Rare sighting: Honey Badger at sunrise

Giant Eagle Owl. pink eyelids, Nyala and Big 5

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August 13th 2015
Geo: -30.5595, 22.9375Up and on the road and decide to head toward Skukuza. First things we see are not your ordinary sightings. We saw a hippo very close to the road who had evidently decided to stay out of the water for awhile. Then there was a very black baboon sitting on the side of the road. The final thing was a giant eagle owl that was spotted by a safari vehicle with a single birder ... read more

Africa » South Africa

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more