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4 days ago

𝘾𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙀𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝘼𝙁𝙍𝙄𝘾𝘼’𝙎 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝘿 𝘿𝙊𝙂: 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙑𝙄𝙏𝘼𝙇 𝙍𝙊𝙇𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙑𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙍𝙏𝙄𝙀𝙎
African wild dog (𝙇𝙮𝙘𝙖𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙨) is an endangered species, with fewer than 600 left in South Africa.

Despite many threats to their survival, free-ranging wild dogs still occur in the mountainous landscape of the Waterberg, Limpopo. The Waterberg includes a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and is an area of high conservation importance due to the many endemic species found in the region. Many of the land uses in the Waterberg include ecotourism, hunting, and game ranching, which are conducive to conserving natural habitat for wildlife, including free-
ranging carnivores such as African wild dogs.
Waterberg Biosphere Reserve
💡The Waterberg wild dog population is one of South Africa’s last free-ranging African wild dog
populations.
Waterberg Wild Dogs

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Dabchick Wildlife Reserve

1 month ago

𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝! 𝐆𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐤𝐤𝐞!
𝐑𝐖𝐂 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬! 𝟐𝟖 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑!
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Wishing the Springboks the best of luck in the Rugby World Cup against the All Blacks!

South Africa's national rugby team, with its rich history and significance, is a symbol of unity and pride, as exemplified by Nelson Mandela's support for the sport. It's indeed a rugby nation to be reckoned with.

💡The springbok or springbuck (𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙘𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨) is a medium-sized antelope found mainly in south and southwest Africa.

The springbok has been a national symbol of South Africa since the 20th century. It was adopted as a nickname or mascot by several South African sports teams, most famously by the national rugby union team. Also, the winged springbok served as the logo of South African Airways from 1934 to 1997. The springbok is the national animal of South Africa.

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Dabchick Wildlife Reserve

2 months ago

𝘿𝘼𝘽𝘾𝙃𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙒𝙄𝙇𝘿 𝘽𝙄𝙍𝘿𝙎
𝐃𝐖𝐑 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡!
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑
𝐊𝐥𝐚𝐚𝐬’𝐬 𝐜𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐨𝐨
(𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙮𝙭 𝙠𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙨)
𝐈𝐔𝐂𝐍 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬:
Least Concern

The species was named 𝙇𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙚 𝙆𝙡𝙖𝙖𝙨 by French explorer François Le Vaillant in 1806, in his book 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙭 𝙙'𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 in recognition of his Khoikhoi servant and assistant, named Klaas, who found the type specimen.

🎵The Afrikaans name meitjie is derived from its call, meitjie, meitjie, meitjie, an onomatopoeic rendition of the name for a young maidservant.

Klaas's cuckoo is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 inches) in length. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism. Males have a glossy green body with few markings and plain white underparts. Females have a bronze-brown body, greenish wing coverts and faintly barred white underparts. Viewed in flight, the male is largely white with dark primaries and females appear mostly brown. Males and females both have a small white post-ocular patch.

💡They parasitise a wide variety of hosts of three main groups – sunbirds, batises and warblers. Over the millennia, brood parasitic species and their hosts have been locked in an evolutionary struggle (this has also been compared to an ‘arms race’) with the host evolving strategies to minimise the threats of parasitism, while the cuckoos evolved ways of improving their successes.

💡At Dabchick Wildlife Reserve we have a breeding pair as summer visitors, present between September and March. Fairly common and widespread across the Waterberg, less so in the surrounding thorn savanna (61% in, 39% out; recorded in 54% of the Waterberg pentads); frequents woodland; would be much overlooked were it not for the male's characteristic 'meitjie' call.
Waterberg Biosphere Reserve

🎼 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 & 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬!
ebird.org/species/klacuc1?siteLanguage=en_ZA
🎬 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬!
Visit youtu.be/pRTVGf4jTuw for a sound recording of the Klaas’s cuckoo. Published by Lynette Rudman.
📷 © Derek Keats

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Dabchick Wildlife Reserve

2 months ago

Another highlight at #AACAA8 was Dr Peter Oberem’s presentation on "Wild Meat Value Chains and Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa" that presented the opportunity of sustainable game ranching and wild meat/game meat production.

The need for such initiatives is underscored by challenges like a growing population, limited suitable land for traditional agriculture, poverty, and climate change. Game ranching is positioned as a solution, offering benefits such as food security, economic stability, job creation, and environmental restoration. The potential for wild meat/game meat is emphasised, given its global scarcity and health benefits compared to intensively farmed livestock.

This approach could provide food security, create jobs, boost economic growth, and address surplus animal populations/carrying capacity. It also offers environmental benefits like rewilding and carbon sequestration. However, constraints include legislative hurdles, bureaucratic challenges, opposition from anti-hunting groups, and disease control issues.

In conclusion, Dr Oberem calls for concerted efforts to seize this golden opportunity to contribute to Sustainable Development Goals and address pressing regional challenges.

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