Simon, our guide, is thoughtful, smart, easy going, articulate, always early.  We listen carefully.  Simon says:   There is only one dominant male impala per herd.  The male has all the 30 or 40 females to himself, and all the other males have to stay together in their own herd with not one female!   You can tell an impala from a springbok or antelope or gazelle by the “M” on their butt in black.   The only thing he has seen kill an ostrich is a lion.   A hippo is the most dangerous animal to humans in Africa,  because if you happen to be on their path between their grazing and the water, they will make a point of stomping and biting you to death out of irritation despite your attempt to flee.   A hippo can bite an alligator in half, and will, if one tries to take a bite out of him.   He once had a two cheetahs use his truck as a shield to sneak up on an antelope in front of his truck.  They not only killed it, but ate it on the spot and he had to wait an hour!   Hyenas are about the only enemy a lion has,  and will routinely steal the lions’ dinner. And they kill just for fun.   Entry gates to lodges here have hanging electrified wires to keep the elephants from entering via the road.  They don’t work because the clever beasts knocked down the giant posts on each side of the road and then marched in.   More another time on Simon, much more.