TL;DR – Death Stalks Like A Marabou Stork
Meet Africa’s Marabou Stork. Its unfeathered head and neck give this scavenger a calm and patient mien of morbidity. Continue reading TL;DR – Death Stalks Like A Marabou Stork
Category: Africa
Dimorphic Egret – Meet this East African mystery bird
East Africa’s Dimorphic Egret closely resembles the Western Reef-Egret, until you look for the differences. Easy, huh? You wish! Continue reading Dimorphic Egret – Meet this East African mystery bird
Encounter – African Coral-rag Skink
The harsh habitat of the Zanzibar coastline shelters a uniquely adapted reptile, the African Coral-rag Skink Continue reading Encounter – African Coral-rag Skink
Savannah Sprinter – A day at the office with the cheetah
You’ve seen it all before in television documentaries, but watching a cheetah stalk and hunt its prey in the epic theatre of the African savannah is a whole other trip! Continue reading Savannah Sprinter – A day at the office with the cheetah
When the search ends – musings from Kruger
A morning safari at Kruger evokes the question: What if animals thought as humans did? Continue reading When the search ends – musings from Kruger
Big encounters with the ‘Little 5’ of the Namib Desert
Unbelievable but true, the tiny Palmate Gecko and the diaphanous Cartwheeling Spider can hold a candle to the Big 5! Continue reading Big encounters with the ‘Little 5’ of the Namib Desert