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Jackal returning to its den at dawn With an average life span of 8 to10 years, the jackal is commonly mistaken to be a scavenger. In reality, they are quite versatile hunters. They also are capable of adjusting their diet to what is in season within their territory. Being omnivores, they commonly feed on invertebrates, small mammals such as rodents, hares, dik-dik, antelope fawns; birds like spur-fowls, francolins, guinea-fowl; reptiles like snakes and lizards. However when an opportunity for a free meals arises, such as, a lion having made a kill, the jackal will wait patiently among the vultures to home in on the carcass and quickly grab a piece of meat. Did you know that the main predator of the jackal is the leopard! The female jackal will give birth to 3-6 pups in her underground den and after about 12 months the pups will now leave to search for their own territories.

A young baboon drenched after a short rain in Shimba Hills National Reserve With a life span of about 25 years, there are two types of baboons commonly found in Kenya. The Olive Baboon and the Yellow Baboon. The Olive baboons are a little larger and darker in colour and can be found in the northern and central parts of Kenya. While their Cousins the Yellow Baboons, are smaller and lighter yellow  in colour. They are more commonly found along the coast and southern parts of the country. Baboons are Omnivorous and can usually be seen eating grass, flowers, seeds, berries and insects but they have also been noted hunt down very young gazelle, birds and also on occasion, smaller monkeys such as vervet or sykes monkeys. When a baboon is born, it will spend an average 4 weeks tightly clinching with all four limbs to the under belly of its mother. At about 5 weeks onward, the baby can be noticed riding on its mothers back like a jockey on a hor...

Warthog in Shimba Hills National Reserve The warthog can be found in almost all the national parks that Kenya has to offer. Weighing an average 100 to 200 pounds, they have been known to live for up to 15 years. Known commonly in Swahili as Ngiri, after the first sighting, you will understand why some local guides also refer to them as Kenyan Express! These strange looking but beautiful animals were made famous by the Lion King Cartoon, Pumba, and have become one of the most popular wildlife seen and asked to be seen during a safari.  Warthogs are grazers and you may notice them coming down on their knees as they dig into the ground looking for bulbs and roots with their snout and tusks. Its always entertaining to find them playing and wallowing about in the muddy waterholes. Did you know that Warthogs enter their underground burrows backwards?  The female will gestate for about 170 days and her litt...