Lions wait in ambush, with scavengers such as hyenas and jackals eying good pickings.

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There are giraffes aplenty, herds of antelope too, and wild pigs, monkeys, jackals and brilliantly coloured birds.

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Media Jackals like this columnist must look elsewhere to sustain your interest.

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"All of the bloggers who were online on other predators (such as crocodiles, jackals and birds) are now sharing each other's technology and learning from each other and exchanging, " she says.

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Adult elephants, monkeys and jackals also became regular visitors.

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The regime, says Prof Juergens, also drives wider benefits, with the insects becoming a valuable food resource for a whole range of other animals such as geckos, moles, aardvarks, jackals, spiders, ants and the like.

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