Critter News

AUGUST 16, 2008

Either way, I hate these incredibly intelligent animals being "harvested" as "product." It will allow China to bid for more than 100 tonnes of ivory stockpiled in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe through culling and natural deaths. Britain was one of nine countries which supported the move.

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Elephants China Zimbabwe Namibia 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

As the national bird of Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, the African Fish Eagle is usually very busy whenever it stays in these countries, giving speeches, opening shopping centers, etc. As usual at Kruger, there are a few animals that are irrelevant for birders. Letaba is a largish rest camp in the North central part of the park.

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Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2013

People are often surprised that large predators kills smaller species but its actually a common phenomenon and I have previously seen a Leopard carrying a dead African Wild Cat at Punda Maria in Kruger National Park and Lions killing a Black-backed Jackal in Namibia’s Etosha National Park.

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Leopards Cats Namibia Killing 162

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

forest buffalo goes into first ​ hyena: The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Searching for kiwi is unlike spotlighting that I’ve done while looking for nocturnal animals in the past. Hes previously poked albatrosses with sticks in Hawaii, provided target practice for gulls in California, chased monkeys up and down hills Uganda, wrestled sharks in the Bahamas and played God with grasshopper genetics in Namibia.

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 143

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

These beaters usually take the form of grazing herds of game and domestic animals, and large flocks of carmine bee-eaters may gather overhead. Furthermore, some populations have recently started nesting in South Africa and Namibia. My personal record is 8 species in a morning along the Nile in Uganda’s Murchison Falls National Park.

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Africa Gabon South Africa Uganda 262

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

For number three we need to travel to Mahango Park in Namibia. This is a small and very interesting park in northern Namibia. It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. Here’s my Top 3, with another incident already covered in a previous post. None were found.

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Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 209