Do these stripes make me look fat?

There is actually a benefit for the stripes these zebras have. They are herd animals and when running together from a predator they appear to be a single large mass making it difficult for the lion to pick out a single victem. The kick of a zebra can also prove fatal to a lion as a broken jaw makes it impossible for the lion to eat and thus he starves.

On Safari

April 13th 2006
This past weekend I went on Safari to Kruger National Park. This massive wildlife refuge (it's bigger than the Netherlands) was created in 1898 in response to the poaching and encroaching associated with the South African gold rush. It's hard to use words to describe my experience in this amazing preserve, so instead I will use mainly pictures. I would like to describe one experience I had on t ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Free State » Drakensberg

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

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