Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
What is South Africa famous for?
Except for the black sheep of the family, apartheid (pun not intended) if anyone hears "South Africa"images of Table Mountain and the big five.
The "Big" in Big five is misleading, as it doesn't refer to the biggest animals in Africa but rather to the most dangerous.
Like DNA 's trilogy of six books, the "five" in big five is also misleading as it includes six species
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