{"id":252,"date":"2023-10-02T15:53:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observer.photos\/?p=252"},"modified":"2023-10-02T15:53:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T14:53:51","slug":"serval-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observer.photos\/?p=252","title":{"rendered":"Serval sightings&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Serval was on my bucketlist, and we were lucky that on the second day, early in the morning, just 10 minutes outside of Dania Camp, a fellow guide spotted one. We drove a minute and then followed the animal for half an hour or so, until it disappeared. 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