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Game or quarry is any wild animal hunted for animal products (primarily meat ), for recreation ("sporting"), or for trophies. [ 1] The species of animals hunted as game varies in different parts of the world and by different local jurisdictions, though most are terrestrial mammals and birds. Fish caught non- commercially ( recreational fishing ...
The big five. In Africa, the Big five game animals are the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and African buffalo. [ 1] The term was coined by big-game hunters to refer to the five most difficult animals in Africa to hunt on foot, [ 2][ 3][ 4] but is now more widely used by game viewing tourists and safari tour operators. [ 5][ 2][ 6] They ...
Big–game hunting. Big-game hunting is the hunting of large game animals for trophies, taxidermy, meat, and commercially valuable animal by-products (such as horns, antlers, tusks, bones, fur, body fat, or special organs ). The term is often associated with the hunting of Africa's "Big Five" games ( lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo ...
List of animal names. Mother sea otter with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California. In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups. The best-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is The Book of Saint Albans, an essay on ...
The following is a list of sports/games, divided by category. According to the World Sports Encyclopaedia (2003), there are 8,000 indigenous sports and sporting games . [ 1 ]
Upland game bird. Upland game bird is an American term which refers to non- waterfowl game birds in groundcover -rich terrestrial ecosystems above wetlands and riparian zones (i.e. "uplands"), which are commonly hunted with gun dogs ( pointing breeds, flushing spaniels and retrievers ). [ 1][ 2]
Kim's Game. Kim's Game is a game or exercise played by Scouts, [1] the military, and other groups, in which a selection of objects must be memorised. The game develops a person's capacity to observe and remember details. The name is derived from Rudyard Kipling 's 1901 novel Kim, in which the protagonist plays the game during his training as a spy.
A game reserve (also known as a game park) is a large area of land where wild animals are hunted in a controlled way for sport. [ 1] If hunting is prohibited, a game reserve may be considered a nature reserve; however, the focus of a game reserve is specifically the animals ( fauna ), whereas a nature reserve is also, if not equally, concerned ...