"Big Five" African Game Animals

Can you name the African animals called the "Big Five" because they were supposedly the most difficult to hunt?

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Cape Buffalo

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88 Comments

Level 76

Dec 8, 2016

Hippos are more dangerous then rhinos. Crocodiles are responsible for more deaths than any of these. Mosquitoes probably even more.

+34

Level 55

Dec 9, 2016

The amount of deaths don't really matter. The Big 5 originatef from hunters as these animals were seen as the most difficult to hunt.

Level 66

Aug 28, 2017

Groucho included a verse on hunting mosquitos as a big game hunter in Africa in "Hooray for Captain Spaulding": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67FUMaO-80I at 2:20 or so.

Level 66

Jul 7, 2024

This morning I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. How it got into my pyjamas I'll never know.

+12

Level 73

Apr 21, 2020

Yes, if it was about most difficult to hunt mosquito is definitely number one!!

Edit: even harder with a shotgun!

Level 59

Jul 4, 2024

I killed hundreds of mosquitos, but not a single one of the big five, so I wouldn't call them difficult to hunt. But they are by no way close to extinction, while some of the big 5 are, what a shame...

Level 65

Feb 5, 2022

Not that hard to hunt you just need Some lights or blood and an big spatel

Level 77

May 2, 2017

I demand that "mosquitoes" replace "buffalo" and finally claim their rightful place as a member of The Big Five.

Level 50

May 2, 2017

Wouldn't the actual member of the Big 5 then be the Malaria Virus???

Level 35

May 2, 2017

The Big Five is the considered the most DIFFICULT to hunt, You can't bunt Malaria.

+10

Level 67

May 2, 2017

Who goes mosquito hunting? Guy 1: "I hear buzzing"Guy 2: "I'll get the Off sir."

Level 56

Aug 28, 2017

It's called the BIG five for a reason.

Level 34

Jul 7, 2018

...mosquitos would be the big 5 trillion...

Level 65

Feb 5, 2022

Bufalo is for hunters the most dangerous out of these because they pretend to be killed and when the hunters get close they stand up and attack

Level 68

May 28, 2024

Good for them

Level 69

May 3, 2017

Hippos kill the most people in Africa every year. (Mosquitoes would kill more, technically, due to malaria etc., but it's not direct)

Level 40

Jan 4, 2021

But... that doesn't matter in this quiz....

Level 78

Jul 4, 2024

It's a response to incorrect assertion above that crocodiles kill more.

Level 35

Dec 2, 2017

If you can give me an example of someone who hunts mosquitoes i will give 50 bucks

Level 34

Jul 7, 2018

...me, i do...where's me fifty bucks?...

Level 73

Apr 21, 2020

To find people who have never hunted a mosquito in their live is much more impressive! Maybe someone that lives in antartica?

Level 65

Feb 5, 2022

I hunt mosquitos in my room With a flesh eating plant if you really wanna hunt mosquitos it isnt that hard or dangerous for the hunter if hé is prepared

Level 59

Jul 4, 2024

Well spoken, but hunting them unprepared can be very dangerous, falling from chairs you climbed on, getting hit by things you knocked from shelfs, getting a heart attack...

Level 90

May 2, 2017

It isn't leopard but cheetah..

Level 16

May 2, 2017

I'm pretty sure it's leopard

Level 78

Aug 28, 2017

Definitely leopard. I would never call a cheetah "big" anyway.

Level 68

Mar 17, 2022

Yeah, there is no documented record of a cheetah ever killing a human. However there are records of single leopards killing over 150 people in their lifetime alone!

Level 67

Jan 11, 2024

Leopards are just cheetahs but better. I'm pretty sure it's leopard.

Level 76

May 2, 2017

Beautiful, but sad, photo - what these lands look like now that the poachers have been and gone.

Level 67

May 2, 2017

Shouldn't bison be accepted for buffalo?

Level 61

May 2, 2017

Bison is a synonym for the American buffalo, which is quite different than the African cape buffalo

Level 55

May 2, 2017

No cheetah? And why Buffalo?

Level 16

May 2, 2017

Cheetahs aren't really considered a game animal, as they're elusive and not as dangerous as the other two. And buffalo are one of the more dangerous ones because they have an extremely short temper, and if you wound one and have to go after it, it will try to kill you. That's if it doesn't decide it doesn't like you before you have a chance to shoot.

Level 69

Aug 28, 2017

Yeah, these aren't docile bisons, they're mean-ass cape buffalo. Wouldn't go anywhere near them.

Zebras are pretty damn mean too.

Level 68

Jun 1, 2021

Cheetah's are very timid animals and Cape Buffalos are....not

Level 73

May 2, 2017

we didnt make the rules, africa did

Level 81

May 3, 2017

the big five are on our currency in my country. full of win.

Level 79

Aug 28, 2017

this one? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/67/40/7c/67407c86d0272b2c9a6482ee7a3eae8d.jpg

Level 73

Aug 28, 2017

Neat quiz, for how well known leopards were to hunt they sure can be hard to spot on safari from experience. Can you do an African Animals quiz?

Level 35

Aug 30, 2017

What type?

Level 81

Aug 28, 2017

What about man, the most dangerous game?

Level 78

Aug 28, 2017

Are you saying that man is hunted as game as well? That would take poaching to a whole new level!

Level 81

Aug 28, 2017

It's a literary reference.

Level 34

Jul 7, 2018

...three poachers were hunted by lions recently which killed and ate them...now there's justice for you...lion 3 poachers 0...

Level 68

Oct 10, 2024

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Dangerous_Game

Level 62

Aug 28, 2017

The big five varies by region. It looks like you have the ones for South Africa here.

Level 80

Aug 28, 2017

Yeah, get it, having lived in East Africa some years (mosquitoes and all), and the only question that comes to mind is why would you post a quiz this mindless and overall horrible? Think about it, when over a few decades elephant populations have been reduced by about half in Tanzania. DIFFICULT to hunt?

Level 81

Aug 28, 2017

We posted it just to make you angry.

Level 35

Sep 14, 2017

How is it mindless and overall horrible, it's basically just general knowledge to know.

Level 65

Feb 5, 2022

Although they are in decline in tanzania there are a lot of nature reserves in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana zambia and zimbabwe where there are far too many elephants and they are destroying the ecosystem also big 5 are most dangerous animals to hunt for the hunters themselves so mosquitos would not be on the list because they are not that dangerous to the hunters themselves at that moment and when they are prepared for malaria and stuff like that

Level 64

Aug 28, 2017

people who hunt and kill these animals are the lowest type of scumbags.

Level ∞

Aug 28, 2017

http://www.radiolab.org/story/rhino-hunter/

Level 78

Aug 28, 2017

We need a top 5 kinds of scumbag quiz

Level 65

Feb 5, 2022

This is just stupid to say. Since in countries like South Africa Namibia Botswana Zambia and Zimbabwe there are too many elephants destroying the ecosystem there and a lot of the illegal poachers are forced to hunt these animals by people higher up

Level 65

Aug 28, 2017

Anyone else surprised to not see the cheetah? I mean, they are the fastest land mammal last time I checked...

Level 35

Aug 30, 2017

But does that come into any point of matter?

Level 21

Aug 28, 2017

anyone that kills one of these animals for sport.. deserve a gun shot to the head

Level 40

Nov 19, 2022

and anyone that kills a mosquito?

and if you enjoy meat?

Is meat ok if you at least feel guilty?

Use your passion positively.

Level 67

Jan 11, 2024

They're talking about poachers

Level 79

Jul 4, 2024

They said killing for sport. That's very different than hunting for food, and none of these animals are hunted primarily for food.

Level 14

Sep 5, 2017

Despite mosquitos being responible for more deaths I just imagine some kind of big game hunter trying to kill a mosquito for game and just shooting in the air and two other hunters are watching him have some gun seizure. XD

Level 35

Sep 7, 2017

Finally someone actually gets the point!

Level 23

Feb 9, 2018

why are we talking about mosquitoes? they are so small and this is the BIG FIVE. plus you dont hunt mosquitoes

Level 23

Feb 9, 2018

i agree with myself

Level 23

Feb 9, 2018

thanks. do yu like greeen tea

Level 47

Jan 30, 2019

The most dangerous game is man

Level 80

Dec 26, 2020

But they're not game animals.

Level 62

Jun 3, 2019

What do y'all not understand about "being difficult to hunt." Mosquitoes do kill more than the rest of these combined but they're not difficult to hunt. I kill them every day out of spite.

Level 59

Dec 1, 2020

I put bison rather than buffalo... where is my brain today?

Level 80

Dec 26, 2020

Me too!

Level 61

Dec 3, 2020

I think that Hippo, Crocodile, and Gorilla are definitely harder to hunt than Cape Buffalos. You just have to fire into a herd of Buffalos several times to kill a few of them, while the three animals above are deadlier and more elusive than buffalos. In my opinion, Hippos are far more dangerous than rhinos as well.

Level 65

Jul 13, 2023

Cape buffalo is a huge animal that survive a single gun shot a lot of times and pretend they are dead than when the hunter gets close to them they stand up and kill them

Level 67

Jan 11, 2024

Please do more research. Cape buffalo are absolute tanks and one of the deadliest animals in Africa, which is saying A LOT. They are also absolutely dedicated to making sure you die.

Level 76

Dec 26, 2020

What's DIFFICULT about an elephant to hunt? They move as slow as a snail, and even a crook shot couldnt miss they are so big?

Level 80

Dec 26, 2020

Maybe they are more difficult to kill due to their massive size and thick skin. A single bullet may agitate the elephant may not be sufficient to kill one.

Level 66

Dec 26, 2020

Maybe we assume hunting with rifles but really it is about hunting them with spears and daggers?

Level 77

Jul 4, 2024

Slow as a snail? Their max speed (40km/h) is slightly slower than Usain "The Tortoise" Bolt (44km/h)

Level 80

Dec 26, 2020

Giraffes are pretty big too.

Level 86

Dec 26, 2020

I wish someone would start a rumor in the Far East that powdered poachers' bones have incredible medicinal value, and that daggers with handles made from poachers' skulls are the new status symbol.

Level 41

Jun 3, 2021

leopard lion buffalo rhino elephant. um, crocodiles hippos mosquitos african hunting dogs??? thats dumb!!!!!!!!!

Level 65

Nov 8, 2023

pretty sure the rhino in the Big 5 is specifically the more aggressive black rhino and not the white rhino, maybe reflect that in the answer (or at least take that as a typein)

Level 66

Jun 29, 2024

Ebola should be on here, as anyone who has seen the Ugandan movie “Ebola Hunter” should know.

Level 78

Jul 4, 2024

quiz about animals that kill and eat people:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/128473/man-eaters-animals-that-eat-people

Level 84

Jul 4, 2024

None of y'all have read Death in the Long Grass and it shows.

Level 78

Jul 4, 2024