MAGNIFICENT BIG FIVE HAND CARVED WOODEN TOTEM POLE 1M HIGH WITH LEOPARD, RHINO, LION, BUFFALO AND ELEPHANT

THIS IS HAND CARVED BIG FIVE WOODEN TOTEM POLE. FEATURING FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IS A ROARING MALE AFRICAN LION, AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT WITH SWINGING TRUNK, A CAPE BUFFALO BULL, A BLACK RHINO AND AN AFRICAN LEOPARD.
 
ALL CARVED OUT OF ONE SINGLE PIECE OF HARDWOOD 100CM HIGH AND 15CM WIDE AND 15CM DEEP. OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL TEETH, HORNS AND OTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURES IN TACT.
 
THESE ANIMALS WERE NAMED THE BIG 5 BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT ONLY AMONG THE MOST POACHED ANIMALS, BUT ALSO THE MOST DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS TO HUNT ON FOOT. THESE FIVE LARGE AFRICAN MAMMAL SPECIES WERE KNOWN TO BE TREACHEROUS AND IT WAS CONSIDERED A FEAT BY TROPHY HUNTERS IN THE PAST TO BRING THEM HOME.
 
Estimates suggest that elephants kill about 500 humans per year. The trunk is one of its most distinguishing features of elephants. Incredibly, the elephant trunk has up to 40,000 muscles. For comparison, the entire human body has about 600 muscles. 
 
Sometimes referred to as widowmaker or the black death, the Cape buffalo killed more hunters in Africa than any other animal. Today, they reportedly charge thousands of people a year, and kill about 200. They can attack suddenly and unpredictably, causing serious injury with the their huge, curved horns. 
 
Lions are the apex predators of Africa and are known to hunt humans, such as the famous Lions of Tsavo who killed a staggering 35 to 135 railway workers Kenya in 1896. Estimates for lion-related deaths vary year-to-year, but a 2005 study found that in Tanzania alone, lions killed an average of 22 people per year and that 100 people on average are killed by lions every year.
 
Attacks by rhinos are rare but each year countless safari vehicles are charged by angry rhinos who felt threatened. However, they are generally not aggressive towards humans, and only two or three attacks are reported a year. There are five rhino species alive today which include the white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, Indian rhinoceros, Javan rhinoceros, and Sumatran rhinoceros. The white rhino and black rhino are the only two that are indigenous in Africa. All species of rhinoceroses are listed as endangered or vulnerable.
 
Known for their distinctive coat covered in rosettes and spots, leopards have excellent camouflage in their natural habitats. This pattern, along with their ability to move quietly, allows them to approach prey undetected. It is thought that the leopard were a common predator of Australaphiticus Aferensis, a human forebearer, about 3 million to 1 million years ago with some skulls with leopard teeth marks on record.

SIZE: 100CM HIGH 15CM WIDE 15CM DEEP
 
CONDITION: FEW MINOR SCRAPES. OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH ALL TEETH, HORNS AND OTHER DISTINGUISHING FEATURES IN TACT.
 
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