| hink of safari…of Serengeti…of | | | | known to be the big five which includes |
| wildlife sanctuaries…what images dominate | | | | rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, leopard and the elephant. |
| your thoughts? Yes, animals. | | | | Why they became to be, no body is sure. Why |
| Wildlife aside, safari would only be composed of a | | | | other equally wonderful animals are not included in |
| number of plant species, of terrain and of strange | | | | the list remains to be a mystery. It's safe to |
| creatures like insects, bugs and the likes. Without | | | | presume that that's simply the way hunters |
| the animals, African safaris would be reduced into | | | | prefer it. |
| a haven of sedentary and rarely moving species. | | | | Adding to the big five are plain animals and |
| Without the animal of the safaris, ecosystems | | | | mammals that coexist with each other. Some |
| would not exist. In a sense, animals add to the | | | | being the prey. Some being the predators. |
| beauty that life in Africa may present. They give | | | | Nonetheless, they all take their parts in the circle |
| meaning. They add excitement. And they | | | | of life. They give life. |
| encourage tourism. | | | | Though not really considered animals, it is still |
| It is thought that African safaris started to | | | | worth saying that there are thousands of insect |
| become famous when the hunt for animals | | | | species, bugs, butterflies, and other moving |
| boomed sometime in the nineteenth century. This | | | | creatures found in the African safaris. However |
| is because men then were perceived bold enough | | | | large or big they can get won't really matter. |
| if they can kill wild animals right in their habitats | | | | They still balance wildlife and they aid in continuing |
| and in action. This activity provides them a bag full | | | | the existence of ecosystems in African safaris. |
| of hunting trophies that adorned the walls of their | | | | Some people say, once human intervene with this |
| libraries. | | | | natural process, even only for once, he may |
| These days, a great thanks to movements for | | | | intervene with the succeeding years and life of |
| wildlife, hunting is restricted to many areas of | | | | the species that live in the safaris. And this seem |
| African safaris. Nonetheless, there are still areas | | | | to be true. Sudden and gradual fluctuations of |
| where slaughtering of wild animals are allowed. | | | | population in the safaris are very much affected |
| Because of the banning, travelers are now limited | | | | by the minute actions of the animals and other |
| to only watch the animals hunt each other, | | | | living things that exist in it. |
| predators to prey, and experience the exchange | | | | Thus it is important that travelers and explorers |
| of life and death among them. Some of us still | | | | let things be in the wildlife. Just allow them to |
| see hunting as a sport though. | | | | exist and do as they were destined to do. |
| The most famous of the animals in safari are | | | | |