White Rhino @ Renosterpan - 70 Points
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 10:26 am
White Rhino @ Renosterpan
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Renosterpan
Renosterpan
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Black Rhino @ Renosterkoppies - 100 points
Posted: Tue May 21, 2019 10:27 am
Black Rhino @ Renosterkoppies
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Renosterpan
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White Rhino @ Renosterkoppies - 70 points
Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 3:50 pm
White Rhino @ Renosterkoppies
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Woodland Thicket Rat - 150 Points
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 5:16 pm
Woodland Thicket Rat (Woodland Mouse) Grammomys dolichurus
Small arboreal mouse, with dull gingery-brown dorsal pelage and an extremely long tufted tail. Dorsal pelage gingery-brown or cinnamon-brown suffused with grey and black. Ventral pelage usually pure white, clearly delineated from dorsal pelage, often with thin band of pale orange between dorsal and ventral pelage. Head gingery-brown; ears short and rounded, covered with short ginger hairs. Chin and throat white. Feet white. Digit 1 of forefoot reduced to stump without claw. Hindfeet relatively short, Digit 5 long, adapted for grasping small twigs. Tail very long, scaly, with short brown or black bristles; long black hairs form terminal pencil at tip.
Woodland Thicket Rats are nocturnal and typically arboreal. They are highly agile and have various adaptations for climbing, including a long digit on the hindfoot and a long tail for balance. They build spherical nests from grasses and leaves with a single entrance up to about 4 m above the ground. They are considered communal, and several individuals or family groups have been found within the same nest.
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Small arboreal mouse, with dull gingery-brown dorsal pelage and an extremely long tufted tail. Dorsal pelage gingery-brown or cinnamon-brown suffused with grey and black. Ventral pelage usually pure white, clearly delineated from dorsal pelage, often with thin band of pale orange between dorsal and ventral pelage. Head gingery-brown; ears short and rounded, covered with short ginger hairs. Chin and throat white. Feet white. Digit 1 of forefoot reduced to stump without claw. Hindfeet relatively short, Digit 5 long, adapted for grasping small twigs. Tail very long, scaly, with short brown or black bristles; long black hairs form terminal pencil at tip.
Woodland Thicket Rats are nocturnal and typically arboreal. They are highly agile and have various adaptations for climbing, including a long digit on the hindfoot and a long tail for balance. They build spherical nests from grasses and leaves with a single entrance up to about 4 m above the ground. They are considered communal, and several individuals or family groups have been found within the same nest.
Elephant @ Jumbo Waterhole - 60 Points
Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 9:52 am
Elephants @ Jumbo Waterhole
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Jumbo Waterhole
Jumbo Waterhole
Hippo @ Luvuvhu River - 60 Points
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 4:00 pm
Hippo @ Luvuvhu River
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(Elwyn Jenkins: Falling Into Place: The Story of Modern South African Place Names)The Luvuvhu river, derived from ludi (water) and mvuvhu (hippopotamus), takes its name from the hippopotamuses at the confluence of the Luvuvhu and Limpopo rivers.
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3 -in-1: Impala, Vervet Monkey & Warthog - 80 Points
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:07 am
3 -in-1: Impala, Vervet Monkey & Warthog
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H1-3
H1-3
2 -in-1: Vervet Monkey & Warthog - 50 Points
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:08 am
2 -in-1: Vervet Monkey & Warthog
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H1-3
H1-3
3 -in-1: Hippo, Kudu & Warthog - 80 Points
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:10 am
3 -in-1: Hippo, Kudu & Warthog
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Sunset Dam
Sunset Dam
3 -in-1: Hippo, Kudu & Zebra - 80 Points
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 9:12 am
3 -in-1: Hippo, Kudu & Zebra
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Sunset Dam
Sunset Dam