South African Photographs
Monday, March 30, 2015

Elephant - mixed herds

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Although animals mix freely at waterholes, elephants dominate and will chase others away. Young elephants have a lot of fun running...
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Thursday, March 26, 2015

Kerstens Sprite (Psuedagrion kersteni)

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Family Coenagrionidae A mating pair - the female being held under the water during the process.
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Sunday, March 22, 2015

Long-tailed Starling

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Family Sturnidae A local resident in the northern regions and are fruit and insect eaters.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Small Orange Tip (Colotis evagore antigone)

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Family Pieridae Pierinae A smallish butterfly with a wingspan of 28-35mm in the males who are larger than females. They are found t...
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Saturday, March 14, 2015

Serrated Hinged Terrapin (Pelusios sinuatus)

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Family Pelomedusidae This is the largest of our fresh water terrapins with the females being bigger than the males and can weigh up to 7...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Marbled Electric Ray (Torpedo sinuspersici)

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Family Torpedinidae   What luck! Taking a walk on the beach and looking into the rock pools, I found this Marbled Electric Ray (Torpe...
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Friday, March 6, 2015

Buquet's Vagrant (Nepheronia buquetii)

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Family Pieridae  At a glance this looks exactly like the green form of African Migrant (Catopsilia florella ), its green eyes make it a ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Hermit Crab fight - Yellow-banded Hermit Crab (ClibanariusVirescens)

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In a shallow tidal pool, I came across three Hermit Crabs fighting for the possession of a larger shell. For a while I thought the drab g...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Elephant touching

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Elephants not only use their trunks for eating, smelling and drinking, but also touching each other, especially when young. This re-e...
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Rock Hyrax (Dassie)

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 Family Hyracoidae Procaviidae The Rock Hyrax reaches a length of 50 cm (20 in) and weighs around 4 kg (8.8 lb),   They eat a varied...
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