is patchy, having been eradicated in Uganda and much of Kenya."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Sociable lapwing6a35ae75eb2ba]]
* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb2b5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road is really narrow to access the forest through the low trees, it's a strange atmosphere.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("D'Arnaud's barbet") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''D'Arnaud's barbet''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("D'Arnaud's barbet") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''D'Arnaud's barbet''.", says Robert. "D'Arnaud's barbet is an African barbet. Barbets and toucans are a group of near passerine birds with a worldwide tropical distribution."<<addToInv "D'Arnaud's barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/D_Arnauds_Barbet.jpg/640px-D_Arnauds_Barbet.jpg" alt="D'Arnaud's barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/2009-darnauds-barbet.jpg/640px-2009-darnauds-barbet.jpg" alt="D'Arnaud's barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb2c1]]
* A lake is hidden behind this hill, let's have a look at this landscape! [[ ▶▶ |White-cheeked tern6a35ae75eb2c2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There must be so many fishes and amphibians living in these waters, but sadly no chance to see them today.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-cheeked tern") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''White-cheeked tern'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-cheeked tern") == -1>>"Oh, the ''White-cheeked tern'', I can tell you some things about it.", says Robert. "The white-cheeked tern is a species of tern in the family Laridae."
"Moreover", tells Robert. "Most of this species is migratory, although those in East Africa may remain there all year."
"I can also tell you this", he continues. "The species inhabits tropical coasts and inshore waters, foraging mainly within 3 kilometres of land over coral reefs. Its nest is a shallow scrape on rock, sand, gravel or coral islands, bare and exposed sandflats and sparsely vegetated open ground on sand-dunes and above the high-water mark on beaches. ."<<addToInv "White-cheeked tern">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/White-cheeked_Tern.jpg/640px-White-cheeked_Tern.jpg" alt="White-cheeked tern - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The leaves just moved in the forest and you're pretty sure it's not the wind. Let's dive into it. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb2ad]]
* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2af]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The high grass is really difficult for spotting animals as they can hide easily but you still look through the window as far as you can.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"This ''Common dwarf mongoose'' has so much grace!", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"But there's more", he mentions. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I'll tell you what I know", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal. It is a highly social species that lives in extended family groups of two to thirty animals."
"You must also know", he affirms. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2b2]]
* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline shrike6a35ae75eb2b0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Rudd's apalis") != -1>>"One more ''Rudd's apalis''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Rudd's apalis") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Rudd's apalis''.", says Robert. "The Rudd's apalis is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family."<<addToInv "Rudd's apalis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rudd%27s_apalis%2C_Apalis_ruddi%2C_at_Ndumo_Nature_Reserve%2C_KwaZulu-Natal%2C_South_Africa_%2828319747984%29.jpg/640px-Rudd%27s_apalis%2C_Apalis_ruddi%2C_at_Ndumo_Nature_Reserve%2C_KwaZulu-Natal%2C_South_Africa_%2828319747984%29.jpg" alt="Rudd's apalis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2af]]
* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb2ad]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"Did you see it? It was the ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.
"This might sound too precise", he explains. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"Just so you know", declares Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period. The size of its home range varies according to terrain, the availability of food, habitat quality, and the age structure of the population."
"Furthermore", he tells. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia. Subspecies are distributed as follows: The European wildcat was thought extinct in the Netherlands."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline shrike6a35ae75eb2b0]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2b2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You stay inside the car as the trees are surrounding the road are quite low and could scratch you.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"It's just the ''Serval''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"I like how this ''Serval'' looks.", says Robert.
"Moreover", he continues. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter."
"I can also tell you this", explains Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight. Servals might be active for a longer time on cool or rainy days."
"Peculiar species", he says. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria. It inhabits semi-arid areas and cork oak forests close to the Mediterranean Sea, but avoids rainforests and arid areas."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb2ad]]
* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline shrike6a35ae75eb2b0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Sociable lapwing") != -1>>"The ''Sociable lapwing'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Sociable lapwing") == -1>>"The ''Sociable lapwing'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The sociable lapwing or sociable plover is a critically endangered wader in the lapwing family of birds. The genus name is Medieval Latin for a lapwing and derives from vannus a winnowing fan."
"I can say a bit more about it", he suggests. "This medium-sized lapwing has longish black legs and a short black bill. Summer adults have grey backs and breast, dark belly and white undertail."
"Peculiar species", he affirms. "This species breeds on open grassland in Russia and Kazakhstan."<<addToInv "Sociable lapwing">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/SociablePlover.jpg/640px-SociablePlover.jpg" alt="Sociable lapwing - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2b2]]
* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb2ad]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You enter the dense forest slowly with the car but soon you can't even see the place you left behind.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"I will tell you more about this one, the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"You might not know", he continues. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms."
"Interesting animal", tells Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he says. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2af]]
* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb2b2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Straw-tailed whydah") != -1>>"So many ''Straw-tailed whydah'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Straw-tailed whydah") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''Straw-tailed whydah''!", says Robert. "The straw-tailed whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae."<<addToInv "Straw-tailed whydah">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Vidua_fischeri.jpg/640px-Vidua_fischeri.jpg" alt="Straw-tailed whydah - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline shrike6a35ae75eb2b0]]
* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb2af]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Termite nests in the high yellow grass are really tricking you, you thought you spotted a big game...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"One more ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"Can you see it in your binoculars? The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''.", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"I can also tell you this", he says. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"Also", narrates Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"Peculiar species", he narrates. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You saw something in the trees back there, let's have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Joyful greenbul6a35ae75eb2a1]]
* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |White-breasted cormorant6a35ae75eb29b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Neverending savannah on the horizon, some trees, the blue sky, and nothing else but your hope of spotting a nice game.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Isabelline shrike") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Isabelline shrike'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Isabelline shrike") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Isabelline shrike''!", says Robert. "The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike is a member of the shrike family."
"I can also tell you this", he declares. "The plumage is isabelline, the sandy colour which gives rise to its name."
"Furthermore", suggests Robert. "This migratory medium-sized passerine eats large insects, small birds, rodents and lizards. Like other shrikes it hunts from prominent perches, and impales corpses on thorns or barbed wire as a larder."<<addToInv "Isabelline shrike">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lanius_isabellinusIbis1867P005A.jpg/640px-Lanius_isabellinusIbis1867P005A.jpg" alt="Isabelline shrike - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Brown snake eagle6a35ae75eb299]]
* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb29e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''East African wild dog'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"This is the ''East African wild dog'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Golden-breasted starling6a35ae75eb29c]]
* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |White-winged apalis6a35ae75eb2a2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's difficult to spot animals in this dense forest, but you trust Robert and his expert eye.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"I present you the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"I'll tell you what I know", he narrates. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"If you want to know more", he continues. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve. In 2016, an individual was observed and photographed in Garamba National Park. ."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb2a0]]
* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Collared sunbird6a35ae75eb29a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The light filtered through the trees is incredible, but it's also the worst to take pictures...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-winged apalis") != -1>>"We've seen this ''White-winged apalis'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-winged apalis") == -1>>"The ''White-winged apalis'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The white-winged apalis is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae."<<addToInv "White-winged apalis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Apalis_chariessa.jpg/640px-Apalis_chariessa.jpg" alt="White-winged apalis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |African paradise flycatcher6a35ae75eb294]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb298]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You hear many different sounds coming from the trees, the wind of course, some birds too, but other unidentified sounds also.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Joyful greenbul") != -1>>"So many ''Joyful greenbul'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Joyful greenbul") == -1>>"This ''Joyful greenbul'' is the best.", says Robert. "The joyful greenbul, or joyful bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae."<<addToInv "Joyful greenbul">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Joyful_Greenbul_-_Kakamega_Kenya_06_1593_%2816844634377%29.jpg/640px-Joyful_Greenbul_-_Kakamega_Kenya_06_1593_%2816844634377%29.jpg" alt="Joyful greenbul - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some footprints go towards the shore, the animals should be there drinking, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse6a35ae75eb296]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed woodpecker6a35ae75eb295]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You stay inside the car as the trees are surrounding the road are quite low and could scratch you.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") != -1>>"One more ''Mountain gorilla''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") == -1>>"The style of this ''Mountain gorilla'' is impressive.", says Robert. "The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla. The subspecies is listed as endangered by the IUCN, with only two surviving populations."
"In case you didn't know", he informs. "The fur of the mountain gorilla, often thicker and longer than that of other gorilla species, enables them to live in colder temperatures."
"I'll tell you what I know", he declares. "The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests and of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres. Most are found on the slopes of three of the dormant volcanoes: Karisimbi, Mikeno, and Visoke."<<addToInv "Mountain gorilla">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg/640px-Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg/640px-Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb298]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |African paradise flycatcher6a35ae75eb294]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The sun is very high already so it's good to go hide under the trees and in the freshness of the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") != -1>>"One more ''Mountain gorilla''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") == -1>>"Wow, look at this ''Mountain gorilla''!", says Robert. "The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla."
"I can also tell you this", he continues. "The fur of the mountain gorilla, often thicker and longer than that of other gorilla species, enables them to live in colder temperatures. Gorillas can be identified by nose prints unique to each individual."
"But there's more", he affirms. "The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests and of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres. Most are found on the slopes of three of the dormant volcanoes: Karisimbi, Mikeno, and Visoke."<<addToInv "Mountain gorilla">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg/640px-Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg/640px-Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed woodpecker6a35ae75eb295]]
* Some cars are gathered around the lake down there, there should be something nice to see. [[ ▶▶ |Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse6a35ae75eb296]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-breasted starling") != -1>>"The ''Golden-breasted starling'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-breasted starling") == -1>>"I will tell you more about this one, the ''Golden-breasted starling''.", says Robert.
"I can also tell you this", he continues. "The adult has a metallic green head and upper back, bright golden yellow breast and belly, dark bill and legs, white iris and metallic violet blue on wings, back, neck and its long tail feathers."
"But there's more", affirms Robert. "The golden-breasted starling is a social animal, living in groups of three to twelve individuals. The golden-breasted starling molts once a year, after the breeding season."
"More about this animal", he declares. "The golden-breasted starling is distributed in the grassland, savannah and shrubland of East Africa, from Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and northern Tanzania.."<<addToInv "Golden-breasted starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Cosmopsarus_regius_-Bird_Kingdom%2C_Niagara_Falls%2C_Canada-8a.jpg/640px-Cosmopsarus_regius_-Bird_Kingdom%2C_Niagara_Falls%2C_Canada-8a.jpg" alt="Golden-breasted starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |African paradise flycatcher6a35ae75eb294]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed woodpecker6a35ae75eb295]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There must be so many fishes and amphibians living in these waters, but sadly no chance to see them today.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-breasted cormorant") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''White-breasted cormorant'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-breasted cormorant") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''White-breasted cormorant''.", says Robert. "The white-breasted cormorant is much like the widespread great cormorant and if not a regional variant of the same species, is at least very closely related."
"Moreover", he adds. "The white-breasted cormorant is a member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae. Its taxonomic status has been under discussion for some decades and several questions still have not been definitively settled."
"I can say a bit more about it", he describes. "The white-breasted cormorant is the only form of great cormorant found in Sub-Saharan Africa, the only form that has strictly freshwater populations and the only form with a white breast and throat; it does however interbreed freely with dark-breasted forms in central Africa."<<addToInv "White-breasted cormorant">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/White-breasted_cormorant_%28Phalacrocorax_lucidus%29.jpg/640px-White-breasted_cormorant_%28Phalacrocorax_lucidus%29.jpg" alt="White-breasted cormorant - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A ranger just called Robert and told him to look next to the water, follow this advice. [[ ▶▶ |Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse6a35ae75eb296]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |African paradise flycatcher6a35ae75eb294]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but trees, of course, it's a forest, but you were expecting a bit more diversity.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Collared sunbird") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Collared sunbird'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Collared sunbird") == -1>>"Look a bit more to the right, you see the ''Collared sunbird''?", says Robert. "The collared sunbird,, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young."<<addToInv "Collared sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_male.jpg/640px-Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_male.jpg" alt="Collared sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_female.jpg/640px-Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_female.jpg" alt="Collared sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb298]]
* If you follow that road, you'll come to the shore, it's a good place for animal sighting. [[ ▶▶ |Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse6a35ae75eb296]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car drives fast on the dusty road as you look at the horizon trying to spot something in the grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Brown snake eagle") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Brown snake eagle''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Brown snake eagle") == -1>>"This is our lucky day, we just saw the ''Brown snake eagle''!", says Robert. "The brown snake eagle is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae."
"I can say a bit more about it", he declares. "Their plumage is entirely brown, but some of them could have some white feathers. The juvenile eagles stay around the nest for 60–100 days, until they fledge."<<addToInv "Brown snake eagle">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Brown_Snake_Eagle_%2811914065625%29.jpg/640px-Brown_Snake_Eagle_%2811914065625%29.jpg" alt="Brown snake eagle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Brown_Snake_Eagle_%28Circaetus_cinereus%29_%2816523251576%29.jpg/640px-Brown_Snake_Eagle_%28Circaetus_cinereus%29_%2816523251576%29.jpg" alt="Brown snake eagle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed woodpecker6a35ae75eb295]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb298]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb284]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Slender-billed starling6a35ae75eb28c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The papyrus are covering almost all the shore, it's the home of so many birds.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse") == -1>>"If you look on the right you'll see it, the ''Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse''.", says Robert.<<addToInv "Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse_%28Pterocles_exustus%29.jpg/640px-Chestnut-bellied_sandgrouse_%28Pterocles_exustus%29.jpg" alt="Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Graceful chameleon6a35ae75eb28d]]
* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb28b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives and you keep an eye on the grassland with your binoculars in hand to be sure not to miss anything!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green-backed woodpecker") != -1>>"So many ''Green-backed woodpecker'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green-backed woodpecker") == -1>>"Did you see it? It was the ''Green-backed woodpecker''.", says Robert. "The green-backed woodpecker or little spotted woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae."
"I can tell you a bit more", he tells. "The green-backed woodpecker grows to a length of about 16 cm. The male has a scarlet crown flecked with black and a bright red nape."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", tells Robert. "The green-backed woodpecker feeds largely on ants and termites which it finds on trees. It often forages in pairs or may form part of small groups of mixed bird species. ."
"Furthermore", he says. "The green-backed woodpecker is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The habitat varies across the range, being variously wet or dry forest, gallery forest or flooded forest, scrub, savannah, coastal woodland, palm oil plantations, gardens or wooded villages."<<addToInv "Green-backed woodpecker">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Green-backed_Woodpecker_-_Malawi_S4E3705.jpg/640px-Green-backed_Woodpecker_-_Malawi_S4E3705.jpg" alt="Green-backed woodpecker - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Olive sunbird6a35ae75eb290]]
* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Southeast African cheetah6a35ae75eb28f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You can't help but look at the branches of these big acacias with the hope of spotting a leopard.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("African paradise flycatcher") != -1>>"One more ''African paradise flycatcher''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("African paradise flycatcher") == -1>>"The style of this ''African paradise flycatcher'' is impressive.", says Robert. "The African paradise flycatcher is a medium-sized passerine bird with a very long tail. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert."
"This might sound too precise", he adds. "The adult male African paradise flycatcher is about 17 cm long, but the very long tail streamers double this. It has a black head, neck and underparts, and chestnut wings and tail."
"I want to keep it simple", declares Robert. "The African paradise flycatcher is a noisy bird with a harsh scolding call."
"I can also tell you this", he describes. "The African paradise flycatcher is found in most parts of Africa south of the Sahara Desert and also the Arabian Peninsula."<<addToInv "African paradise flycatcher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Terpsiphone_viridis_-_African_Paradise_Flycatcher.jpg/640px-Terpsiphone_viridis_-_African_Paradise_Flycatcher.jpg" alt="African paradise flycatcher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/African_Paradise_Flycatcher_-_Kenya_NH8O0536_%2818822382274%29.jpg/640px-African_Paradise_Flycatcher_-_Kenya_NH8O0536_%2818822382274%29.jpg" alt="African paradise flycatcher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Ashy cisticola6a35ae75eb287]]
* The road there passes through a dense tropical forest, let's enter it. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb286]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The light filtered through the trees is incredible, but it's also the worst to take pictures...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Olive sunbird") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Olive sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Olive sunbird") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''Olive sunbird''!", says Robert. "The olive sunbird is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel. It prefers forested regions, and is absent from drier, more open regions such as the Horn of Africa and most of south-central and south-western Africa."<<addToInv "Olive sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Eastern_Olive_Sunbird_%28Nectarinia_olivacea%29.jpg/640px-Eastern_Olive_Sunbird_%28Nectarinia_olivacea%29.jpg" alt="Olive sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Papyrus canary6a35ae75eb27f]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb27b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Southeast African cheetah") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Southeast African cheetah''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Southeast African cheetah") == -1>>"Oh, the ''Southeast African cheetah'', I can tell you some things about it.", says Robert. "The Southeast African cheetah is the nominate cheetah subspecies native to East and Southern Africa. The Southern African cheetah lives mainly in the lowland areas and deserts of the Kalahari, the savannahs of Okavango Delta, and the grasslands of the Transvaal region in South Africa."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he tells. "The cheetah is a medium-sized cat."
"But there's more", explains Robert. "Male cheetahs are sociable and may live in a group with other males. Males establish their territories by marking their territories by urinating on trees or termite mounds."
"You might not know", he affirms. "The Southeast African cheetah usually lives on grasslands, savannahs, scrub forests, and arid environments such as deserts and semidesert steppes."<<addToInv "Southeast African cheetah">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cheetah_Umfolozi_SouthAfrica_MWegmann.jpg/640px-Cheetah_Umfolozi_SouthAfrica_MWegmann.jpg" alt="Southeast African cheetah - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |East African cheetah6a35ae75eb27e]]
* There's a river down there and some shapes moving, let's look at these animals! [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb281]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Graceful chameleon") != -1>>"The ''Graceful chameleon'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Graceful chameleon") == -1>>"Shhh... Don't make a sound, it's the ''Graceful chameleon''.", says Robert. "The graceful chameleon is a species of chameleon native to sub-Saharan Africa."
"In case you didn't know", he informs. "C."<<addToInv "Graceful chameleon">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Graceful_chameleon.JPG/640px-Graceful_chameleon.JPG" alt="Graceful chameleon - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb27b]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Papyrus canary6a35ae75eb27f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many animals come to the forest once the morning passed to enjoy the shadow and the water it offers.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Slender-billed starling") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Slender-billed starling'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Slender-billed starling") == -1>>"This ''Slender-billed starling'' has so much grace!", says Robert. "The slender-billed starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae."<<addToInv "Slender-billed starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Onychognathus_tenuirostris_mtkenya_pair_1.jpg/640px-Onychognathus_tenuirostris_mtkenya_pair_1.jpg" alt="Slender-billed starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A ranger just called Robert and told him to look next to the water, follow this advice. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb281]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |East African cheetah6a35ae75eb27e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You were hoping to see many animals in this wide open grassland but so far it's just cactus and termite nests...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"But there's more", he says. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"You might not know", remarks Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", he explains. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Papyrus canary6a35ae75eb27f]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb281]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert is trying to move slowly through the damaged road as you look through the car at this ocean of grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Ashy cisticola") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Ashy cisticola''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Ashy cisticola") == -1>>"Take your binoculars, there's the ''Ashy cisticola''!", says Robert. "The ashy cisticola is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania."<<addToInv "Ashy cisticola">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Amboseli%2C_Ashy_Cisticola.jpg/640px-Amboseli%2C_Ashy_Cisticola.jpg" alt="Ashy cisticola - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |East African cheetah6a35ae75eb27e]]
* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Papyrus canary6a35ae75eb27f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are so dense and so big that you look above the car but you can't see the sky clearly anymore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"One more ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"Wow, look at this ''Eastern chimpanzee''!", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It occurs in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered."
"If you want to know more", he tells. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"If you want to know more", suggests Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"I can tell you a bit more", he narrates. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night. They once inhabited most of this region, but their habitat has been dramatically reduced in recent years.."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb27b]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |East African cheetah6a35ae75eb27e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're in the tropical rainforest, fortunately it's not the rain season, but you still feel a lot of humidity in this place.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Eastern chimpanzee''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"It's far away but I think it is the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"Fascinating thing", he describes. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"You might not know", narrates Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals. The eastern chimpanzee is both arboreal and terrestrial and spend its nights in the trees, while most of its daytime hours are spent on the ground. Chimpanzees walk using the soles of their feet and their knuckles, and they can walk upright for short distances."
"Fascinating thing", he informs. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You decide to go east, towards the river where animals go to drink. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb281]]
* You can see the river on this side of the road, let's take a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb27b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The water and the sky have the exact same colour and you're not exactly sure if the birds on top are swimming or not...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Wildcat'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.
"You must also know", he informs. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"Interesting animal", explains Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"In case you didn't know", he narrates. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* If you follow that road, you'll come to the shore, it's a good place for animal sighting. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb26d]]
* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Groundscraper thrush6a35ae75eb26b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Next to the river you feel the wind in your hair, it was the perfect time to come here and get fresh air.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Papyrus canary") != -1>>"It's just the ''Papyrus canary''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Papyrus canary") == -1>>"Take your camera, it's the ''Papyrus canary''!", says Robert. "The papyrus canary, also known as Van Someren's canary is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda."<<addToInv "Papyrus canary">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Papyrus_Canary_-_Uganda_MG_1468_%2823040012745%29.jpg/640px-Papyrus_Canary_-_Uganda_MG_1468_%2823040012745%29.jpg" alt="Papyrus canary - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |Zanzibar red bishop6a35ae75eb26e]]
* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Chestnut-throated apalis6a35ae75eb270]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some birds are flying in round above the yellow hill, maybe something is hidden in the high grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African cheetah") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''East African cheetah''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African cheetah") == -1>>"Can you see it in your binoculars? The ''East African cheetah''.", says Robert.
"Peculiar species", he explains. "East African cheetahs measure around 110–135 cm in head-and-body length and weigh between 70 and 75 kg."
"I'll tell you what I know", declares Robert. "Male cheetahs are sociable and often live in a group of other males called coalitions."
"I can tell you a bit more", he explains. "In East Africa, cheetahs primarily live on scrub forests, grasslands, savannahs, open fields, steppes and arid environments where preys are available, in which are suitable to be the cheetahs' main hunting grounds."<<addToInv "East African cheetah">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Cheetah_genetic_diversity.jpg/640px-Cheetah_genetic_diversity.jpg" alt="East African cheetah - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb26a]]
* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Golden pipit6a35ae75eb266]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many flowers and even some grass are floating on the river, it's so strange as it moves.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"Be silent, just observe, it's the ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb268]]
* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Olive sunbird6a35ae75eb26f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many animals come to the forest once the morning passed to enjoy the shadow and the water it offers.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Chestnut-throated apalis") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Chestnut-throated apalis''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Chestnut-throated apalis") == -1>>"This ''Chestnut-throated apalis'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "The chestnut-throated apalis is a species of bird in the cisticola family Cisticolidae."
"In case you didn't know", he tells. "The chestnut-throated apalis is a 12 cm long apalis with mostly grey plumage."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", explains Robert. "The chestnut-throated apalis feeds on insects and other small invertebrates, which are obtained by gleaning from leaves and twigs, hover gleaning and hawking in the air.."
"Additionnaly", he continues. "The species is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, where it is a species of highland forests above 1600 m.."<<addToInv "Chestnut-throated apalis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Chestnut-throated_Apalis_-_Uganda_H8O3351_%2816707119014%29.jpg/640px-Chestnut-throated_Apalis_-_Uganda_H8O3351_%2816707119014%29.jpg" alt="Chestnut-throated apalis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25c]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb263]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're lucky there's no car coming the other way because the forest road is too narrow to let two cars pass at the same time.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Olive sunbird") != -1>>"One more ''Olive sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Olive sunbird") == -1>>"I really like this one, the ''Olive sunbird''.", says Robert. "The olive sunbird is a species of sunbird found in a large part of Africa south of the Sahel."<<addToInv "Olive sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Eastern_Olive_Sunbird_%28Nectarinia_olivacea%29.jpg/640px-Eastern_Olive_Sunbird_%28Nectarinia_olivacea%29.jpg" alt="Olive sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Last time, Robert saw some interesting game on the riverside. Let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25e]]
* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb260]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are breathing and releasing a lot of water which makes the forest a very humid place, it's not unpleasant though.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Zanzibar red bishop") != -1>>"It's just the ''Zanzibar red bishop''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Zanzibar red bishop") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''Zanzibar red bishop''.", says Robert. "The Zanzibar red bishop is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae."<<addToInv "Zanzibar red bishop">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Bishop%2C_Zanzibar_BW.jpg/640px-Bishop%2C_Zanzibar_BW.jpg" alt="Zanzibar red bishop - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb263]]
* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road along the river is beautiful, in between the savannah, the forest and the water!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"The ''Wildcat'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"If you look on the right you'll see it, the ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he remarks. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"You might not know", continues Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"More about this animal", he informs. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb260]]
* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Groundscraper thrush") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Groundscraper thrush'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Groundscraper thrush") == -1>>"The ''Groundscraper thrush'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "The groundscraper thrush is a passerine bird of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the thrush family, Turdidae. It is the only member of the genus Psophocichla."<<addToInv "Groundscraper thrush">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Psophocichla_litsitsirupa_%28Etosha%29.jpg/640px-Psophocichla_litsitsirupa_%28Etosha%29.jpg" alt="Groundscraper thrush - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25c]]
* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb260]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Unfortunately, the safari doesn't include a diving tour as it would be surely interesting to see the aquatic fauna of the park.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"The ''Common dwarf mongoose'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"This is the ''Common dwarf mongoose'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"I can tell you a bit more", he informs. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", adds Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal. It is a highly social species that lives in extended family groups of two to thirty animals."
"This might sound too precise", he declares. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* If you follow that road, you'll come to the shore, it's a good place for animal sighting. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25e]]
* A lake is hidden behind this hill, let's have a look at this landscape! [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The papyrus are covering almost all the shore, it's the home of so many birds.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"One more ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''Wildcat''!", says Robert.
"What I can also say", he explains. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"Interesting animal", declares Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"Also", he narrates. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia. Subspecies are distributed as follows: The European wildcat was thought extinct in the Netherlands."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb263]]
* There's a river down there and some shapes moving, let's look at these animals! [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb25e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The high grass is really difficult for spotting animals as they can hide easily but you still look through the window as far as you can.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden pipit") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Golden pipit''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden pipit") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Golden pipit''.", says Robert. "The golden pipit is a distinctive pipit of dry country grassland, savanna and shrubland in eastern Africa. It is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, and has occurred as a vagrant to Oman, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The adult male, unlike most pipits, is very easy to identify."<<addToInv "Golden pipit">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pipit_Golden_by_Mark_Tittley.jpg/640px-Pipit_Golden_by_Mark_Tittley.jpg" alt="Golden pipit - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb260]]
* You recognize some individual trees in a sea of grass, the shadow would probably attract animals, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb263]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Wildcat'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"Can you see it? The ''Wildcat'', just there.", says Robert.
"Funny thing is", he adds. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"In case you didn't know", remarks Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period. The size of its home range varies according to terrain, the availability of food, habitat quality, and the age structure of the population."
"I may be too precise but", he declares. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb24f]]
* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Northern white-crowned shrike6a35ae75eb24b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"The ''Wildcat'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"I didn't see it for a long time, the ''Wildcat''!", says Robert.
"I can say a bit more about it", he continues. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat. The wildcat is similar in appearance to a striped tabby cat, but has relatively longer legs, a more robust build, and a greater cranial volume."
"I'll tell you what I know", continues Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"Furthermore", he continues. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia. Subspecies are distributed as follows: The European wildcat was thought extinct in the Netherlands."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb252]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb254]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The vegetation around the water is really different, you spotted so many nenuphars and papyrus!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''!", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa.."
"Funny thing is", he adds. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"I can say a bit more about it", adds Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal. During the day it sleeps in a nest made of dense vegetation or leaves some 5 to 40 m off the ground."
"I can tell you a bit more", he affirms. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Grey crowned crane6a35ae75eb250]]
* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb24d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The water and the sky have the exact same colour and you're not exactly sure if the birds on top are swimming or not...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa.."
"Interesting animal", he explains. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm. The head is narrow with a pointed muzzle and variable colouring round the eyes."
"I may be too precise but", explains Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal. During the day it sleeps in a nest made of dense vegetation or leaves some 5 to 40 m off the ground."
"Additionnaly", he narrates. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Last time, Robert saw some interesting game on the riverside. Let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Pied avocet6a35ae75eb24a]]
* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Golden-backed weaver6a35ae75eb249]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There're always many animals around water places, you just need to spot them from the shore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"I can see it in my binoculars, it's the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"Interesting fact", he affirms. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", narrates Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal. It is a highly social species that lives in extended family groups of two to thirty animals."
"Funny thing is", he mentions. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Black-bellied starling6a35ae75eb240]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline wheatear6a35ae75eb23c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It occurs in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered."
"Funny thing is", he affirms. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms."
"Also", describes Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals. The eastern chimpanzee is both arboreal and terrestrial and spend its nights in the trees, while most of its daytime hours are spent on the ground. Chimpanzees walk using the soles of their feet and their knuckles, and they can walk upright for short distances."
"Moreover", he says. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Thekla's lark6a35ae75eb23f]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb23e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many palm trees and an ocean of grass, that's all you see, so where are all the animals?
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey crowned crane") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Grey crowned crane''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey crowned crane") == -1>>"I can see it in my binoculars, it's the ''Grey crowned crane''.", says Robert.
"I'll tell you what I know", he mentions. "The grey crowned crane is about 1 m tall, weighs 3.5 kg, and has a wingspan of 2 m. Its body plumage is mainly grey."
"You must also know", he describes. "It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats. They can also be found in marshes, cultivated lands and grassy flatlands near rivers and lakes in Uganda and Kenya and as far south as South Africa."<<addToInv "Grey crowned crane">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Crested_Cranes%2C_Uganda_%2814980702530%29.jpg/640px-Crested_Cranes%2C_Uganda_%2814980702530%29.jpg" alt="Grey crowned crane - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline wheatear6a35ae75eb23c]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Black-bellied starling6a35ae75eb240]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You can't help but look at the branches of these big acacias with the hope of spotting a leopard.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"The ''Pousargues's mongoose'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"It's far away but I think it is the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"You must also know", he mentions. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face. Its tail is bushy, and its front feet have strong claws."
"I'll tell you what I know", he affirms. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb23e]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Thekla's lark6a35ae75eb23f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Only acacias can stand alone in this wide open grassland and be seen from so far away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"The ''Wildcat'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"This ''Wildcat'' is the best.", says Robert.
"Moreover", he adds. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat. The wildcat is similar in appearance to a striped tabby cat, but has relatively longer legs, a more robust build, and a greater cranial volume."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", declares Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period. The size of its home range varies according to terrain, the availability of food, habitat quality, and the age structure of the population."
"Just so you know", he continues. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Black-bellied starling6a35ae75eb240]]
* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb23e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many palm trees and an ocean of grass, that's all you see, so where are all the animals?
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Northern white-crowned shrike") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Northern white-crowned shrike''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Northern white-crowned shrike") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Northern white-crowned shrike''!", says Robert. "The northern white-crowned shrike or white-rumped shrike, is a shrike found in dry thornbush, semi-desert, and open acacia woodland in east Africa from south eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia to Tanzania. Its binomial name commemorates the German naturalist and explorer Eduard Rüppell."
"I'll tell you what I know", he says. "The northern white-crowned shrike is a 19–23-cm long passerine."
"Interesting fact", explains Robert. "The northern white-crowned shrike is gregarious, occurring in groups of up 12 birds. It hunts from an exposed perch, feeding mainly on large insects, usually taken from the ground."<<addToInv "Northern white-crowned shrike">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Northern_White-crowned_Shrike_Eurocephalus_ruepelli_in_Tanzania_2943_Nevit.jpg/640px-Northern_White-crowned_Shrike_Eurocephalus_ruepelli_in_Tanzania_2943_Nevit.jpg" alt="Northern white-crowned shrike - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Thekla's lark6a35ae75eb23f]]
* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Black-bellied starling6a35ae75eb240]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You approach the riverside where many animals would come to have a drink or get a small bath, you wish you could do the same now.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pied avocet") != -1>>"One more ''Pied avocet''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pied avocet") == -1>>"Hm, look, this is a ''Pied avocet''.", says Robert. "The pied avocet is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae."
"I know some more", he tells. "The pied avocet is a striking white wader with bold black markings. Adults have white plumage except for a black cap and black patches in the wings and on the back."
"Fascinating thing", describes Robert. "These birds forage in shallow brackish water or on mud flats, often scything their bills from side to side in water."<<addToInv "Pied avocet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pied_Avocet_Recurvirostra_avosetta.jpg/640px-Pied_Avocet_Recurvirostra_avosetta.jpg" alt="Pied avocet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline wheatear6a35ae75eb23c]]
* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Thekla's lark6a35ae75eb23f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-backed weaver") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Golden-backed weaver''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-backed weaver") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Golden-backed weaver''.", says Robert. "The golden-backed weaver, also known as Jackson's weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family."<<addToInv "Golden-backed weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Golden-backed_Weaver.jpg/640px-Golden-backed_Weaver.jpg" alt="Golden-backed weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb23e]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Isabelline wheatear6a35ae75eb23c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These cactus in the middle of the open grassland look like vegetation from another planet.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-bellied starling") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Black-bellied starling''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-bellied starling") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Black-bellied starling''.", says Robert. "The black-bellied starling is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.."<<addToInv "Black-bellied starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Black-bellied_Glossy-Starling_-_Mkuze_-_Natal_S4E8977_%2822775346556%29.jpg/640px-Black-bellied_Glossy-Starling_-_Mkuze_-_Natal_S4E8977_%2822775346556%29.jpg" alt="Black-bellied starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb235]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb239]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bush around the road are quite thick but you look through the window attentively in order to find a moving target.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Thekla's lark") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Thekla's lark''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Thekla's lark") == -1>>"This ''Thekla's lark'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "Thekla's lark breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia."
"I want to keep it simple", he informs. "This is a smallish lark, slightly smaller than the Eurasian skylark. It has a long, spiky, erectile crest."
"I know some more", affirms Robert. "It nests on the ground, laying two to six eggs."
"This might sound too precise", he describes. "Thekla's lark is native and resident in France, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, Tunisia and Western Sahara. Its typical habitat is rugged areas with scrub, bare patches of ground and semi-arid grassland. ."<<addToInv "Thekla's lark">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Thekla_Lark_-_Marocco_07_3582_%2816759996740%29.jpg/640px-Thekla_Lark_-_Marocco_07_3582_%2816759996740%29.jpg" alt="Thekla's lark - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |Scaly chatterer6a35ae75eb236]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |White-eyed slaty flycatcher6a35ae75eb237]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"The ''Serval'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"This is our lucky day, we just saw the ''Serval''!", says Robert.
"It's good to know also", he declares. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter. The head-and-body length is typically between 67 and 100 cm."
"Funny thing is", explains Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight."
"This might sound too precise", he suggests. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The leaves just moved in the forest and you're pretty sure it's not the wind. Let's dive into it. [[ ▶▶ |Western citril6a35ae75eb23a]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb230]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You can't help but look at the branches of these big acacias with the hope of spotting a leopard.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Isabelline wheatear") != -1>>"So many ''Isabelline wheatear'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Isabelline wheatear") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Isabelline wheatear''.", says Robert. "The isabelline wheatear is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he continues. "Male and female isabelline wheatear are similar in appearance. The upper-parts are a pale sandy brown with an isabelline tinge."
"Peculiar species", informs Robert. "The isabelline wheatear is an active and restless bird, moving across the ground with long hops, flitting into the air and perching on eminences or small bushes."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he mentions. "The isabelline wheatear is a migratory species with an eastern palearctic breeding range."<<addToInv "Isabelline wheatear">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Isabelline_wheatear_%28Oenanthe_isabellina%29_male%2C_non-breeding.jpg/640px-Isabelline_wheatear_%28Oenanthe_isabellina%29_male%2C_non-breeding.jpg" alt="Isabelline wheatear - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The leaves just moved in the forest and you're pretty sure it's not the wind. Let's dive into it. [[ ▶▶ |Groundscraper thrush6a35ae75eb23b]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Quail-plover6a35ae75eb232]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The light filtered through the trees is incredible, but it's also the worst to take pictures...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Groundscraper thrush") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Groundscraper thrush''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Groundscraper thrush") == -1>>"There, on the ground, the ''Groundscraper thrush''!", says Robert. "The groundscraper thrush is a passerine bird of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the thrush family, Turdidae."<<addToInv "Groundscraper thrush">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Psophocichla_litsitsirupa_%28Etosha%29.jpg/640px-Psophocichla_litsitsirupa_%28Etosha%29.jpg" alt="Groundscraper thrush - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The leaves just moved in the forest and you're pretty sure it's not the wind. Let's dive into it. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb226]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb22b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car struggles a bit to enter the tropical rainforest but it's already an amazing landscape from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Western citril") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Western citril''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Western citril") == -1>>"This ''Western citril'' has so much grace!", says Robert. "The western citril, also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in central Africa."<<addToInv "Western citril">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Crithagra_frontalis.jpg/640px-Crithagra_frontalis.jpg" alt="Western citril - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The lake and river area is full of interesing animals at this time of the day, you decide to go there. [[ ▶▶ |Leopard6a35ae75eb229]]
* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Little greenbul6a35ae75eb227]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is quite large and you can see from here that it goes pretty far down the park and through the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Pousargues's mongoose'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"Look a bit more to the right, you see the ''Pousargues's mongoose''?", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa."
"You must also know", he adds. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"I may be too precise but", he suggests. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve. In 2016, an individual was observed and photographed in Garamba National Park. ."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb22b]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb226]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Seeing animals from the shore can be really hard as the river is large and the forest on the other side is thick.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-eyed slaty flycatcher") != -1>>"So many ''White-eyed slaty flycatcher'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-eyed slaty flycatcher") == -1>>"This ''White-eyed slaty flycatcher'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "The white-eyed slaty flycatcher is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is native to the African highlands from Ethiopia and Kenya through Rwanda to eastern Zaire and Malawi."<<addToInv "White-eyed slaty flycatcher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Melaenornis_fischeri1.jpg/640px-Melaenornis_fischeri1.jpg" alt="White-eyed slaty flycatcher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Little greenbul6a35ae75eb227]]
* You decide to go east, towards the river where animals go to drink. [[ ▶▶ |Leopard6a35ae75eb229]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's almost impossible to see anything inside these bushes, even though Robert drives slowly.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Scaly chatterer") != -1>>"It's just the ''Scaly chatterer''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Scaly chatterer") == -1>>"This is the ''Scaly chatterer''.", says Robert. "The scaly chatterer is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is also known as the bare-eyed babbler."<<addToInv "Scaly chatterer">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Scaly_Chatterer_specimen_RWD.jpg/640px-Scaly_Chatterer_specimen_RWD.jpg" alt="Scaly chatterer - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb226]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Little greenbul6a35ae75eb227]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"I know some more", he suggests. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I know some more", narrates Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"What I can also say", he affirms. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Leopard6a35ae75eb229]]
* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb226]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's almost impossible to see anything inside these bushes, even though Robert drives slowly.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Quail-plover") != -1>>"It's just the ''Quail-plover''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Quail-plover") == -1>>"If you look on the right you'll see it, the ''Quail-plover''.", says Robert. "The lark buttonquail, lark-plover or quail-plover is a species of buttonquail in the family Turnicidae. It is monotypic within the genus Ortyxelos. ."
"I know some more", he continues. "The quail-plover is a small, short-tailed cursorial bird which looks a little like a miniature courser when on the ground."
"Interesting fact", declares Robert. "The quail-plover is usually found singly or in pairs in dry grassland and thorn scrub."<<addToInv "Quail-plover">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Quail_Plover%2C_Poli%2C_Cameroon_%285891141663%29.jpg/640px-Quail_Plover%2C_Poli%2C_Cameroon_%285891141663%29.jpg" alt="Quail-plover - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb22b]]
* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Leopard6a35ae75eb229]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert is trying to move slowly through the damaged road as you look through the car at this ocean of grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' is in the back, do you see it?", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"Furthermore", he affirms. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"I want to keep it simple", continues Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"I can say a bit more about it", he mentions. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You recognize some individual trees in a sea of grass, the shadow would probably attract animals, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Little greenbul6a35ae75eb227]]
* The south road goes deep into the tropical rainforest but you're not afraid and go there. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb22b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's so bad that you can't leave the car nor the road, there should be incredible animals to spot inside the forest itself.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"It's just the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"I really like this one, the ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It occurs in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered."
"Additionnaly", he explains. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms."
"I may be too precise but", mentions Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"More about this animal", he remarks. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You decide to go east, towards the river where animals go to drink. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb220]]
* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Amethyst sunbird6a35ae75eb211]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many flowers and even some grass are floating on the river, it's so strange as it moves.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Leopard") != -1>>"So many ''Leopard'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Leopard") == -1>>"It's technical name is the ''Leopard''.", says Robert.
"But there's more", he narrates. "The leopard's skin colour varies by climate and habitat from pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", narrates Robert. "Leopards are active mainly from dusk till dawn and rest for most of the day and for some hours at night in thickets, among rocks or over tree branches."
"Fascinating thing", he suggests. "The leopard has the largest distribution of all wild cats, occurring widely in Africa as well as eastern and southern Asia, although populations have shown a declining trend, and are fragmented outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Within sub-Saharan Africa, the species is still numerous and even thriving in marginal habitats where other large cats have disappeared, although there is considerable potential for human-leopard conflict due to leopards preying on livestock."<<addToInv "Leopard">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/African_leopard%2C_Panthera_pardus_pardus%2C_near_Lake_Panic%2C_Kruger_National_Park%2C_South_Africa_%2819448654130%29.jpg/640px-African_leopard%2C_Panthera_pardus_pardus%2C_near_Lake_Panic%2C_Kruger_National_Park%2C_South_Africa_%2819448654130%29.jpg" alt="Leopard - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Abbott's starling6a35ae75eb21c]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Tropical house gecko6a35ae75eb221]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many palm trees and an ocean of grass, that's all you see, so where are all the animals?
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Little greenbul") != -1>>"It's just the ''Little greenbul''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Little greenbul") == -1>>"Oh, it's the ''Little greenbul''!", says Robert. "The little greenbul is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds."
"Funny thing is", he declares. "The little greenbul is a small bird reaching a total length of about 187 mm, with wings of about 80 mm and tail of about 77 mm."
"I may be too precise but", describes Robert. "The little greenbul was the subject of a study regarding the impact of ecotones on biodiversity. ."
"You might not know", he narrates. " The little greenbul is found in western, central and eastern Africa."<<addToInv "Little greenbul">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Pycnonotidae_-_Andropadus_virens.JPG/640px-Pycnonotidae_-_Andropadus_virens.JPG" alt="Little greenbul - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a pile of poo on the side of the forest, let's enter to find this animal. [[ ▶▶ |Bitis arietans6a35ae75eb212]]
* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb21a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The humidity and the sun makes this whole forest foggy, sometimes you can't even see a few meters away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"Like always, I know this one too, the ''Common dwarf mongoose''!", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"It's good to know also", he informs. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"I can tell you a bit more", mentions Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal. It is a highly social species that lives in extended family groups of two to thirty animals."
"I'll tell you what I know", he adds. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Trioceros hoehnelii6a35ae75eb21d]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Buff-crested bustard6a35ae75eb21e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Tropical house gecko") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Tropical house gecko'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Tropical house gecko") == -1>>"The style of this ''Tropical house gecko'' is impressive.", says Robert.
"I want to keep it simple", he continues. "This species can attain a maximum length, from snout to vent, of 12.7 cm."
"You must also know", he remarks. "The tropical house gecko can be found predominantly in urban locations.."<<addToInv "Tropical house gecko">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Hemidactylus_mabouia_%28Dominica%29.jpg/640px-Hemidactylus_mabouia_%28Dominica%29.jpg" alt="Tropical house gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Going north brings you to the great tropical forest, and you want to scratch the surface of it. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb20d]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Sombre nightjar6a35ae75eb20e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Seeing animals from the shore can be really hard as the river is large and the forest on the other side is thick.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"One more ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"This ''Pousargues's mongoose'' is the best.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa."
"I may be too precise but", he mentions. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face. Its tail is bushy, and its front feet have strong claws."
"I can also tell you this", he declares. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Golden pipit6a35ae75eb20f]]
* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Fox's weaver6a35ae75eb210]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Buff-crested bustard") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Buff-crested bustard'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Buff-crested bustard") == -1>>"The ''Buff-crested bustard'' is in the back, do you see it?", says Robert. "The buff-crested bustard is a species of bird in the family Otididae. It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.."<<addToInv "Buff-crested bustard">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Crested_Bustard_-_Eupodotis_ruficrista_gindiana.jpg/640px-Crested_Bustard_-_Eupodotis_ruficrista_gindiana.jpg" alt="Buff-crested bustard - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Sombre nightjar6a35ae75eb20e]]
* Many thick trees are aligned along this road, let's drive next to them and try to see something. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb20d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From the shore, you can see a dense forest on the other side of the river but spotting animals will be difficult.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Trioceros hoehnelii") != -1>>"It's just the ''Trioceros hoehnelii''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Trioceros hoehnelii") == -1>>"The ''Trioceros hoehnelii'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "Trioceros hoehnelli, commonly known as von Höhnel's chameleon, the helmeted chameleon, and the high-casqued chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae."<<addToInv "Trioceros hoehnelii">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Lizard_kenya.jpg/640px-Lizard_kenya.jpg" alt="Trioceros hoehnelii - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Fox's weaver6a35ae75eb210]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Golden pipit6a35ae75eb20f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are so dense and so big that you look above the car but you can't see the sky clearly anymore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abbott's starling") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Abbott's starling''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abbott's starling") == -1>>"The ''Abbott's starling'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "Abbott's starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania."
"Peculiar species", he says. "The Abbott's starling has a black head and breast with white underparts and a yellow eye. Its voice is a musical whistled call moving up and down the scale. ."<<addToInv "Abbott's starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Abbott%27s_Starling_%28adult%29.jpg" alt="Abbott's starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Abbott%27s_Starling_%28juvenile%29.jpg" alt="Abbott's starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb20d]]
* A ranger just called Robert and told him to look next to the water, follow this advice. [[ ▶▶ |Fox's weaver6a35ae75eb210]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You approach the riverside where many animals would come to have a drink or get a small bath, you wish you could do the same now.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Serval''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"I can see it in my binoculars, it's the ''Serval''.", says Robert.
"What I can also say", he continues. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter."
"Just so you know", describes Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight."
"What I can also say", he continues. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria. It inhabits semi-arid areas and cork oak forests close to the Mediterranean Sea, but avoids rainforests and arid areas."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert recognizes a fresh footprint on the ground going forward and to the bushes. Let's follow it! [[ ▶▶ |Golden pipit6a35ae75eb20f]]
* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb20d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're lucky there's no car coming the other way because the forest road is too narrow to let two cars pass at the same time.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bitis arietans") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Bitis arietans'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bitis arietans") == -1>>"Shhh... Don't make a sound, it's the ''Bitis arietans''.", says Robert.
"I can say a bit more about it", he continues. "The average size is about 1m in total length and very stout. Large specimens of 190 cm total length, weighing over 6.0 kg and with a girth of 40 cm have been reported."
"It's good to know also", he tells. "It is found in all habitats except true deserts, rain forests, and alpine habitats."<<addToInv "Bitis arietans">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Bitis_arietans.jpg/640px-Bitis_arietans.jpg" alt="Bitis arietans - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Sombre nightjar6a35ae75eb20e]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Golden pipit6a35ae75eb20f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There're always many animals around water places, you just need to spot them from the shore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Amethyst sunbird") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Amethyst sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Amethyst sunbird") == -1>>"I didn't see it for a long time, the ''Amethyst sunbird''!", says Robert. "The amethyst sunbird, also called the black sunbird, is a species of passerine bird in the Nectariniidae family."
"In case you didn't know", tells Robert. "Though mostly found singly or in pairs, larger numbers may concentrate at favourite flowering trees, where they act aggressively towards other sunbird species."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he explains. "They are widespread residents of woodland, mesic savanna, forest edge and suburban gardens."<<addToInv "Amethyst sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Amethyst_sunbird.jpg/640px-Amethyst_sunbird.jpg" alt="Amethyst sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Fox's weaver6a35ae75eb210]]
* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Sombre nightjar6a35ae75eb20e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From here, the river looks infinite, it goes so far that you can't see where its path ends.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fox's weaver") != -1>>"So many ''Fox's weaver'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Fox's weaver") == -1>>"The ''Fox's weaver''! I know a bit about it.", says Robert. "The Fox's weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is endemic to Uganda."<<addToInv "Fox's weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Fox%27s_Weaver_specimen_RWD.jpg/640px-Fox%27s_Weaver_specimen_RWD.jpg" alt="Fox's weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Amethyst sunbird6a35ae75eb1fc]]
* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Mountain gorilla6a35ae75eb1fe]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden pipit") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Golden pipit''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden pipit") == -1>>"This is our lucky day, we just saw the ''Golden pipit''!", says Robert. "The golden pipit is a distinctive pipit of dry country grassland, savanna and shrubland in eastern Africa."<<addToInv "Golden pipit">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Pipit_Golden_by_Mark_Tittley.jpg/640px-Pipit_Golden_by_Mark_Tittley.jpg" alt="Golden pipit - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb204]]
* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb201]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It would be interesting to see the hierarchy of access to water on the shore, Robert tells you that elephants are always first.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Sombre nightjar") != -1>>"It's just the ''Sombre nightjar''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Sombre nightjar") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Sombre nightjar''!", says Robert.<<addToInv "Sombre nightjar">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Sombre_Nightjar_JM.jpg/640px-Sombre_Nightjar_JM.jpg" alt="Sombre nightjar - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb206]]
* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Barred long-tailed cuckoo6a35ae75eb1ff]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many animals come to the forest once the morning passed to enjoy the shadow and the water it offers.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"The ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa.."
"Interesting fact", he suggests. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"I may be too precise but", informs Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"Interesting animal", he mentions. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Black-fronted bushshrike6a35ae75eb202]]
* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Pink-breasted lark6a35ae75eb207]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert is trying to move slowly through the damaged road as you look through the car at this ocean of grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pink-breasted lark") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Pink-breasted lark''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pink-breasted lark") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Pink-breasted lark''.", says Robert. "The pink-breasted lark or pink-breasted bushlark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae.."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", tells Robert. "It is generally found singly or in pairs foraging on the ground for insects and seeds. When disturbed it flies to a safe, elevated position on the branch of a tree or on the top of a bush."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", he declares. "The pink-breasted lark is estimated to have a global extent of occurrence of 560,000 km2."<<addToInv "Pink-breasted lark">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Pink-breasted_Lark_-_KenyaIMG_6762_%2816740113947%29.jpg/640px-Pink-breasted_Lark_-_KenyaIMG_6762_%2816740113947%29.jpg" alt="Pink-breasted lark - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1fa]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb1f8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"We've seen this ''East African wild dog'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''East African wild dog''!", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa. It is distinguished from the nominate Cape form by its smaller size and much blacker coat. Its range is patchy, having been eradicated in Uganda and much of Kenya."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |White-cheeked tern6a35ae75eb1f9]]
* It's very hot right now and the rainforest looks like the best place to get some fresh air. [[ ▶▶ |Wahlberg's eagle6a35ae75eb1fb]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These cactus in the middle of the open grassland look like vegetation from another planet.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"Wow, look at this ''Wildcat''!", says Robert.
"I'll tell you what you need to know", he informs. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"Interesting fact", continues Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"Also", he adds. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You saw something in the trees back there, let's have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb1f8]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1fa]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-fronted bushshrike") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Black-fronted bushshrike''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-fronted bushshrike") == -1>>"Last time I couldn't see it, it's the ''Black-fronted bushshrike''.", says Robert. "The black-fronted bushshrike is a passerine bird of the bushshrike family, Malaconotidae."
"What I can also say", he suggests. "It is 18-19 centimetres long. It is variable in appearance and has several different colour morphs."
"Furthermore", he describes. "It has a patchy distribution and is restricted to montane forests in many areas. It forages in the canopy and middle levels of the forest and joins mixed-species feeding flocks outside the breeding season."<<addToInv "Black-fronted bushshrike">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/MalaconotusManningiKeulemans.jpg/640px-MalaconotusManningiKeulemans.jpg" alt="Black-fronted bushshrike - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Wahlberg's eagle6a35ae75eb1fb]]
* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |White-cheeked tern6a35ae75eb1f9]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"The ''Pousargues's mongoose'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"Do you hear it? That's the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa."
"I can tell you a bit more", he explains. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"Just so you know", he says. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1fa]]
* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Wahlberg's eagle6a35ae75eb1fb]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The neverending greenness of this place is unique, and you're not even lost in between the trees, you're in the car!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Barred long-tailed cuckoo") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Barred long-tailed cuckoo''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Barred long-tailed cuckoo") == -1>>"This ''Barred long-tailed cuckoo'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "The barred long-tailed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.."<<addToInv "Barred long-tailed cuckoo">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Illustrations_of_ornithology_%28Color_Plate_67%29_%287747984404%29.jpg/640px-Illustrations_of_ornithology_%28Color_Plate_67%29_%287747984404%29.jpg" alt="Barred long-tailed cuckoo - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |White-cheeked tern6a35ae75eb1f9]]
* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1fa]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You enter the dense forest slowly with the car but soon you can't even see the place you left behind.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Mountain gorilla'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mountain gorilla") == -1>>"This is the ''Mountain gorilla''.", says Robert. "The mountain gorilla is one of the two subspecies of the eastern gorilla."
"I want to keep it simple", he mentions. "The fur of the mountain gorilla, often thicker and longer than that of other gorilla species, enables them to live in colder temperatures."
"In case you didn't know", he adds. "The mountain gorilla inhabits the Albertine Rift montane cloud forests and of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2,200–4,300 metres. Most are found on the slopes of three of the dormant volcanoes: Karisimbi, Mikeno, and Visoke."<<addToInv "Mountain gorilla">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg/640px-Susa_group%2C_mountain_gorilla.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg/640px-Mountain_gorilla_%28Gorilla_beringei_beringei%29_yawn.jpg" alt="Mountain gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb1f8]]
* The sign says the river is this way, let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |White-cheeked tern6a35ae75eb1f9]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many palm trees and an ocean of grass, that's all you see, so where are all the animals?
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Amethyst sunbird") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Amethyst sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Amethyst sunbird") == -1>>"This is the ''Amethyst sunbird'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert. "The amethyst sunbird, also called the black sunbird, is a species of passerine bird in the Nectariniidae family."
"I can tell you a bit more", declares Robert. "Though mostly found singly or in pairs, larger numbers may concentrate at favourite flowering trees, where they act aggressively towards other sunbird species. The complex song is a loud, sustained twittering."
"But there's more", he tells. "They are widespread residents of woodland, mesic savanna, forest edge and suburban gardens."<<addToInv "Amethyst sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Amethyst_sunbird.jpg/640px-Amethyst_sunbird.jpg" alt="Amethyst sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Wahlberg's eagle6a35ae75eb1fb]]
* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb1f8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're in the tropical rainforest, fortunately it's not the rain season, but you still feel a lot of humidity in this place.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wahlberg's eagle") != -1>>"So many ''Wahlberg's eagle'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wahlberg's eagle") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Wahlberg's eagle''.", says Robert. "Wahlberg's eagle is a bird of prey that is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is a seasonal migrant in the woodlands and savannas. It is named after the Swedish naturalist Johan August Wahlberg."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", he declares. "Wahlberg's eagle is a medium-sized raptor, and the sexes are similar."
"Interesting fact", affirms Robert. "Wahlberg's eagle hunts reptiles, small mammals, and birds."
"Interesting animal", he mentions. "In 2004, it was recorded in Virunga National Park. ."<<addToInv "Wahlberg's eagle">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Aquila_wahlbergi.jpg/640px-Aquila_wahlbergi.jpg" alt="Wahlberg's eagle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Afrotyphlops schlegelii6a35ae75eb1e5]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Eurasian hoopoe6a35ae75eb1ea]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Unfortunately, the safari doesn't include a diving tour as it would be surely interesting to see the aquatic fauna of the park.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed dwarf gecko") != -1>>"It's just the ''White-headed dwarf gecko''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed dwarf gecko") == -1>>"Can you see it in your binoculars? The ''White-headed dwarf gecko''.", says Robert.<<addToInv "White-headed dwarf gecko">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28male%29.jpg/640px-Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28male%29.jpg" alt="White-headed dwarf gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28female%29.jpg/640px-Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28female%29.jpg" alt="White-headed dwarf gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The south road goes deep into the tropical rainforest but you're not afraid and go there. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb1e7]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb1f2]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There're always many animals around water places, you just need to spot them from the shore.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-cheeked tern") != -1>>"We've seen this ''White-cheeked tern'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-cheeked tern") == -1>>"I present you the ''White-cheeked tern''.", says Robert. "The white-cheeked tern is a species of tern in the family Laridae."
"I can also tell you this", mentions Robert. "Most of this species is migratory, although those in East Africa may remain there all year. It breeds in colonies of 10–200 pairs."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he says. "The species inhabits tropical coasts and inshore waters, foraging mainly within 3 kilometres of land over coral reefs. Its nest is a shallow scrape on rock, sand, gravel or coral islands, bare and exposed sandflats and sparsely vegetated open ground on sand-dunes and above the high-water mark on beaches. ."<<addToInv "White-cheeked tern">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/White-cheeked_Tern.jpg/640px-White-cheeked_Tern.jpg" alt="White-cheeked tern - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Bare-eyed thrush6a35ae75eb1e9]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Stierling's woodpecker6a35ae75eb1e8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Fortunately you entered the forest during the day because seeing how dark and compact it is, it would be a nightmare at night.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Wildcat''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"Oh, the ''Wildcat'', I can tell you some things about it.", says Robert.
"I want to keep it simple", he narrates. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat. The wildcat is similar in appearance to a striped tabby cat, but has relatively longer legs, a more robust build, and a greater cranial volume."
"I can also tell you this", informs Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"Peculiar species", he affirms. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia. Subspecies are distributed as follows: The European wildcat was thought extinct in the Netherlands."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sign says the river is this way, let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1e1]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb1e4]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's difficult to spot animals in this dense forest, but you trust Robert and his expert eye.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"One more ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"The ''Eastern chimpanzee'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It occurs in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered."
"Interesting fact", he suggests. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", remarks Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"Peculiar species", he suggests. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night. They once inhabited most of this region, but their habitat has been dramatically reduced in recent years.."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb1dd]]
* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Common waxbill6a35ae75eb1de]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Only acacias can stand alone in this wide open grassland and be seen from so far away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eurasian hoopoe") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Eurasian hoopoe''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eurasian hoopoe") == -1>>"You can see the ''Eurasian hoopoe'' on the left.", says Robert.
"I can tell you a bit more", he adds. "The Eurasian hoopoe is a medium-sized bird, 25–32 cm long, with a 44–48 cm wingspan."
"More about this animal", informs Robert. "In what was long thought to be a defensive posture, hoopoes sunbathe by spreading out their wings and tail low against the ground and tilting their head up; they often fold their wings and preen halfway through."
"I'll tell you what you need to know", he mentions. "The Eurasian hoopoe is widespread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa and northern Sub-Saharan Africa."<<addToInv "Eurasian hoopoe">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Common_Hoopoe_%28Upupa_epops%29_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg/640px-Common_Hoopoe_%28Upupa_epops%29_Photograph_by_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg" alt="Eurasian hoopoe - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Common bulbul6a35ae75eb1db]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Lesser masked weaver6a35ae75eb1df]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's almost impossible to see anything inside these bushes, even though Robert drives slowly.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bare-eyed thrush") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Bare-eyed thrush''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bare-eyed thrush") == -1>>"This is the ''Bare-eyed thrush''.", says Robert.<<addToInv "Bare-eyed thrush">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Thrush%2C_African_Bare-eyed.jpg/640px-Thrush%2C_African_Bare-eyed.jpg" alt="Bare-eyed thrush - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Common waxbill6a35ae75eb1de]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb1dd]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's almost impossible to see anything inside these bushes, even though Robert drives slowly.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Stierling's woodpecker") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Stierling's woodpecker''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Stierling's woodpecker") == -1>>"Do you hear it? That's the ''Stierling's woodpecker''.", says Robert. "The Stierling's woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae."
"Moreover", he suggests. "This woodpecker grows to a length of about 17.5 cm."
"I can also tell you this", says Robert. "Stierling's woodpecker forages for insects, centipedes and other invertebrates in the middle and upper parts of the canopy."
"You must also know", he suggests. "The species is endemic to southeastern Africa, its range including southern Tanzania, southwestern Malawi and northern Mozambique."<<addToInv "Stierling's woodpecker">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Die_V%C3%B6gel_Afrikas_%286425133621%29%2C_Dendropicos_stierlingi.jpg/640px-Die_V%C3%B6gel_Afrikas_%286425133621%29%2C_Dendropicos_stierlingi.jpg" alt="Stierling's woodpecker - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Lesser masked weaver6a35ae75eb1df]]
* You see some footprints on the ground that seem to enter the forest, let's follow this. [[ ▶▶ |Common bulbul6a35ae75eb1db]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"The ''Eastern chimpanzee'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"This ''Eastern chimpanzee'' is the best.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee. It occurs in the Central African Republic, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. The 2007 IUCN Red List classified them as Endangered."
"Also", he tells. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"Funny thing is", informs Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals."
"Additionnaly", he informs. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb1dd]]
* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Lesser masked weaver6a35ae75eb1df]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives and you keep an eye on the grassland with your binoculars in hand to be sure not to miss anything!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Afrotyphlops schlegelii") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Afrotyphlops schlegelii'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Afrotyphlops schlegelii") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''Afrotyphlops schlegelii''.", says Robert. "Afrotyphlops schlegelii, commonly known as Schlegel's beaked blind snake or Schlegel's giant blind snake, is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. The species is endemic to eastern and southern Africa, and bears the distinction of being the world's largest typhlopid."
"In case you didn't know", he describes. "Three distinct color phases of A."
"I can also tell you this", he suggests. "Afrotyphlops schlegelii is found in a variety of habitats, from sandveld to coastal bush. ."<<addToInv "Afrotyphlops schlegelii">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Afrotyphlops_schlegelii.jpg/640px-Afrotyphlops_schlegelii.jpg" alt="Afrotyphlops schlegelii - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest on the side looks a bit dark and cold but it might also be the perfect time and place for animals so let's try it. [[ ▶▶ |Common bulbul6a35ae75eb1db]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb1dd]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"So many ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"I'm sure you know this one, the ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''.", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"More about this animal", he adds. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"Funny thing is", mentions Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"It's good to know also", he mentions. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi. Habitats include both primary and secondary forest as well as swampy forests, mangrove areas, gallery forests and mixed habitats in the Upper Guinean forest zone."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Common waxbill6a35ae75eb1de]]
* Robert just called a ranger who told him to look into the forest, you follow his advice. [[ ▶▶ |Common bulbul6a35ae75eb1db]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There must be so many fishes and amphibians living in these waters, but sadly no chance to see them today.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"The ''Crested porcupine'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"It's technical name is the ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see the river on this side of the road, let's take a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Lesser masked weaver6a35ae75eb1df]]
* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Common waxbill6a35ae75eb1de]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Many flowers and even some grass are floating on the river, it's so strange as it moves.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Lesser masked weaver") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Lesser masked weaver''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Lesser masked weaver") == -1>>"Did you see it? It was the ''Lesser masked weaver''.", says Robert. "The lesser masked weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae."<<addToInv "Lesser masked weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Lesser_Masked_Weaver_-_Baringo_-_Kenya_NH8O1107_%2822662509730%29.jpg/640px-Lesser_Masked_Weaver_-_Baringo_-_Kenya_NH8O1107_%2822662509730%29.jpg" alt="Lesser masked weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Lesser_Masked_Weaver_female_RWD.jpg/640px-Lesser_Masked_Weaver_female_RWD.jpg" alt="Lesser masked weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Savannah monitor6a35ae75eb1cc]]
* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb1d8]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road along the river is beautiful, in between the savannah, the forest and the water!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common waxbill") != -1>>"So many ''Common waxbill'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common waxbill") == -1>>"It's technical name is the ''Common waxbill''.", says Robert. "The common waxbill, also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family."
"You might not know", he tells. "It is a small bird, 4 to 5 inches in length with a wingspan of 4 1/2 inches and a weight of 3/5 to 3/4 ounce."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he suggests. "There are about 17 subspecies distributed widely across much of Africa south of the Sahara. They are present in most parts of East, Central and Southern Africa except for regions of desert or dense forest."<<addToInv "Common waxbill">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Estrilda_astrild_-Gran_Canaria%2C_Canary_Islands%2C_Spain-8_%281%29.jpg/640px-Estrilda_astrild_-Gran_Canaria%2C_Canary_Islands%2C_Spain-8_%281%29.jpg" alt="Common waxbill - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Western yellow wagtail6a35ae75eb1d4]]
* The sign on the side of the road says that the forest is this way. OK, let's try. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb1d3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"The ''East African wild dog'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Collared sunbird6a35ae75eb1cf]]
* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb1d6]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You hear many different sounds coming from the trees, the wind of course, some birds too, but other unidentified sounds also.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common bulbul") != -1>>"One more ''Common bulbul''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common bulbul") == -1>>"Did you recognize the ''Common bulbul''? It's just there.", says Robert.
"But there's more", he says. "The bill is fairly short and thin, with a slightly downcurving upper mandible."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", narrates Robert. "The common bulbul is usually seen in pairs or small groups."
"I may be too precise but", he affirms. "It is a common resident breeder in much of Africa, and it has recently been found breeding in southern Spain at Tarifa."<<addToInv "Common bulbul">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Common_bulbul_%28Pycnonotus_barbatus_inornatus%29.jpg/640px-Common_bulbul_%28Pycnonotus_barbatus_inornatus%29.jpg" alt="Common bulbul - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A lake is hidden behind this hill, let's have a look at this landscape! [[ ▶▶ |Common bulbul6a35ae75eb1ce]]
* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Bronze mannikin6a35ae75eb1cd]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"Interesting animal", he explains. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws. The species can be distinguished from other mongooses by its size."
"If you want to know more", suggests Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he narrates. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Black-billed weaver6a35ae75eb1c4]]
* Robert tells you that in the savannah back there he usually sees some interesting game, you decide to trust him. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1c9]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car moves near the bushes, you try to look closely into them without getting hurt by the spines at the window.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"It's just the ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Wildcat''!", says Robert.
"I can tell you a bit more", he informs. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"Interesting fact", explains Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"Just so you know", he says. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Trioceros hoehnelii6a35ae75eb1c5]]
* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb1c7]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives the car a bit fast in order to reach the river for the bath time of many animals!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Western yellow wagtail") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Western yellow wagtail'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Western yellow wagtail") == -1>>"The ''Western yellow wagtail'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The western yellow wagtail is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws."<<addToInv "Western yellow wagtail">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Wiesenschafstelze.JPG/640px-Wiesenschafstelze.JPG" alt="Western yellow wagtail - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1c9]]
* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Black-billed weaver6a35ae75eb1c4]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You stay inside the car as the trees are surrounding the road are quite low and could scratch you.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Wildcat''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"I like how this ''Wildcat'' looks.", says Robert.
"Peculiar species", he suggests. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"Peculiar species", tells Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period. The size of its home range varies according to terrain, the availability of food, habitat quality, and the age structure of the population."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he adds. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb1c7]]
* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Trioceros hoehnelii6a35ae75eb1c5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The sun is very high already so it's good to go hide under the trees and in the freshness of the forest.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Collared sunbird") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Collared sunbird'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Collared sunbird") == -1>>"Be silent, just observe, it's the ''Collared sunbird''.", says Robert. "The collared sunbird,, is a sunbird. The sunbirds are a group of very small Old World passerine birds which feed largely on nectar, although they will also take insects, especially when feeding young."<<addToInv "Collared sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_male.jpg/640px-Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_male.jpg" alt="Collared sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_female.jpg/640px-Collared_sunbird_%28Hedydipna_collaris%29_female.jpg" alt="Collared sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* If you follow that road, you'll come to the shore, it's a good place for animal sighting. [[ ▶▶ |Black-billed weaver6a35ae75eb1c4]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb1c7]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It would be interesting to see the hierarchy of access to water on the shore, Robert tells you that elephants are always first.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common bulbul") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Common bulbul'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common bulbul") == -1>>"The ''Common bulbul''! I know a bit about it.", says Robert.
"Furthermore", he declares. "The bill is fairly short and thin, with a slightly downcurving upper mandible."
"I can tell you a bit more", narrates Robert. "The common bulbul is usually seen in pairs or small groups."
"Peculiar species", he explains. "It is a common resident breeder in much of Africa, and it has recently been found breeding in southern Spain at Tarifa. It is found in woodland, coastal bush, forest edges, riverine bush, montane scrub, and in mixed farming habitats."<<addToInv "Common bulbul">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Common_bulbul_%28Pycnonotus_barbatus_inornatus%29.jpg/640px-Common_bulbul_%28Pycnonotus_barbatus_inornatus%29.jpg" alt="Common bulbul - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |Trioceros hoehnelii6a35ae75eb1c5]]
* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Black-billed weaver6a35ae75eb1c4]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road along the river is beautiful, in between the savannah, the forest and the water!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bronze mannikin") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Bronze mannikin'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bronze mannikin") == -1>>"The ''Bronze mannikin''! I know a bit about it.", says Robert. "The bronze mannikin or bronze munia is a small passerine bird of the Afrotropics."
"If you want to know more", he informs. "The bronze mannikin is one of the smallest munia species, measuring 9–10 cm in length and weighing 7–12 grams. The adult is a compact bird with a short black tail, and stubby black and pale grey mandibles."
"This might sound too precise", mentions Robert. "The bronze mannikin is a tiny gregarious bird which feeds mainly on seeds, including wild grass seeds, millet, rice and grain. Alternatively termites, nectar or strands of algae may also be eaten."
"I can say a bit more about it", he tells. "They frequent areas near water, including mesic savanna, thornveld, edges of Afromontane or lowland forests, second-growth, marshes and swamp edges, existing and abandoned cultivation, or in parks, gardens and orchards."<<addToInv "Bronze mannikin">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Bronze_mannikin_%28Lonchura_cucullata_cucullata%29.jpg/640px-Bronze_mannikin_%28Lonchura_cucullata_cucullata%29.jpg" alt="Bronze mannikin - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Bronze_Mannikin%2C_Bronze_Munia%2C_Lonchura_cucullata_%288035546703%29.jpg/640px-Bronze_Mannikin%2C_Bronze_Munia%2C_Lonchura_cucullata_%288035546703%29.jpg" alt="Bronze mannikin - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1c9]]
* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Trioceros hoehnelii6a35ae75eb1c5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The high grass is really difficult for spotting animals as they can hide easily but you still look through the window as far as you can.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Savannah monitor") != -1>>"So many ''Savannah monitor'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Savannah monitor") == -1>>"Can you see it in your binoculars? The ''Savannah monitor''.", says Robert. "The savannah monitor is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc’s monitor in Europe, since French scientist Louis Bosc first described the species."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he says. "Savannah monitors are stoutly built, with relatively short limbs and toes, and skulls and dentition adapted to feed on hard-shelled prey."<<addToInv "Savannah monitor">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Varanus_exanthematicus_in_the_wild.jpg/640px-Varanus_exanthematicus_in_the_wild.jpg" alt="Savannah monitor - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb1c7]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1c9]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some birds are flying in round above the yellow hill, maybe something is hidden in the high grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"The ''Crested porcupine'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The leaves just moved in the forest and you're pretty sure it's not the wind. Let's dive into it. [[ ▶▶ |Rudd's apalis6a35ae75eb1af]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1a9]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"The style of this ''Common dwarf mongoose'' is impressive.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"This might sound too precise", he remarks. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"Additionnaly", continues Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"Moreover", he describes. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |East African lion6a35ae75eb1ac]]
* There's a river down there and some shapes moving, let's look at these animals! [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1b0]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see some small bumps in the savannah but as soon as the car gets closer you notice they're just termite nests.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Trioceros hoehnelii") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Trioceros hoehnelii'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Trioceros hoehnelii") == -1>>"I'm always happy to see the ''Trioceros hoehnelii''.", says Robert. "Trioceros hoehnelli, commonly known as von Höhnel's chameleon, the helmeted chameleon, and the high-casqued chameleon, is a species of chameleon, a lizard in the family Chamaeleonidae. The species is endemic to eastern Africa."<<addToInv "Trioceros hoehnelii">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Lizard_kenya.jpg/640px-Lizard_kenya.jpg" alt="Trioceros hoehnelii - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb1b2]]
* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Forest batis6a35ae75eb1b3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There must be so many fishes and amphibians living in these waters, but sadly no chance to see them today.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-billed weaver") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Black-billed weaver'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-billed weaver") == -1>>"I can see it in my binoculars, it's the ''Black-billed weaver''.", says Robert. "The black-billed weaver is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.."<<addToInv "Black-billed weaver">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Black-billed_Weaver_-_Kakamega_-_Kenya_6_1635_%2822227722834%29.jpg/640px-Black-billed_Weaver_-_Kakamega_-_Kenya_6_1635_%2822227722834%29.jpg" alt="Black-billed weaver - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Cape grass lizard6a35ae75eb1b4]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb1ae]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cape grass lizard") != -1>>"So many ''Cape grass lizard'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Cape grass lizard") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Cape grass lizard''.", says Robert. "The Cape grass lizard, also known as the Cape snake lizard or the highland grass lizard, is a species of lizard in the genus Chamaesaura."
"Moreover", he tells. "The Cape grass lizard is widely distributed in the grasslands of southern Africa. It has been reported in South Africa, Swaziland, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, the Republic of the Congo, and Uganda."<<addToInv "Cape grass lizard">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Chamaesaura.jpg/640px-Chamaesaura.jpg" alt="Cape grass lizard - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern gorilla6a35ae75eb1a3]]
* There's a lake and a river if you go down this road, it should make a nice view. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1a5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These fig trees are sometimes used as a home by birds and even mammals but you don't see anything from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Forest batis") != -1>>"It's just the ''Forest batis''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Forest batis") == -1>>"I introduce you the ''Forest batis''.", says Robert. "The forest batis or short-tailed batis is a species of bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae occurring in eastern Africa.."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he narrates. "The forest batis is a small species measuring 9.5–10 cm in length and weighing 10.5–14.2 g."
"I can say a bit more about it", explains Robert. "The habits of the forest batis are little known, there have been indications of breeding behaviour in May and June in Kenya, September and October in Tanzania and a single nest with a clutch of 2 eggs has been recorded."
"I may be too precise but", he explains. "East Africa from the south eastern coast of Kenya and north eastern Tanzania including Mount Kilimanjaro, along the northern Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, i.e."<<addToInv "Forest batis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Short-tailed_Batis_%28Batis_mixta%29.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Short-tailed_Batis_%28Batis_mixta%29.jpg" alt="Forest batis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |East African lion6a35ae75eb1a1]]
* You decide to go east, towards the river where animals go to drink. [[ ▶▶ |Tropical house gecko6a35ae75eb1a4]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Pousargues's mongoose'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"Hm, look, this is a ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa."
"I may be too precise but", he suggests. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"This might sound too precise", he narrates. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve. In 2016, an individual was observed and photographed in Garamba National Park. ."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1a5]]
* The sign on the side of the road says that the forest is this way. OK, let's try. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern gorilla6a35ae75eb1a3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From the shore, you can see a dense forest on the other side of the river but spotting animals will be difficult.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed dwarf gecko") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''White-headed dwarf gecko''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed dwarf gecko") == -1>>"There, on the ground, the ''White-headed dwarf gecko''!", says Robert.<<addToInv "White-headed dwarf gecko">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28male%29.jpg/640px-Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28male%29.jpg" alt="White-headed dwarf gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28female%29.jpg/640px-Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28female%29.jpg" alt="White-headed dwarf gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A lake is hidden behind this hill, let's have a look at this landscape! [[ ▶▶ |Tropical house gecko6a35ae75eb1a4]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |East African lion6a35ae75eb1a1]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car struggles a bit to enter the tropical rainforest but it's already an amazing landscape from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Rudd's apalis") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Rudd's apalis''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Rudd's apalis") == -1>>"There, on the ground, the ''Rudd's apalis''!", says Robert. "The Rudd's apalis is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found primarily in Mozambique but also in southern Malawi and adjacent areas of South Africa and Swaziland."<<addToInv "Rudd's apalis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rudd%27s_apalis%2C_Apalis_ruddi%2C_at_Ndumo_Nature_Reserve%2C_KwaZulu-Natal%2C_South_Africa_%2828319747984%29.jpg/640px-Rudd%27s_apalis%2C_Apalis_ruddi%2C_at_Ndumo_Nature_Reserve%2C_KwaZulu-Natal%2C_South_Africa_%2828319747984%29.jpg" alt="Rudd's apalis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern gorilla6a35ae75eb1a3]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Tropical house gecko6a35ae75eb1a4]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some of the cactus in the savannah reach very high, but it's almost the only trees you can see there.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"One more ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"It's the ''Crested porcupine'' in front of us!", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |East African lion6a35ae75eb1a1]]
* Below this road, you can't see nothing but trees and trees, you want to jump right into that. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern gorilla6a35ae75eb1a3]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From the shore, you can see a dense forest on the other side of the river but spotting animals will be difficult.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African lion") != -1>>"So many ''East African lion'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African lion") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''East African lion''.", says Robert.
"Furthermore", he adds. "The lion's fur varies in colour from light buff to dark brown. It has rounded ears and a black tail tuft."
"Furthermore", says Robert. "In the Serengeti National Park, lion prides have been monitored since 1966. Between 1966 and 1972, two observed lion prides comprised between seven and 10 females each that had litters once in 23 months on average."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he declares. "In East Africa, lions inhabit a wide variety of habitats including savanna and arid landscapes, open grasslands and miombo woodlands. Lion populations declined in: Contemporary lion distribution and habitat quality in East Africa was assessed in 2005, and Lion Conservation Units mapped."<<addToInv "East African lion">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Murchison_falls_lion.jpg/640px-Murchison_falls_lion.jpg" alt="East African lion - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Lioness_Samburu_2.jpg/640px-Lioness_Samburu_2.jpg" alt="East African lion - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* If you follow that road, you'll come to the shore, it's a good place for animal sighting. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1a5]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |East African lion6a35ae75eb1a1]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You were hoping to see many animals in this wide open grassland but so far it's just cactus and termite nests...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Crested porcupine'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"The ''Crested porcupine'', beautiful right?", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some footprints go towards the shore, the animals should be there drinking, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Tropical house gecko6a35ae75eb1a4]]
* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |White-headed dwarf gecko6a35ae75eb1a5]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed dwarf gecko") != -1>>"We've seen this ''White-headed dwarf gecko'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("White-headed dwarf gecko") == -1>>"This is the ''White-headed dwarf gecko'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert.<<addToInv "White-headed dwarf gecko">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28male%29.jpg/640px-Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28male%29.jpg" alt="White-headed dwarf gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28female%29.jpg/640px-Bonner_zoologische_Monographien_-_Lygodactylus_picturatus_%28female%29.jpg" alt="White-headed dwarf gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The hill in front of you is full of dense trees, let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Bridled tern6a35ae75eb199]]
* You decide to go east, towards the river where animals go to drink. [[ ▶▶ |Common rock thrush6a35ae75eb191]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Tropical house gecko") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Tropical house gecko'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Tropical house gecko") == -1>>"It's technical name is the ''Tropical house gecko''.", says Robert.
"Additionnaly", he mentions. "This species can attain a maximum length, from snout to vent, of 12.7 cm."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he informs. "The tropical house gecko can be found predominantly in urban locations.."<<addToInv "Tropical house gecko">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Hemidactylus_mabouia_%28Dominica%29.jpg/640px-Hemidactylus_mabouia_%28Dominica%29.jpg" alt="Tropical house gecko - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some footprints go towards the shore, the animals should be there drinking, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Leopard6a35ae75eb196]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |East African wild dog6a35ae75eb194]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You enter the dense forest slowly with the car but soon you can't even see the place you left behind.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern gorilla") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Eastern gorilla'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern gorilla") == -1>>"Take your binoculars, there's the ''Eastern gorilla''!", says Robert. "The eastern gorilla is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies."
"Interesting fact", he mentions. "The eastern gorilla is a large hominid with a large head, broad chest, and long arms."
"Also", he tells. "Mountain gorillas are restricted to the mountain rainforests and subalpine forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda and Rwanda."<<addToInv "Eastern gorilla">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Enter_the_silverback_%288155790563%29.jpg/640px-Enter_the_silverback_%288155790563%29.jpg" alt="Eastern gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Mountain_gorillas_%288209001529%29.jpg/640px-Mountain_gorillas_%288209001529%29.jpg" alt="Eastern gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern imperial eagle6a35ae75eb19b]]
* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Golden-breasted bunting6a35ae75eb198]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some of the cactus in the savannah reach very high, but it's almost the only trees you can see there.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African lion") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''East African lion''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African lion") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''East African lion''.", says Robert.
"Additionnaly", he continues. "The lion's fur varies in colour from light buff to dark brown. It has rounded ears and a black tail tuft."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", informs Robert. "In the Serengeti National Park, lion prides have been monitored since 1966."
"But there's more", he affirms. "In East Africa, lions inhabit a wide variety of habitats including savanna and arid landscapes, open grasslands and miombo woodlands."<<addToInv "East African lion">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Murchison_falls_lion.jpg/640px-Murchison_falls_lion.jpg" alt="East African lion - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Lioness_Samburu_2.jpg/640px-Lioness_Samburu_2.jpg" alt="East African lion - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Black-collared apalis6a35ae75eb197]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Red-faced barbet6a35ae75eb19a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern imperial eagle") != -1>>"The ''Eastern imperial eagle'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern imperial eagle") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Eastern imperial eagle''.", says Robert. "The eastern imperial eagle is a large bird of prey that breeds in southeastern Europe, West and Central Asia."
"This might sound too precise", he declares. "The eastern imperial eagle is a large eagle with a length of 72–90 cm, a wingspan of 1.8–2.16 m and a weight of 2.45–4.55 kilograms. Females are about a quarter larger than males."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he says. "In Europe, the eastern imperial eagle is threatened with extinction."<<addToInv "Eastern imperial eagle">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Eastern_Imperial_Eagle_cr.jpg/640px-Eastern_Imperial_Eagle_cr.jpg" alt="Eastern imperial eagle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed honeybird6a35ae75eb188]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb187]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Among the many amazing things you see in the savannah, the shapes of the cactus are really something.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-faced barbet") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Red-faced barbet''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-faced barbet") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''Red-faced barbet''.", says Robert. "The red-faced barbet is a species of bird in the African barbet family Lybiidae. It is found in Burundi, Rwanda, Northwest Tanzania, and Southwest Uganda."
"I can say a bit more about it", he tells. "This barbet is one of the smaller of the Lybius species at only 17 cm in length."<<addToInv "Red-faced barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rotgesicht-Bartvogel_-_Lake_Mburo_%286307611120%29.jpg/640px-Rotgesicht-Bartvogel_-_Lake_Mburo_%286307611120%29.jpg" alt="Red-faced barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Southern banded snake eagle6a35ae75eb185]]
* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Malachite sunbird6a35ae75eb190]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The road is really narrow to access the forest through the low trees, it's a strange atmosphere.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bridled tern") != -1>>"It's just the ''Bridled tern''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bridled tern") == -1>>"This ''Bridled tern'' has so much grace!", says Robert. "The bridled tern is a seabird of the family Laridae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans."
"But there's more", he suggests. "This is a medium-sized tern, at 30–32 cm in length and with a 77–81 cm wingspan similar to the common tern in size, but more heavily built."
"Peculiar species", he continues. "This bird is migratory and dispersive, wintering more widely through the tropical oceans."<<addToInv "Bridled tern">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bridled_Tern_LEI_Nov06.JPG/640px-Bridled_Tern_LEI_Nov06.JPG" alt="Bridled tern - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb187]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed honeybird6a35ae75eb188]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car drives fast on the dusty road as you look at the horizon trying to spot something in the grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-breasted bunting") != -1>>"It's just the ''Golden-breasted bunting''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Golden-breasted bunting") == -1>>"Do you hear it? That's the ''Golden-breasted bunting''.", says Robert. "The golden-breasted bunting is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae."
"You might not know", he remarks. "The golden-breasted bunting is 15–16 cm long. The adult male has striking head pattern with a white crown, black lateral crown stripes, white supercilium and black-bordered white ear coverts."
"I can say a bit more about it", suggests Robert. "The golden-breasted bunting builds an untidy cup nest lined with fine grass or hair low in a shrub or sapling."
"What I can also say", he adds. "This species is found in a variety of open woodlands."<<addToInv "Golden-breasted bunting">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Emberiza_flaviventris_-Hluhluwe-Umfolozi_Game_Reserve%2C_South_Africa-8.jpg/640px-Emberiza_flaviventris_-Hluhluwe-Umfolozi_Game_Reserve%2C_South_Africa-8.jpg" alt="Golden-breasted bunting - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You can see a car entering the forest on the horizon, let's follow them. [[ ▶▶ |Malachite sunbird6a35ae75eb190]]
* There's a river down there and some shapes moving, let's look at these animals! [[ ▶▶ |Southern banded snake eagle6a35ae75eb185]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but trees, of course, it's a forest, but you were expecting a bit more diversity.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-collared apalis") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Black-collared apalis''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Black-collared apalis") == -1>>"It's the ''Black-collared apalis'' in front of us!", says Robert. "The black-collared apalis is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family."<<addToInv "Black-collared apalis">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/ApalisDryodromasKeulemans.jpg/640px-ApalisDryodromasKeulemans.jpg" alt="Black-collared apalis - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed honeybird6a35ae75eb188]]
* Robert tells you that this forest is home to some great animals, let's see that. [[ ▶▶ |Malachite sunbird6a35ae75eb190]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The vegetation around the water is really different, you spotted so many nenuphars and papyrus!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Leopard") != -1>>"So many ''Leopard'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Leopard") == -1>>"The ''Leopard''! I know a bit about it.", says Robert.
"I'll tell you what I know", he declares. "The leopard's skin colour varies by climate and habitat from pale yellow to yellowish brown or golden."
"Just so you know", suggests Robert. "Leopards are active mainly from dusk till dawn and rest for most of the day and for some hours at night in thickets, among rocks or over tree branches."
"I can say a bit more about it", he adds. "The leopard has the largest distribution of all wild cats, occurring widely in Africa as well as eastern and southern Asia, although populations have shown a declining trend, and are fragmented outside of sub-Saharan Africa. Within sub-Saharan Africa, the species is still numerous and even thriving in marginal habitats where other large cats have disappeared, although there is considerable potential for human-leopard conflict due to leopards preying on livestock."<<addToInv "Leopard">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/African_leopard%2C_Panthera_pardus_pardus%2C_near_Lake_Panic%2C_Kruger_National_Park%2C_South_Africa_%2819448654130%29.jpg/640px-African_leopard%2C_Panthera_pardus_pardus%2C_near_Lake_Panic%2C_Kruger_National_Park%2C_South_Africa_%2819448654130%29.jpg" alt="Leopard - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some footprints go towards the shore, the animals should be there drinking, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Southern banded snake eagle6a35ae75eb185]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Green-backed honeybird6a35ae75eb188]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") != -1>>"One more ''East African wild dog''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("East African wild dog") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''East African wild dog''!", says Robert. "The East African wild dog is a subspecies of African wild dog native to East Africa. It is distinguished from the nominate Cape form by its smaller size and much blacker coat. Its range is patchy, having been eradicated in Uganda and much of Kenya."<<addToInv "East African wild dog">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg/640px-Laika_ac_African_Wild_Dog_%289882202246%29_cropped.jpg" alt="East African wild dog - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb187]]
* The road on the right leads to the river. Let's go. [[ ▶▶ |Southern banded snake eagle6a35ae75eb185]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>There is a lake further on the horizon where the river passes, it is quite a landscape from here!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common rock thrush") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Common rock thrush'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common rock thrush") == -1>>"The ''Common rock thrush'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert.
"I want to keep it simple", he remarks. "This is a medium-sized but stocky thrush 17–20 cm in length."
"Fascinating thing", explains Robert. "This species breeds in open dry hilly areas, usually above 1500 m."<<addToInv "Common rock thrush">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Monsax.jpg/640px-Monsax.jpg" alt="Common rock thrush - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Many thick trees are aligned along this road, let's drive next to them and try to see something. [[ ▶▶ |Malachite sunbird6a35ae75eb190]]
* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb187]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You stay inside the car as the trees are surrounding the road are quite low and could scratch you.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Malachite sunbird") != -1>>"How many times have we seen this ''Malachite sunbird''?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Malachite sunbird") == -1>>"I introduce you the ''Malachite sunbird''.", says Robert. "The malachite sunbird is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa. The pollinate many flowering plants, particularly those with long corolla tubes, in the Fynbos.."
"I can also tell you this", he mentions. "The breeding male malachite sunbird, which has very long central tail feathers, is 25 cm long, and the shorter-tailed female 15 cm. The adult male is metallic green when breeding, with blackish-green wings with small yellow pectoral patches."
"It's good to know also", mentions Robert. "This species is monogamous."
"Fascinating thing", he suggests. "This large sunbird is found in hilly fynbos and cool montane and coastal scrub, up to 2,800m altitude in South Africa. It also occurs in parks and gardens."<<addToInv "Malachite sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Nectarinia_famosa_%28Malachite_Sunbird%29.jpg/640px-Nectarinia_famosa_%28Malachite_Sunbird%29.jpg" alt="Malachite sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Pousargues's mongoose6a35ae75eb17d]]
* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Red-faced barbet6a35ae75eb182]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>These cactus in the middle of the open grassland look like vegetation from another planet.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green-backed honeybird") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Green-backed honeybird'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Green-backed honeybird") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''Green-backed honeybird''.", says Robert. "The green-backed honeybird, also known as the eastern green-backed honeyguide, green-backed honeyguide and slender-billed honeyguide, is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae."<<addToInv "Green-backed honeybird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Prodotiscus_zambesiae%2C_Cuito-rivier%2C_Birding_Weto%2C_a.jpg/640px-Prodotiscus_zambesiae%2C_Cuito-rivier%2C_Birding_Weto%2C_a.jpg" alt="Green-backed honeybird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Many thick trees are aligned along this road, let's drive next to them and try to see something. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern gorilla6a35ae75eb17f]]
* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Amethyst sunbird6a35ae75eb184]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert is trying to move slowly through the damaged road as you look through the car at this ocean of grass.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Pousargues's mongoose'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"This is the ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa."
"Interesting animal", he remarks. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face."
"Interesting animal", he declares. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* It's the perfect time for animals to have some fresh water, let's see what's on the shore. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb181]]
* There's a tropical rainforest in the north. You decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Abyssinian roller6a35ae75eb178]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From the shore, you can see a dense forest on the other side of the river but spotting animals will be difficult.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Southern banded snake eagle") != -1>>"So many ''Southern banded snake eagle'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Southern banded snake eagle") == -1>>"The ''Southern banded snake eagle'' didn't see us yet, but you see it right?", says Robert. "The southern banded snake eagle, also known as the East African snake eagle or fasciated snake eagle is a species of snake eagle in the family Accipitridae which is found in eastern Sub-Saharan Africa.."
"I'll tell you what I know", he declares. "The Southern banded snake eagle is a rather small, stocky snake eagle with a large, rounded head which has a hooded beak."
"If you want to know more", he declares. "The Southern banded snake eagle occurs in a narrow band along the east African coast from southern Somalia to the north eastern Kwazulu-Natal and inland along the Save River into south eastern Zimbabwe. ."<<addToInv "Southern banded snake eagle">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Circaetus_fasciolatus%2C_Chiboma%2C_Sofala%2C_Birding_Weto%2C_a.jpg/640px-Circaetus_fasciolatus%2C_Chiboma%2C_Sofala%2C_Birding_Weto%2C_a.jpg" alt="Southern banded snake eagle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Tacazze sunbird6a35ae75eb183]]
* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Southeast African cheetah6a35ae75eb17b]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some foam floats on the river, there must be a waterfall near here that produced these.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Amethyst sunbird") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Amethyst sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Amethyst sunbird") == -1>>"It's the ''Amethyst sunbird'' in front of us!", says Robert. "The amethyst sunbird, also called the black sunbird, is a species of passerine bird in the Nectariniidae family."
"Peculiar species", says Robert. "Though mostly found singly or in pairs, larger numbers may concentrate at favourite flowering trees, where they act aggressively towards other sunbird species. The complex song is a loud, sustained twittering."
"Furthermore", he declares. "They are widespread residents of woodland, mesic savanna, forest edge and suburban gardens. They occur only sparsely in dry savanna or low dry regions, where they keep to riparian woods or concentrations of nectar-bearing plants, and are decidedly scarce in the Limpopo valley and mopane regions."<<addToInv "Amethyst sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Amethyst_sunbird.jpg/640px-Amethyst_sunbird.jpg" alt="Amethyst sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Yellow-throated sandgrouse6a35ae75eb175]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Scaly chatterer6a35ae75eb173]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives the car a bit fast in order to reach the river for the bath time of many animals!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Tacazze sunbird") != -1>>"So many ''Tacazze sunbird'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Tacazze sunbird") == -1>>"Can you see it in your binoculars? The ''Tacazze sunbird''.", says Robert.<<addToInv "Tacazze sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Tacazze_Sunbird%2C_Ngorongoro_Crater_%288494806649%29.jpg/640px-Tacazze_Sunbird%2C_Ngorongoro_Crater_%288494806649%29.jpg" alt="Tacazze sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road forward is surrounded by bushes where animals might hide. Let's see... [[ ▶▶ |Steel-blue whydah6a35ae75eb172]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb177]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The savannah is dominated by the grass but some big fig trees stand high in the back to complete the landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-faced barbet") != -1>>"It's just the ''Red-faced barbet''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-faced barbet") == -1>>"The ''Red-faced barbet'' is in the back, do you see it?", says Robert. "The red-faced barbet is a species of bird in the African barbet family Lybiidae."
"This might sound too precise", he mentions. "This barbet is one of the smaller of the Lybius species at only 17 cm in length."<<addToInv "Red-faced barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Rotgesicht-Bartvogel_-_Lake_Mburo_%286307611120%29.jpg/640px-Rotgesicht-Bartvogel_-_Lake_Mburo_%286307611120%29.jpg" alt="Red-faced barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Scaly chatterer6a35ae75eb173]]
* You can see the river on this side of the road, let's take a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Yellow-throated sandgrouse6a35ae75eb175]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"The ''Crested porcupine'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb177]]
* Something moved in the horizon, it's maybe hidden in the grass now, let's come closer. [[ ▶▶ |Steel-blue whydah6a35ae75eb172]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The trees are breathing and releasing a lot of water which makes the forest a very humid place, it's not unpleasant though.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern gorilla") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Eastern gorilla'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern gorilla") == -1>>"Oh, it's the ''Eastern gorilla''!", says Robert. "The eastern gorilla is a critically endangered species of the genus Gorilla and the largest living primate. At present, the species is subdivided into two subspecies."
"If you want to know more", he affirms. "The eastern gorilla is a large hominid with a large head, broad chest, and long arms."
"It's good to know also", he explains. "Mountain gorillas are restricted to the mountain rainforests and subalpine forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda and Rwanda. Grauer's gorilla occur across the forests of the Albertine Rift in eastern DRC."<<addToInv "Eastern gorilla">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Enter_the_silverback_%288155790563%29.jpg/640px-Enter_the_silverback_%288155790563%29.jpg" alt="Eastern gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Mountain_gorillas_%288209001529%29.jpg/640px-Mountain_gorillas_%288209001529%29.jpg" alt="Eastern gorilla - Source: Wikipedia" class="image1"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's some poo on this road that leads to the water, you want to know which animal makes this kind of feces. [[ ▶▶ |Yellow-throated sandgrouse6a35ae75eb175]]
* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb177]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You were hoping to see many animals in this wide open grassland but so far it's just cactus and termite nests...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Pousargues's mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Pousargues's mongoose") == -1>>"Oh, the ''Pousargues's mongoose'', I can tell you some things about it.", says Robert. "The Pousargues's mongoose, also known as the African tropical savannah mongoose, is a mongoose native to Central Africa. It is listed as data deficient on the IUCN Red List as little is known about its distribution and ecology. Up to the late 20th century, it was known from only around 30 zoological specimens in natural history museum collections. ."
"In case you didn't know", he suggests. "The Pousargues's mongoose is brown with a grey belly and face. Its tail is bushy, and its front feet have strong claws."
"This might sound too precise", he narrates. "The Pousargues’s mongoose ranges from northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Central African Republic to western Uganda. Mongooses sighted and recorded by a camera-trap in 2011 and 2012 in the Central African Republic were preliminarily identified as Pousargues's mongoose. In 2013, a group of Pousargues's mongooses was observed near Lake Albert in Uganda’s Semliki Wildlife Reserve."<<addToInv "Pousargues's mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg/640px-Dologale_Dybowskii_-_Chinko_Project_Area_-_20120516.jpg" alt="Pousargues's mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Steel-blue whydah6a35ae75eb172]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Yellow-throated sandgrouse6a35ae75eb175]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It would be interesting to see the hierarchy of access to water on the shore, Robert tells you that elephants are always first.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Southeast African cheetah") != -1>>"The ''Southeast African cheetah'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Southeast African cheetah") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Southeast African cheetah''.", says Robert. "The Southeast African cheetah is the nominate cheetah subspecies native to East and Southern Africa."
"Fascinating thing", he remarks. "The cheetah is a medium-sized cat. An adult male cheetah's total size can measure from 168 to 200 cm and 162 to 213 cm for females."
"This might sound too precise", informs Robert. "Male cheetahs are sociable and may live in a group with other males."
"I'll tell you what I know", he suggests. "The Southeast African cheetah usually lives on grasslands, savannahs, scrub forests, and arid environments such as deserts and semidesert steppes."<<addToInv "Southeast African cheetah">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Cheetah_Umfolozi_SouthAfrica_MWegmann.jpg/640px-Cheetah_Umfolozi_SouthAfrica_MWegmann.jpg" alt="Southeast African cheetah - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Scaly chatterer6a35ae75eb173]]
* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Steel-blue whydah6a35ae75eb172]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The forest is darker than the rest of the area because of the density of trees but some sunlight still passes through the leafs.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abyssinian roller") != -1>>"So many ''Abyssinian roller'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Abyssinian roller") == -1>>"Did you see it? It was the ''Abyssinian roller''.", says Robert. "The Abyssinian roller, or Senegal roller, is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa in a belt south of the Sahara, known as the Sahel."
"I can tell you a bit more", he remarks. "The Abyssinian roller is a large bird, nearly the size of a jackdaw at 28–30 cm."
"But there's more", continues Robert. "These rollers often perch prominently on trees, posts or overhead wires, like giant shrikes, whilst watching for the large insects and small rodents on which they feed. They will dash into the smoke of a forest fire for disturbed invertebrates."
"It's good to know also", he continues. "The Abyssinian roller is native to tropical Africa."<<addToInv "Abyssinian roller">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Abyssinian_roller_%28Coracias_abyssinicus%29.jpg/640px-Abyssinian_roller_%28Coracias_abyssinicus%29.jpg" alt="Abyssinian roller - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* You recognize some individual trees in a sea of grass, the shadow would probably attract animals, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb177]]
* On the left, you see big fig trees that might be the perfect place for animals to chill. Let's chill there too! [[ ▶▶ |Scaly chatterer6a35ae75eb173]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car moves near the bushes, you try to look closely into them without getting hurt by the spines at the window.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"It's far away but I think it is the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"Also", he continues. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws."
"You might not know", tells Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"This might sound too precise", he adds. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A bus full of elderly tourists happens to come your way, they tell you that they saw some nice stuff in the bushes there. [[ ▶▶ |Neergaard's sunbird6a35ae75eb169]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Stuhlmann's starling6a35ae75eb161]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Robert drives the car a bit fast in order to reach the river for the bath time of many animals!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Yellow-throated sandgrouse") != -1>>"It's just the ''Yellow-throated sandgrouse''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Yellow-throated sandgrouse") == -1>>"This one is one of my favourite, the ''Yellow-throated sandgrouse''!", says Robert.<<addToInv "Yellow-throated sandgrouse">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/2009-Yellow-throated-sandgrouse.jpg/640px-2009-Yellow-throated-sandgrouse.jpg" alt="Yellow-throated sandgrouse - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Keep going forward to reach the acacias where animals might look for shadow. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb16b]]
* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Thekla's lark6a35ae75eb16f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You can't help but look at the branches of these big acacias with the hope of spotting a leopard.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Scaly chatterer") != -1>>"One more ''Scaly chatterer''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Scaly chatterer") == -1>>"It's far away but I think it is the ''Scaly chatterer''.", says Robert. "The scaly chatterer is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae."<<addToInv "Scaly chatterer">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Scaly_Chatterer_specimen_RWD.jpg/640px-Scaly_Chatterer_specimen_RWD.jpg" alt="Scaly chatterer - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A sign says that this way is the open savannah, OK let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Mombasa woodpecker6a35ae75eb171]]
* The sign on the side of the road says that the forest is this way. OK, let's try. [[ ▶▶ |Common dwarf mongoose6a35ae75eb16e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car moves near the bushes, you try to look closely into them without getting hurt by the spines at the window.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Steel-blue whydah") != -1>>"One more ''Steel-blue whydah''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Steel-blue whydah") == -1>>"Amazing! The ''Steel-blue whydah''!", says Robert. "The steel-blue whydah is a species of bird in the family Viduidae."<<addToInv "Steel-blue whydah">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Vidua_hypocherina_-Ngorongoro%2C_Tanzania_-male-8.jpg/640px-Vidua_hypocherina_-Ngorongoro%2C_Tanzania_-male-8.jpg" alt="Steel-blue whydah - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A strange sound came from the left, from the plains, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Shelley's sparrow6a35ae75eb170]]
* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |Acacia tit6a35ae75eb16c]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mombasa woodpecker") != -1>>"It's just the ''Mombasa woodpecker''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Mombasa woodpecker") == -1>>"This ''Mombasa woodpecker'' is the best.", says Robert. "The Mombasa woodpecker is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.."<<addToInv "Mombasa woodpecker">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Mombasa_Woodpecker_%28Campethera_mombassica%29_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Mombasa_Woodpecker_%28Campethera_mombassica%29_%281%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" alt="Mombasa woodpecker - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Plain-backed sunbird6a35ae75eb15e]]
* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Red-faced crimsonwing6a35ae75eb15d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You were hoping to see many animals in this wide open grassland but so far it's just cactus and termite nests...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Shelley's sparrow") != -1>>"So many ''Shelley's sparrow'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Shelley's sparrow") == -1>>"It's far away but I think it is the ''Shelley's sparrow''.", says Robert. "Shelley's sparrow, also known as Shelley's rufous sparrow or the White Nile rufous sparrow, is a sparrow found in eastern Africa from South Sudan, southern Ethiopia, and north-western Somalia to northern Uganda and north-western Kenya."<<addToInv "Shelley's sparrow">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Passer_shelleyi.jpg/640px-Passer_shelleyi.jpg" alt="Shelley's sparrow - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* When the animals don't find shadow, they usually go for water, so let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Marabou stork6a35ae75eb15f]]
* Last time, Robert saw some interesting game on the riverside. Let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Savannah monitor6a35ae75eb160]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but yellow grass and blue sky at the horizon, that is the landscape you were expecting by coming here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Thekla's lark") != -1>>"It's just the ''Thekla's lark''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Thekla's lark") == -1>>"It's the ''Thekla's lark'' in front of us!", says Robert. "Thekla's lark breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, in northern Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal to Somalia."
"I know some more", he says. "This is a smallish lark, slightly smaller than the Eurasian skylark."
"Peculiar species", affirms Robert. "It nests on the ground, laying two to six eggs."
"It's good to know also", he describes. "Thekla's lark is native and resident in France, Spain, Portugal, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Morocco, Somalia, Tunisia and Western Sahara."<<addToInv "Thekla's lark">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Thekla_Lark_-_Marocco_07_3582_%2816759996740%29.jpg/640px-Thekla_Lark_-_Marocco_07_3582_%2816759996740%29.jpg" alt="Thekla's lark - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Red-faced crimsonwing6a35ae75eb15d]]
* There's a tropical rainforest in the north. You decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Plain-backed sunbird6a35ae75eb15e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You see through the window of the car all the surroundings of the forest full of bushes and small trees.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") != -1>>"One more ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Common dwarf mongoose") == -1>>"I present you the ''Common dwarf mongoose''.", says Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose, sometimes just called the dwarf mongoose, is a small African carnivore belonging to the mongoose family.."
"You might not know", he mentions. "The common dwarf mongoose is a typical mongoose: it has a large pointed head, small ears, a long tail, short limbs and long claws. The species can be distinguished from other mongooses by its size."
"Also", mentions Robert. "The common dwarf mongoose is a diurnal animal."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he says. "The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is especially common in areas with many termite mounds, their favorite sleeping place."<<addToInv "Common dwarf mongoose">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg/240px-Dwarf_Mongoose_%28Helogale_parvula%29_%286002158282%29.jpg" alt="Common dwarf mongoose - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Savannah monitor6a35ae75eb160]]
* Another safari car is coming your way from the road that goes to the river, let's see what they've seen! [[ ▶▶ |Marabou stork6a35ae75eb15f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Acacia tit") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Acacia tit'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Acacia tit") == -1>>"Be silent, just observe, it's the ''Acacia tit''.", says Robert. "The acacia tit, also known as the Somali tit and northern grey tit, is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is native to north eastern Africa where it occurs in dry acacia habitat.."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he narrates. "The smallest of the grey Melaniparus tits of Africa, the acacia tit has a glossy blue-black cap, nape, throat and breast contrasting with a large buffy white patch which extends from the bill to the sides of the neck. There is a broad black band which stretches from the breast to the vent."
"I know some more", suggests Robert. "The acacia tit is found in pairs or small parties and occasionally joins mixed species foraging flocks."
"You might not know", he adds. "The acacia tit is found from Ethiopia and Somalia south to north eastern Tanzania. The acacia tit inhabits arid and semi arid wooded and bushed savanna, principally in acacia and stands of trees along streams or rivers, avoiding truly arid regions. Recorded up to 2000m in Somalia. ."<<addToInv "Acacia tit">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/ArgyaParusKeulemans.jpg/640px-ArgyaParusKeulemans.jpg" alt="Acacia tit - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The south road goes deep into the tropical rainforest but you're not afraid and go there. [[ ▶▶ |Plain-backed sunbird6a35ae75eb15e]]
* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Savannah monitor6a35ae75eb160]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The bushes are high and dense so anything could be hidden there while the car passes just next to it...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"This ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae. It is native to parts of tropical West and Central Africa.."
"I may be too precise but", he declares. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm. The head is narrow with a pointed muzzle and variable colouring round the eyes."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", describes Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he declares. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Water places are filled with a high diversity of animals, you decide to look at that. [[ ▶▶ |Marabou stork6a35ae75eb15f]]
* There's a tropical rainforest in the north. You decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Plain-backed sunbird6a35ae75eb15e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Only acacias can stand alone in this wide open grassland and be seen from so far away.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Neergaard's sunbird") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Neergaard's sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Neergaard's sunbird") == -1>>"This ''Neergaard's sunbird'' would win a beauty contest for sure!", says Robert. "Neergaard's sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa."
"But there's more", he adds. "Neergaard's sunbird is a small species with a relatively short beak. The adult male has a metallic green head, back, and throat, black wings, a blue rump, and a brownish-black tail."
"Just so you know", continues Robert. "Neergaard's sunbird feeds in the canopy, often in the company of the amethyst sunbird. It feeds on nectar, insects, and spiders. ."<<addToInv "Neergaard's sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/CinnyrisNeergaardiGronvold.jpg/640px-CinnyrisNeergaardiGronvold.jpg" alt="Neergaard's sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Many thick trees are aligned along this road, let's drive next to them and try to see something. [[ ▶▶ |Red-faced crimsonwing6a35ae75eb15d]]
* There's a road that follows the river, let's have a look around there. [[ ▶▶ |Marabou stork6a35ae75eb15f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Among the many amazing things you see in the savannah, the shapes of the cactus are really something.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Stuhlmann's starling") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Stuhlmann's starling''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Stuhlmann's starling") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''Stuhlmann's starling''.", says Robert. "Stuhlmann's starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda."<<addToInv "Stuhlmann's starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Stuhlmann%27s_Starling_cropped.jpg/640px-Stuhlmann%27s_Starling_cropped.jpg" alt="Stuhlmann's starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Savannah monitor6a35ae75eb160]]
* The west road is full of compact trees, but you want to have a look there. [[ ▶▶ |Red-faced crimsonwing6a35ae75eb15d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The river is a bit large so it's difficult to spot animals on the other side.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Savannah monitor") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Savannah monitor''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Savannah monitor") == -1>>"Do you hear it? That's the ''Savannah monitor''.", says Robert. "The savannah monitor is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard native to Africa."
"I may be too precise but", he mentions. "Savannah monitors are stoutly built, with relatively short limbs and toes, and skulls and dentition adapted to feed on hard-shelled prey. They are robust creatures, with powerful limbs for digging, powerful jaws and blunt, peglike teeth."<<addToInv "Savannah monitor">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Varanus_exanthematicus_in_the_wild.jpg/640px-Varanus_exanthematicus_in_the_wild.jpg" alt="Savannah monitor - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Serval6a35ae75eb159]]
* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Blue-naped mousebird6a35ae75eb15a]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Unfortunately, the safari doesn't include a diving tour as it would be surely interesting to see the aquatic fauna of the park.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Marabou stork") != -1>>"One more ''Marabou stork''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Marabou stork") == -1>>"Be careful, it could go away, it's the ''Marabou stork''.", says Robert.
"What I can also say", he narrates. "The marabou stork is a massive bird: large specimens are thought to reach a height of 152 cm and a weight of 9 kg. A wingspan of 3.7 m was accepted by Fisher and Peterson, who ranked the species as having the largest wing-spread of any living bird."<<addToInv "Marabou stork">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Marabou_stork_%28Leptoptilos_crumenifer%29.jpg/640px-Marabou_stork_%28Leptoptilos_crumenifer%29.jpg" alt="Marabou stork - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Prince Demidoff's bushbaby6a35ae75eb156]]
* There's a dense tropical forest this way, it's a home to many nice animals so let's check there. [[ ▶▶ |Eastern chimpanzee6a35ae75eb14e]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's so bad that you can't leave the car nor the road, there should be incredible animals to spot inside the forest itself.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Plain-backed sunbird") != -1>>"Nothing new, the ''Plain-backed sunbird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Plain-backed sunbird") == -1>>"Did you see it? It was the ''Plain-backed sunbird''.", says Robert. "The plain-backed sunbird, also known as blue-throated sunbird is a sunbird."<<addToInv "Plain-backed sunbird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Plain-backed_Sunbird_male_%28Anthreptes_reichenowi%29.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Plain-backed_Sunbird_male_%28Anthreptes_reichenowi%29.jpg" alt="Plain-backed sunbird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of the waterfall comes to your ear and you want to know what animals you can see there. [[ ▶▶ |Wildcat6a35ae75eb15c]]
* The sign says the river is this way, let's try that. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb151]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The car struggles a bit to enter the tropical rainforest but it's already an amazing landscape from here.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-faced crimsonwing") != -1>>"The ''Red-faced crimsonwing'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Red-faced crimsonwing") == -1>>"It's technical name is the ''Red-faced crimsonwing''.", says Robert. "The red-faced crimsonwing is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa."<<addToInv "Red-faced crimsonwing">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Red-faced_crimsonwing%2C_Cryptospiza_reichenovii%2C_Seldomseen%2C_Vumba%2C_Zimbabwe_-_female_%2821309968393%29.jpg/640px-Red-faced_crimsonwing%2C_Cryptospiza_reichenovii%2C_Seldomseen%2C_Vumba%2C_Zimbabwe_-_female_%2821309968393%29.jpg" alt="Red-faced crimsonwing - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |African grey flycatcher6a35ae75eb14c]]
* The shore is usually an attractive place for animals of any kind, let's go there. [[ ▶▶ |Grey-headed kingfisher6a35ae75eb152]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but a river surrounded by forests on both sides, animals should be near.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") != -1>>"Did we come back to see this ''Wildcat'' again?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Wildcat") == -1>>"There, on the ground, the ''Wildcat''!", says Robert.
"I can say a bit more about it", he declares. "Compared to other members of the Felinae, the wildcat is a small species, but is nonetheless larger than the housecat."
"I can also tell you this", declares Robert. "The wildcat is a largely solitary animal, except during the breeding period."
"Just so you know", he affirms. "The wildcat's distribution is very broad, encompassing most of Africa, Europe, and southwest and central Asia into India, China, and Mongolia. Subspecies are distributed as follows: The European wildcat was thought extinct in the Netherlands."<<addToInv "Wildcat">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg/640px-Felis_silvestris_silvestris_Luc_Viatour.jpg" alt="Wildcat - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert remembers that he saw some big game around these bushes, let's try your chance. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb148]]
* When the sun is hot like today, animals go in the shadow of the forest, let's do like them. [[ ▶▶ |Spot-flanked barbet6a35ae75eb144]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The water and the sky have the exact same colour and you're not exactly sure if the birds on top are swimming or not...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Blue-naped mousebird") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Blue-naped mousebird''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Blue-naped mousebird") == -1>>"Look a bit more to the right, you see the ''Blue-naped mousebird''?", says Robert. "The blue-naped mousebird, also formerly called the blue-naped coly is found in the wild in the drier regions of East Africa and is also a common pet bird. It is one of the remaining six species of Mousebirds."
"More about this animal", he remarks. "The blue-naped mousebird is a fairly small to medium-sized bird, measuring 13-14 inches in length."
"But there's more", he remarks. "In the wild, these birds live in the semi-desert and dry regions of eastern Africa They are found in a band between 10°N and 20°N from the western coast to Sudan, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia in the East and south 10°N through East Africa and on to the Eastern Zaire borders."<<addToInv "Blue-naped mousebird">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Urocolius_macrourus-20090110B.jpg/640px-Urocolius_macrourus-20090110B.jpg" alt="Blue-naped mousebird - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert points towards a thing on the ground next to the grass. It's poo! You decide to follow it. [[ ▶▶ |Bridled tern6a35ae75eb146]]
* You see some fresh footprints on the road towards going further into the savannah, let's have a look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Hildebrandt's starling6a35ae75eb145]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The neverending greenness of this place is unique, and you're not even lost in between the trees, you're in the car!
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") != -1>>"One more ''Serval''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Serval") == -1>>"This is the ''Serval'', pretty famous, isn't it?", says Robert.
"In case you didn't know", he says. "The serval is a slender, medium-sized cat; it stands 54 to 62 cm at the shoulder and weighs 8 to 18 kg, but females tend to be lighter."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", declares Robert. "The serval is active in the day as well as at night; activity might peak in early morning, around twilight and at midnight. Servals might be active for a longer time on cool or rainy days."
"This might sound too precise", he explains. "In North Africa, the serval is known only from Morocco and has been reintroduced in Tunisia, but is feared to be extinct in Algeria. It inhabits semi-arid areas and cork oak forests close to the Mediterranean Sea, but avoids rainforests and arid areas."<<addToInv "Serval">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg/640px-Leptailurus_serval_-Serengeti_National_Park%2C_Tanzania-8.jpg" alt="Serval - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The forest is as much part of the safari as the savannah, let's have a closer look at it. [[ ▶▶ |Spot-flanked barbet6a35ae75eb144]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb148]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It's almost impossible to see anything inside these bushes, even though Robert drives slowly.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Prince Demidoff's bushbaby") == -1>>"This is our lucky day, we just saw the ''Prince Demidoff's bushbaby''!", says Robert. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby, also known as Prince Demidoff's galago, is a species of primate in the family Galagidae."
"I can say a bit more about it", he affirms. "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby grows to a head-and-body length of 73 to 155 mm, with a tail of 110 to 215 mm."
"This might sound too precise", mentions Robert. "Like other galagos, Prince Demidoff's bushbaby is nocturnal and arboreal."
"I know some more", he continues. "The species is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, possibly Kenya, and possibly Malawi."<<addToInv "Prince Demidoff's bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg/640px-GalagoDemidoffiiWolf.jpg" alt="Prince Demidoff's bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Hildebrandt's starling6a35ae75eb145]]
* Robert received a call from another ranger who told him to go this way in the savannah, so let's do that. [[ ▶▶ |Bridled tern6a35ae75eb146]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>It would be interesting to see the hierarchy of access to water on the shore, Robert tells you that elephants are always first.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey-headed kingfisher") != -1>>"We've alreay seen that ''Grey-headed kingfisher''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Grey-headed kingfisher") == -1>>"Oh, let's come closer... Look, it's the ''Grey-headed kingfisher''.", says Robert. "The grey-headed kingfisher has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.."
"I can also tell you this", he declares. "The sexes are similar. The adult of the nominate race H."
"I can tell you a bit more", continues Robert. "A dry-country kingfisher of scrub and woodland, solitary or in pairs, often found near water, but unlike most kingfishers is not aquatic."
"Fascinating thing", he says. "The grey-headed kingfisher is found in tropical and semi-tropical Africa and the Arabian Peninsula."<<addToInv "Grey-headed kingfisher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Grey-headed_Kingfisher_%28Halcyon_leucocephala%29%2C_crop.jpg/640px-Flickr_-_Rainbirder_-_Grey-headed_Kingfisher_%28Halcyon_leucocephala%29%2C_crop.jpg" alt="Grey-headed kingfisher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a bush on the top of that road, it might be interesting to have a look. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb148]]
* Up on the hill, among the grass, something moved. Let's go up there. [[ ▶▶ |Hildebrandt's starling6a35ae75eb145]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're not sure if these things moving on the water are vegetation or animals but they look strange.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"It's just the ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"This ''Senegal bushbaby'' has so much grace!", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae. The name "bush baby" may come either from the animals' cries or from their appearance."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* A car just passed next to yours and the guide told Robert to go further in the grassland, it's this way. [[ ▶▶ |Bridled tern6a35ae75eb146]]
* Robert saw something in the grass there, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Crested porcupine6a35ae75eb148]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Nothing but trees, of course, it's a forest, but you were expecting a bit more diversity.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") != -1>>"I don't mind seeing this ''Eastern chimpanzee'' again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Eastern chimpanzee") == -1>>"Can you see it in your binoculars? The ''Eastern chimpanzee''.", says Robert. "The eastern chimpanzee is a subspecies of the common chimpanzee."
"Fascinating thing", he mentions. "Adult chimpanzees in the wild weigh between 40 and 65 kilograms. Males can measure up to 160 centimetres and females up to 130 centimetres in height."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", mentions Robert. "Chimpanzees live in communities that typically range from 20 to more than 150 members, but spend most of their time traveling in small parties of just a few individuals. The eastern chimpanzee is both arboreal and terrestrial and spend its nights in the trees, while most of its daytime hours are spent on the ground. Chimpanzees walk using the soles of their feet and their knuckles, and they can walk upright for short distances."
"I'm trying to be exhaustive", he explains. "The chimpanzee spends time both in trees and on the ground, but usually sleeps in a tree, where it builds a nest for the night."<<addToInv "Eastern chimpanzee">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg/640px-Gombe_Stream_NP_Mutter_und_Kind.jpg" alt="Eastern chimpanzee - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The sound of branches cracking came to Robert's ear, there should be some interesting animals in this forest, let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Spot-flanked barbet6a35ae75eb144]]
* Some fresh animal poo lies on the road and there's more of it further next to the bush there, you'll follow the poo! [[ ▶▶ |Bridled tern6a35ae75eb146]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Among the many amazing things you see in the savannah, the shapes of the cactus are really something.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("African grey flycatcher") != -1>>"It's just the ''African grey flycatcher''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("African grey flycatcher") == -1>>"This is the ''African grey flycatcher''.", says Robert. "The African grey flycatcher, grayish flycatcher, or large flycatcher is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occurs in parts of East Africa.."
"Moreover", he mentions. "It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda."<<addToInv "African grey flycatcher">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/African_grey_flycatcher_%28Melaenornis_microrhynchus%29.jpg/640px-African_grey_flycatcher_%28Melaenornis_microrhynchus%29.jpg" alt="African grey flycatcher - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The bush there just moved, you can swear it although Robert doesn't believe you. Let's see! [[ ▶▶ |Hildebrandt's starling6a35ae75eb145]]
* The forest makes a very good place for animals to hide from the sun, you decide to look for them there. [[ ▶▶ |Spot-flanked barbet6a35ae75eb144]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You can't help but look at the branches of these big acacias with the hope of spotting a leopard.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") != -1>>"It's just the ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Crested porcupine") == -1>>"Do you have it on camera? It's the ''Crested porcupine''.", says Robert. "The crested porcupine is a species of rodent in the family Hystricidaefound in Italy, North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa.."<<addToInv "Crested porcupine">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg/640px-Westafrikanisches_Stachelschwein.jpg" alt="Crested porcupine - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Robert knows that this time of the day, animals tend to look for water, so you go this way. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb13d]]
* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |African fish eagle6a35ae75eb13f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You get on top of the car to have a nice view from the roof on this sea of yellow grass. The savannah is really an amazing landscape.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bridled tern") != -1>>"So many ''Bridled tern'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Bridled tern") == -1>>"The ''Bridled tern'', a truly interesting animal.", says Robert. "The bridled tern is a seabird of the family Laridae."
"I know some more", he remarks. "This is a medium-sized tern, at 30–32 cm in length and with a 77–81 cm wingspan similar to the common tern in size, but more heavily built."
"But there's more", he describes. "This bird is migratory and dispersive, wintering more widely through the tropical oceans. It has markedly marine habits compared to most terns."<<addToInv "Bridled tern">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Bridled_Tern_LEI_Nov06.JPG/640px-Bridled_Tern_LEI_Nov06.JPG" alt="Bridled tern - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* This road leads closer to the open grass area, you decide to go this way. [[ ▶▶ |African fish eagle6a35ae75eb13f]]
* Last time, Robert saw some interesting game on the riverside. Let's see. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb13d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Termite nests in the high yellow grass are really tricking you, you thought you spotted a big game...
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Hildebrandt's starling") != -1>>"The ''Hildebrandt's starling'', again.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Hildebrandt's starling") == -1>>"This is nature's work: the ''Hildebrandt's starling''.", says Robert. "Hildebrandt's starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae."
"You must also know", he describes. "Hildebrandt's starling is 18 cm in length and weighs 50 to 69 g. The adult has bright iridescent plumage on its upper body and upper surfaces."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", suggests Robert. "The diet of Hildebrandt's starling is a combination of insects and fruit, with insects apparently being the more important constituent. It has been observed feeding on beetles and grasshoppers, as well as hawking for flying termites."
"Interesting animal", he declares. "Hildebrandt's starling is found in Kenya and Tanzania, where it occupies open country between 500 to 2,200 m. Its habitat is open woodland and open thornbrush country."<<addToInv "Hildebrandt's starling">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Lamprotornis_hildebrandti_-Tanzania-8-2c.jpg/640px-Lamprotornis_hildebrandti_-Tanzania-8-2c.jpg" alt="Hildebrandt's starling - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* Some cars are gathered around the lake down there, there should be something nice to see. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb13d]]
* There's a silhouette far away in the open grass area, you want to have a closer look. [[ ▶▶ |African fish eagle6a35ae75eb13f]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>You're lucky there's no car coming the other way because the forest road is too narrow to let two cars pass at the same time.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Spot-flanked barbet") != -1>>"We've seen this ''Spot-flanked barbet'' twice now, or more?", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Spot-flanked barbet") == -1>>"You're lucky, it's a ''Spot-flanked barbet''.", says Robert. "The spot-flanked barbet is a species of bird in the Lybiidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.."<<addToInv "Spot-flanked barbet">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Spot-flanked_Barbet_-_Kenya_IMG_5387.jpg/640px-Spot-flanked_Barbet_-_Kenya_IMG_5387.jpg" alt="Spot-flanked barbet - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* The road on the left leads you to the open savannah, you want to see what's hidden in this grass. [[ ▶▶ |African fish eagle6a35ae75eb13f]]
* There's a lake not so far away, maybe you can see some nice animals. [[ ▶▶ |Senegal bushbaby6a35ae75eb13d]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>Some of the cactus in the savannah reach very high, but it's almost the only trees you can see there.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("African fish eagle") != -1>>"So many ''African fish eagle'' today!", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("African fish eagle") == -1>>"Wow, look at this ''African fish eagle''!", says Robert. "The African fish eagle, or to distinguish it from the true fish eagles, the African sea eagle, is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur."
"I don't want to sound too scientific", he tells. "The African fish eagle is a large bird, and the female, at 3.2–3.6 kg is larger than the male, at 2.0–2.5 kg. This is typical sexual dimorphism in birds of prey."
"I want to keep it simple", he suggests. "This species is still quite common near freshwater lakes, reservoirs, and rivers, although they can sometimes be found near the coast at the mouths of rivers or lagoons."<<addToInv "African fish eagle">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/African_Fish_Eagle_AdF.jpg/640px-African_Fish_Eagle_AdF.jpg" alt="African fish eagle - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a checkpoint ahead... [[ ▶▶ |EndPage]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>From the shore, you can see a dense forest on the other side of the river but spotting animals will be difficult.
<span id="animalIntro"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#animalIntro">><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") != -1>>"Oh, just another ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert.<<endif>><<if $inventory.indexOf("Senegal bushbaby") == -1>>"Do you have your camera? Look there, it's the ''Senegal bushbaby''.", says Robert. "The Senegal bushbaby, also known as the Senegal galago, the lesser galago or the lesser bush baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae."<<addToInv "Senegal bushbaby">><<endif>>
<img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Galago_senegalensis.jpg/640px-Galago_senegalensis.jpg" alt="Senegal bushbaby - Source: Wikipedia" class="image0"><span id="nextPages"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#nextPages">>* There's a checkpoint ahead... [[ ▶▶ |EndPage]]
<</replace>><</click>></span><</replace>><</click>></span>The sun is setting on the horizon while you're approaching the checkpoint. This day has been full of marvelous encounters.
<span id="ending_1"><<click "[...]">><<replace "#ending_1">>"I'm really happy to have done this safari with you" says Robert. "I hope you're happy too! Look, I took some notes, today we've seen: ''the <<inv>>''."
But every journey, even the most ''beautiful'' one, has to come to an end. Your car passes through the checkpoint, behind you the red sun is almost gone. You're leaving the park with unforgettable memories in your mind and one hope: to ''come back'' as soon as possible.
''And the animals?'' Well, they won't be waiting for you. But, as long as their ''environment'' is protected, they will be here and you can always come by and say hi.
!The end
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This interactive safari has been created for the [[NaNoGenMo 2018|https://github.com/NaNoGenMo/2018]]. You can check the repository for the code on [[GitHub|https://github.com/WhiteFangs/choose-your-safari-adventure]]. For other cool projects or to contact me, check out [[my website|http://louphole.com]].
This interactive story has been generated using Wikipedia data. All images are from Wikimedia.
Special thanks to Alice, David and Robert for this incredible journey in Uganda.
Bilgé Kimyonok//<</replace>><</click>></span>