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So you’re going on a game drive?

Here is a collection of interesting and fun things for you to do and learn on your journey! Game Drive 1 1 1 THE BIG FIVE THE SMALL FIVE 1 2

The , Did you know also leopard, has a "Little Five"? buffalo, elephant Elephant shrew and The elephant is the biggest Elephant shrews only grow the land in Africa. 25cm long and weigh 60 grams you have seen are called the on your game drives. Big 5.

These are the animals people most want to see when they visit game Leopard Leopard tortoise reserves. Leopards hunt at night and stay The leopard tortoise gets its name well hidden in trees and long from its black and yellow spotted Tick the animals grass in the day time. shell. you have seen on your game drives. Buffalo Rhino beetle Buffaloes live in groups called It is one of the largest beetles in herds and have big curved horns. and has large horns on its head Rhinoceros Buffalo weaver Africa has two types of rhinoceros, Red-billed buffalo weavers are the eats leaves very noisy birds with messy nests and the eats grass.. Lion Ant lion live in large family groups Ant lions are very common in the called prides. Male lions have and like to eat ants big shaggy manes. Game Drive 1 3 1 BIRDS opposites 4

See if you can spot these Match the animals beautiful birds while you to their opposite are out and about. Lilac breasted roller fast Draw lines to Tick the birds match them together you have seen small on your game drives. hard

short

Common buLbul heavy tall

light YELLOW BILLEd Hornbill soft

thin slow fat big Game Drive 1 5 The Night Shift TEST YOUR SKILLS Whose eyes are those? Imagine you are out in the bushveld with only the moon shining down on you. You shine your torch into the darkness and find different eyes looking back at you. How many of these nocturnal animals can you spot:

The eyes of night creatures seen in the torchlight might look really strange, but fireflies there are clues you can use to work out which animal is behind the eyes. lions bushbabies impalas LARGE RED EYES, LOOKING FORWARD AND APPEARING TO JUMP wolf spiders These are they eyes of bushbabies, which reflect a reddish colour as they jump among the branches of trees and African wildcats?

‘HEADLIGHT’ EYES THAT SHINE GREEN AND WHITE, MOVING CLOSE TO THE GROUND These are the eyes of little predators, such as civets, genets and African wildcats

LARGE EYES, LOOKING FORWARD AND SHINING RED These eyes belong to the larger predators, such as leopards, lions and hyaenas

GREENISH EYES, WIDELY SPACED These are an antelope’s eyes – you can tell they belong to a (plant eating animal) because of their position, on either side of the head. They shine green in the torchlight

TINY EYES ON THE GROUND These are the eyes of the wolf spider, which lies quietly on the ground, waiting to run down its prey

MAGIC LIGHTS These are fireflies, bright, flashing lights in the night sky. Fireflies use light to communicate. Game Drive 1 6 1 Collective Nouns THE BAT MAZE 7

1. A of cheetahs alliance 2. A of business 3. A of rank 4. A of porcupines zeal 5. A of hippos coalition 6. A of troop 7. A of impala cauldron 8. A of jackal mob 9. A of leopards prickle 10. A of monkeys stubbornness 11. A of mongoose party 12. A of rhinos leap 13. A of wildebeest parliament 14. A of committee 15. A of crash 16. A of owls implausibility 17. A of sharks skulk 18. A of bats clan 19. A of shiver 20. A of male dolphins congregation 21. A of female dolphins parade

22. A of meerkats tower

15.Congregation 16.Parliament 17.Shiver 18.Cauldron 19.Committee 20.Alliance 21.Party 22.Mob 22.Mob 21.Party 20.Alliance 19.Committee 18.Cauldron 17.Shiver 16.Parliament 15.Congregation

1.Coalition 2.Parade 3.Tower 4.Prickle 5.Crash 6.Clan 7.Rank 8.Skulk 9.Leap 10.Troop 11.Business 12.Stubborness 13.Implausibilty 14.Zeal 14.Zeal 13.Implausibilty 12.Stubborness 11.Business 10.Troop 9.Leap 8.Skulk 7.Rank 6.Clan 5.Crash 4.Prickle 3.Tower 2.Parade 1.Coalition ANSWERS: ANSWERS: AFTER GAME DRIVE

ACTIVITIES TASK 3 Find a mate: The ranger will give each of you an animal. Two of you will have the same animal. TASK 1 Treasure Hunt: For example there will be 2 lions. When the ranger tells you, you need to make the Make sure you have a container to collect all your treasure hunt stuff in. sound of your animal and behave like your animal. You need to become the animal. This is what you will need to collect from the surrounding area, all natural items: While being your animal, you need to find your partner who is the same animal as you. If you are a lion, you need to find the other lion. NO human talking is allowed!

SOMETHING SOFT SOMETHING SHARP SOMETHING SPIKY SOMETHING SMOOTH SOMETHING BLUE SOMETHING CLOSED SOMETHING STRONG SOMETHING OPEN SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING DRY TASK 4 SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING GREEN Walk like the animals: SOMETHING FRAGILE The ranger will tell you what animal you need to walk like, for example, hop like a frog. This is going to be a race, on your marks get set and hop like a frog to the finish line! Here are some animal walking ideas

Crab race: Racers are on all fours (hands and feet) and must move sideways. TASK 2 Chimp race: Racers hold their ankles with their hands or drag their knuckles on the ground. Let’s pretend: Frog race: Racers squat in frog position and hop. The ranger will give each of you an animal. Keep it a secret! You then need to act out what animal you are and everybody else has to guess what you are. Game Drive 2 1 1 A Multi –Storey TRUE OR FALSE? 1 2

Warthogs have strong tusks to dig about in the soil for food, while giraffes Restaurant 1. A sable antelope is so dangerous that lions are scared of attacking it? prefer the top leaves of trees and rhinos, the black 1 = 4 = 2. A female gemsbok has longer horns than the male? rhino and white rhino like different types of food. 2 = 5 = 3. The aardwolf is a type of hyaena? 3 = Who’s eating what? 4. A porcupine can shoot its quills? Grazers are animals that 5. A springhare has no claws on its front feet? eat grass, while browsers are animals that eat 6. An impala can jump 3m high? leaves. Can you match the correct animal with the 7. Bats have large eyes? correct feeding level? 8. Snakes can swim?

Match the body parts to 9. Dodos could not fly? the different areas. 10. A chameleon turns its head rather than its body to look behind it?

11. An octopus can change colour?

12. A snake can blink?

13. Frogs are amphibians?

14. A bird of prey is also a raptor?

15. A bat is not a ?

12.False 13.True 14.True 15. False False 15. 14.True 13.True 12.False

1.True 2.True 3.True 4.False 5.False 6.True 7.False 8.True 9.True 10.True 11.True 11.True 10.True 9.True 8.True 7.False 6.True 5.False 4.False 3.True 2.True 1.True

Answers: Answers: 1=B, 3=C, 2=A, 4=D, 5=E 5=E 4=D, 2=A, 3=C, 1=B, Answers: Game Drive 2 3 1 animal hides WORD SEARCH 1 4

Match the skin type or pattern to the right animal BEETLE Write the letter on the COCKROACH animal Y L F N O G A R D G N P K P I 2 M V Z J E A R T H W O R M V M CRICKET 1 O T B U F F A L O T I E M D P DRAGONFLY N J W A R T H O G E L P P Q A EARTHWORM A K Z C R I C K E T E O P B H L F IR EF LY E D W P G E A R B E Z O E C A FLEA Y R C R O L G A G F G H E I R GRASSHOPPER W A U E F I R E F L Y S T R S TICK T P B Z X D B K X E A S L T Q B OSTRICH C O C K R O A C H A G A E S U LION 3 S E Y Z H C T P Z J G R R O I ELEPHANT 4 H L X J I O A F D J Q G K H R C F N W I N R N O O B A B X H R B UFFALO X T G G O C W T N A H P E L E LEOPARD M U H A T E E H C Y T I C K L RHINO CHEETAH D BABOON 5 BAT IMPALA E MONKEY

CROCODILE

1.E 2.C 3.D 4.A 5.B 5.B 4.A 3.D 2.C 1.E Answers: WARTHOG SQUIRREL Game Drive 2 Game Drive 3 5 TERRIFIC TERMITES Multiple Choice 1 THE CASTLE 1. What is the national flower of ? A termite family can consist of millions of members. The termite mound is built by the worker termites. a) A sunflower Although the mound looks solid from the outside, inside it is a maze of passages and chambers. What b) A rose is even more astonishing is that, although they are capable of building these large termite mounds, c) A giant protea termites are blind! 2. What is the national bird of South Africa? 9. What is a serval? a) The blue crane The queen lies in the royal chamber and her job is to strictly lay eggs, she doesn’t attend any glam- a) A cat b) The fish eagle orous balls. The soldiers defend the colony and the workers build and repair the mound. b) A fish c) The Indian minor c) A bat Starting in the queen’s royal chamber, can you find your way out of the mound? 3. What is the largest land animal? 10. How do crocodiles loose heat? a) A lion a) Through their skin b) An elephant b) Through their mouths c) A hippo c) Through their feet 4. Which is the fastest animal? 11. Which is the biggest antelope? a) A a) Eland b) A springbok b) Kudu c) A cheetah c) Buffalo 5. Which is the largest bird? 12. What is a rhino’s made of? a) A a) Ivory b) An ostrich b) c) A swallow c) Compressed 6. What does indigenous mean? 13. Which is the biggest cat? a) Foreign to an area a) A leopard b) Occurs naturally in an area b) A cheetah c) Is extinct from the earth c) A lion 7. What is a strelitzia? 14. What does the white rhino eat? a) A flower a) Grass b) A cat b) Leaves c) An insect c) Mielies 8. What is a group of hyenas called? 15. A herbivore eats: a) A clan a) Meat b) A herd b) Plants c) A troop

c) Fish

1.C 2.A 3.B 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.A 8.A 9.A 10.B 11.A 12.C 13.A 14.A 15.B 15.B 14.A 13.A 12.C 11.A 10.B 9.A 8.A 7.A 6.B 5.B 4.C 3.B 2.A 1.C Answers: Game Drive 3 2 1 Which animal am I?

Match the description to the animal picture, by 1. I have to spread my legs to drink water and like to writing the number next to eat the leaves of trees the right picture 2. I have a horn and can be quite bad tempered 3. I always hunt at night and take my kills up a tree 4. I’m big and have large curved horns 5. I come out at night to burrow for termites and ants. I have a sticky tongue 6. I live in a troop and like to groom my friends, eating and fleas off of them 7. I have wings but can’t fly 8. My nose is extra long 9. I am “The King of the Jungle” 10. I have no legs 11. I like to eat on my knees 12. I like to spend my time in the water, waiting for my dinner to come along 13. I hang around in trees, looking for left overs 14. I laugh in the night

15. I soar in the sky and love to eat fish

11.Warthog 12. 13. 14.Hyaena 15.Fish Eagle Eagle 15.Fish 14.Hyaena 13.Vulture 12.Crocodile 11.Warthog

1.Giraffe 2.Rhino 3.Leopard 4.Buffalo 5.Aardvark 6.Baboon 7.Ostrich 8.Elephant 9.Lion 10.Snake 10.Snake 9.Lion 8.Elephant 7.Ostrich 6.Baboon 5.Aardvark 4.Buffalo 3.Leopard 2.Rhino 1.Giraffe Answers: Game Drive 3 3 1 Whose foot prints What sound do 1 4 Choose from the list are these? I make?

Elephant 1. A lion screams Hippo 2. A jackal croaks Giraffe 3. A bird whines Impala 4. An elephant bellows Lion 1 4 5. A frog grunts 6. A hippo hoots 7. A hyaena yelps 8. A monkey hisses 9. A mosquito chatters 10. An owl tweets 11. A rhino roars 2 5 12. A snake laughs 13. A vulture howls 14. A warthog trumpets

15. A cheetah rumbles

14.Grunts 15.Yelps ANSWERS UPSIDE DOWN UPSIDE ANSWERS 15.Yelps 14.Grunts

3 6 13.Screams 12.Hisses 11.Bellows 10.Hoots 9.Whines 8.Chatters 7.Laughs 6.Rumbles 5.Croaks 4.Trumpets 3.Tweets 2.Howls 1.Roars

Answers:

1.Lion 2.Elephant 3.Impala 4.Giraffe 5.Hyaena 6.Hippo 6.Hippo 5.Hyaena 4.Giraffe 3.Impala 2.Elephant 1.Lion Answers: HOPE YOU HAD FUN!