When the Mongooses Came to Visit 09 Breeding Herd

When the Mongooses Came to Visit

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August 17th 2011
Geo: -24.7655, 26.2917On my way to the hide this afternoon I came across a troop of Banded Mongoose. There are quite a few varieties, the type that come visit the lodge are banded mongoose. I stayed and watched them for a little while as they crawled all over each other and made little chirping like sound.At the hide there was a little terrapin sitting on a rock in the waterhole sun baking- lu ... 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