Tagged: black-backed jackals

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Black-backed jackals

 A small mammal that we come across often on our travels is the Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas).  This fox-like animal is fairly common in most habitats, but especially in the game reserves in southern...

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A visit to the Cape Cross Seal Colony

On our journey to the Skeleton Coast Park we stopped off at Cape Cross, 115km north of Swakopmund, to see a breeding colony of between 80 000 and 100 000 Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus...

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Botswana 2010

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Botswana 2010 : Polentswa

The road from Kaa Gate to Polentswa takes one through the most magnificent savannah and woodland scenery.  With no time pressures and no problems with grass seeds we were able to enjoy the animals...