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What is the best safari animal?

by YPB Team1 vote

The Big Five and everything else worth stopping the vehicle for. Note that there is no tiger on this list, because there are no tigers in Africa.

  1. Giraffe — ranked #11
    Giraffe
    Visible from further away than anything else on the plain.
    1000pts
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  2. Black Rhino — ranked #22
    Black Rhino
    Rare, short-tempered and unforgettable.
    679pts
  3. Cheetah — ranked #33
    Cheetah
    The sighting everyone hopes turns into a chase.
    678pts
  4. Wildebeest — ranked #44
    Wildebeest
    Two million of them crossing a river is the continent's great spectacle.
    678pts
  5. Zebra — ranked #55
    Zebra
    The animal that makes a photograph look like a safari.
    555pts
  6. Hippopotamus — ranked #66
    Hippopotamus
    Best watched from a distance, in water.
    555pts
  7. Baboon — ranked #77
    Baboon
    The troop you are told to keep the car windows shut for.
    555pts
  8. Spotted Hyena — ranked #88
    Spotted Hyena
    Smarter and more successful than its reputation allows.
    0pts
  9. Lion — ranked #99
    Lion
    The headline sighting of any African safari — and there is no tiger to compete with here.
    0pts
  10. African Elephant — ranked #1010
    African Elephant
    The largest land animal, and the one that stops every vehicle.
    0pts
  11. Leopard — ranked #1111
    Leopard
    The hardest of the Big Five to actually see.
    0pts
  12. Cape Buffalo — ranked #1212
    Cape Buffalo
    The fifth of the Big Five, and the most underestimated.
    0pts
  13. African Wild Dog — ranked #1313
    African Wild Dog
    Endangered, and the most efficient hunter on the plain.
    0pts
  14. Ostrich — ranked #1414
    Ostrich
    The largest bird alive, and faster than it looks.
    0pts

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Comments

Kruger, the Serengeti and the Maasai Mara hold no tigers at all, so one of these two cats takes the category uncontested: https://youpick.best/articles/lion-vs-tiger-ranked

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