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GIRAFFE ATTACK!

SHE knows this part of the world like the back of her hand.

Nicole Panos (25), a qualified field guide, works at Bhejane Nature Training and serves as student support for those learning to become field guides.

She and her children live not far from her parents at Kuleni Game Park, near Hluhluwe, KwaZulu-Natal, and they regularly walk the 200m stretch through the sand forest to the main house and office.

That afternoon she breastfeeds her daughter and falls asleep with both her kids in her arms. She is woken by a message notification reminding her of an appointment with a student at the office.

She takes a selfie of her and the kids – little does she know it will be

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