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Wildlife in Odzala
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Only a part of wildlife
is shown here due to scarce chances to take proper pictures although
many others were also seen. Some creatures were seen for the first time
when it was captured by men. Here wildlife and people are living together,
closely related to each other.
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A forest buffalo is bathing
(?). Buffaloes are often seen in savannah area in the park, but once their
footprints were found in crop fields near the village.
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A tree
pangolin. It was found on a very high branch of a tree. A boy climbed
a tree and dropped it. |
Fur skin of an African
palm civet. It is used as a costume for circumcision festivals. Its meat
is preferred by men.
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| Hornbill.
It was caught for food. |
Viper. Its
diameter seemed around 15 cm. It was very dangerous to approach, and fortunately
it slowly moved away. |
It
seemed to be a baby chameleon as it was so small. It was found on a path
in the forest. |
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| I am not familiar
with insects, and it was amazing that this had a transparent outer shell.... |
A beautiful
tropical colored insect. |
Coleopteran like a fossil.
A villager came to show this rare creature to me. |
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Squirrel.
Children caught and played with it. Squirrels and rats are children's
friends. |
Extra：Dogs
in the village. They are kept as hunting dogs, but seem very timid and
not very smart. Almost 90% of dogs have scars on their ears. |
Extra
2：A cat in the village. After this photo was taken, it climbed this banana
tree. There are much less cats than dogs. |
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Forest
elephants in the Odzala National Park Crop
raiding by forest elephants
Elephants
in the forest... Poaching
of forest elephants
Eco-guards
of the Odzala National Park Wildlife in Odzala
   
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