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Question 5: Which animals damage your crops?(n=375. More than one type of animal could be cited, and occasionally the particularcrop was mentioned. Listed in descending order).Table 4.2. Animals damaging all types of cropsAnimalNo. ofrespondentsBushpig 310Elephant 231Hippo 159Birds 144Puku 102Buffalo 75Cattle 46Lions 2Duiker 22Warthog 16Porcupine 12Zebra 11Guinea fowl 6dik dik 3Reedbuck 6Frog/toad 5Rodents 146Cane rat 135Hare 7Monkey 55Baboon 208Vervet monkey 106Colobus monkey 3Blue monkey 1Insect 47Caterpillar 24Locusts 6Ants 3Following these questions the respondents were asked for the animal that wasresponsible for the most damage to each crop. Although we asked for one species thatdid the most damage, we were often told that some species did equal amounts ofdamage to the cropsQuestion 6: Which animal does the most damage to rice crops?(n=361. This did notapply to 14 people who did not grow rice).People were able to give more than one answer. Displayed in descending order.29