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cub with mantle

the mantle, i.e. the white, long fur covering the back of the neck and head of little cheetahs, is meant to make them look like honey badgers, who are notoriously aggressive and even scare lions away...
Four little ambassadors

October 4th 2011
‘You see, lady, I don’t have much money, and sometimes I don’t even know, how to pay my bills. But I get up every morning and I decide I am going to be happy. Because, lady, I believe that happiness doesn’t just happen - we choose to be happy.’ These wise words concluded the conversation I had with the taxi driver who took me from Cape Town Airport to Stellenbosch. It had been interestin ... read more
Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Stellenbosch

South African Flag 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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