We were talking about this yesterday...the animals we saw the most of were of course antelopes of every kind, followed by elephants and hippos. We only saw 5 lions in the wild and 2 leopards and 2 jackals. We saw lots of wild dogs and hyenas and zebras and giraffes and birds....lots and lots of birds. But there were plenty of animals, reptiles and birds we did not see that were listed in my book to check off.

I think the thing that still amazes me is ...when i look out my backdoor, I see birds and squirrels and deer and turkeys and fox and raccoons and oppossums etc. But when I looked out my backdoor in Botswana, I saw hippos and elephants and crocodiles and baboons and antelope and giraffes and zebras. How did that happen?

The climate and topography is really not that different than the USA. So isn't it just amazing? and in February we are going to new Zealand and Australia and they have unique animals only found there.

I love animals...they are so fascinating