The Big Five, many people will think that this is the most ferocious animal list when they hear the term "African Five", but it is not exactly. Coined by large prey hunters, the term refers to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot. When you come to Kruger National Park in South Africa, you have a considerable chance to gather the African Five, so what are their animals?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > African lion</h1>
In Kruger National Park, the lion is the most popular beast you can see. Before I went, I was very worried that I wouldn't be lucky enough not to see the fiercest big cat on the African continent, but I was wrong. I spent three days at Crewe and met lions six times. Lions were the first animals I saw on a safari in South Africa, and they kicked off my expedition in such a way that the trip was worth it. Most of the time, the lions you see are lazily lying on the ground and napping, sleepy-eyed, looking like they are smiling, and the look is like a cat. But as soon as they get closer, they will immediately stand up straight and stare at you.
If you have the chance to meet a male lion coming towards you, pluck up the courage to observe its eyes— a black eye embedded in the yellow eye, nailed into your body like a nail, completely different from the lion in the movie. This pair of animal eyes, a pair of predator eyes, a pair of eyes that can peep everything in the night, it has no human feelings, killing and survival are the only laws it follows in its life, and its life is full of bloody battles for food, territory, and reproduction. The sharp teeth embedded in the half-open mouth were stained with the blood of almost all the animals here, including their own kind.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" > leopard</h1>
This is the invisible killer on the African continent – all you can see is bushes, and nothing else, but the leopard has already set its sights on you. Then the next second, it had walked under the safari vehicle. From scratch, as if out of thin air. Where did it come from? Leave no clues. A closer look at the leopard shows that the short, thick fur on its body makes up the golden color of the whole body. The golden yellow is deepest on the back, becoming shallower and shallower as it transitions towards the abdomen and limbs, respectively, and eventually turns honey-white on the abdomen and the inside of the legs. Beautiful hollow stripes are all over the body, and the hollow patterns on each leopard are unique, just like human fingerprints.
The leopard has excellent hearing and vision, lurking in the grass, tracking its prey and getting as close as possible. He is the invisible Grim Reaper in the darkness, and even in the daytime, he has no fear, and the golden fur with the hollow pattern allows him to hide at any time. He calculated in the peeping, getting closer and closer, and then the distance was shortened to about 5 meters, and the energy accumulated by those lazily crouching in the trees and snoozing at this moment turned into a momentary stomp of the hind legs, which jumped two or three meters high on the ground, flew over the carefully calculated distance, and pounced on it, biting the back of the neck of the prey tightly. His massive skull and powerful jaw muscles erupted with a bite force stronger than a lion's, clamping down on the throat of its prey until it suffocated.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" > African savannah elephant</h1>
Driving around the wild land of Africa, the African savannah elephant is the animal you need to be most careful of. The African prairie elephant is the largest animal on land, and with the power of an elephant, it is easy to overturn a car. But believe me, don't be afraid, and hold the steering wheel as firmly as usual, this is the perfect opportunity for you to admire one of the most majestic creatures on earth. Look at that pair of ears, the ears of the African elephant are larger than those of the Asian elephant, and they are slowly fanning like a pair of pubs. The ivory curved into an arc is symmetrically and perfectly distributed on both sides of the nose. The long nose, hanging relaxedly and swinging gently, had at the end of the nose a combination of bold curiosity and extreme sensitivity unique to this creature.
The elephant looks down on everything, and there is a majesty of the king.com. If someone or animal dares to rush forward, elephants defend their inviolable self-esteem in their own way. The ears are clamped back, and the front legs are constantly kicking back and forth on the ground, which is the most obvious warning of African elephants. If the intruder ignores the warning and goes forward, the elephant will make a horn-like scream and then rush to the other side without hesitation.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" > black rhinos</h1>
Every time I see a Triceratops in a Jurassic Park movie, I think of the Black Rhinoceros and vice versa. Although one is a reptile and the other is a mammal, it seems that the heaven-given "sword" will always be possessed by the most powerful animals on land, even after hundreds of millions of years have passed. The black rhino is the most grumpy animal on the African continent, capricious. Except for rare cases, where cubs are preyed upon by lions or crocodiles, black rhinos have no natural predators on the continent. Their attacks need not be based on judgments about whether they are in real danger or not, but rather overbearingly regard everything that disturbs them as enemies, and then rush to the imaginary enemy without hesitation.
Those four stout legs can carry a huge body weighing more than a ton and run fast, with a maximum speed of 55 kilometers per hour, and the unstoppable energy is all accumulated on the long and sharp horns like spears, straight into the enemy who dare to block the way, and do not know the key points of the enemy. Elephants, lions, African buffaloes or buggies are all among them. Black rhinos have the highest mortality rate among their peers among all mammals, with more than 50 percent for males and more than 30 percent for females. The solitary personality and relatively weakened territorial consciousness still can't hide the aggressive nature. Like the African buffalo, the black rhino is undoubtedly the most dangerous vegetarian beast on the continent.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" > African buffalo</h1>
This is the most inconspicuous animal among the Five African Powers, but the "most inconspicuous" reflects its own strength. My guide, Pratt, said, "I'd rather provoke a lion than an African buffalo." The African buffalo has the innate neuroticism of all ungulates, with inviolable self-esteem, united in defending its own population, its territory, and the little bourgeois way of life. Once violated, the herd is led by high-ranking cows, which are closely linked together and do not give predators the opportunity to rush into the herd to isolate the old, weak, sick and disabled. Each cow carries the courage of a daredevil with extreme team spirit, if any of the lone members are hunted, after hearing the cry for help, the entire herd of cattle under the leadership of the leader charges together, destroying everything in the collision. The African buffalo's offensive method never ended, even if the lion was forced to the tree, it refused to give up, but surrounded under the tree, exhausting the enemy's physical strength and mind, waiting for the moment of trampling, shaking, and opening the stomach, they were instigated by the killing machine, enjoying the superimposed pleasure of the layers of advancing killing, they were more bloodthirsty than predators. The black death, as the African buffalo is called. It is the grim reaper of death in the cloak of solidity and is the most dangerous animal on the African continent.