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- – Dusty Elton, Johannesbu­rg

The first night I was unprepared and, as a result, I lost a slice of onion. Night two, however, would be different – now I was ready … until I turned my back to check on the fire and heard my cutlery flying around and Bushbaby Bandit dragging my porterhous­e steak away.

The chase was on and the little skelm got about seven metres before I stopped grabbing fresh air and actually got the other end of the steak, at which point he let go and fled up the fence. I washed off the bushbaby seasoning (dirt) and threw the steak on the fire, while my new friend climbed down from the fence and licked up the blood trail from the crime scene.

Over the next few nights, I learnt his MO and managed to get some cool pics, while Mr Bandit was left to dream of the steak that could have been.

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