Day 4-6: Loskop Dam

Days 4-6:

I combined days 4, 5,and 6 because they are all spent at Loskop Dam learning bush survival skills, plant and animal ID, and tracking. These are all extremely important skills that I will need if I want to work in Africa as a field biologist. The cool thing about camp is that is is located within a male leopard territory. I set up my camera trap during the night to see if I could catch this guy on video or get his picture.

So not many people know a whole lot about leopards.  In fact most people frequently confuse leopards and jaguars.  I wont go into all the differences but suffice to say that jaguars are found in Central and South America and they are bigger than the leopard because they break their prey's spine when the kill. Leopards, in contrast, are found in Africa, Asia, and Russia. They, like most big cats, kill their prey by suffocation or breaking the neck. The top picture is of a leopard.