Nile crocodile zebras and blue wildebeests ("Connochaetes taurinus"), picking off hundreds of these large ungulates annually. All domesticated ungulates and pet animals will on occasion be hunted by Nile crocodiles, up to the size of dromedary camels ("Camelus dromedarius") and cattle ("Bos taurus") In Tanzania, up to 54 head of cattle may be lost to crocodiles annually, increasing the human-crocodile conflict level. Goats ("Capra aegagrus hircus"), donkeys ("Equus africanus asinus") and dogs ("Canis lupus familiaris") may also rank amongst the most regularly recorded domesticated animals to be taken by Nile crocodiles. Particularly large adults, on occasion, take on even larger prey, such
Julius Africanus is a persistent belief in some quarters that Africanus was actually an African. However, being the son of a Gallic chief he was a member of a Celtic tribe. This confusion probably arises from an incorrect belief that the Roman cognomen Africanus means from Africa (i.e. born in Africa) rather than the correct meaning of famous relation to Africa. The name Africanus originated with Scipio Africanus, who defeated Carthage (in North Africa) during the Second Punic War. Julius Africanus Julius Africanus was a celebrated orator in the reign of Nero, and seems to have been the son of the Julius