Revealing the stories of the mighty Southern African Bushveld and how you can get to know it more intimately.
Revealing the stories of the mighty Southern African Bushveld… and sometimes from a little further afield. Stories of the tiniest creatures to the largest flora, and the phenomena that takes place in between. Through the page I will also notify you of events taking place where you can get to know the Bushveld a little more intimately.
06/12/2017
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Recent discoveries on how Rhino's use their dung to send signals to other Rhinos.
Dung heaps are rhinos' Facebook: study | Daily Maverick Rhinos signal gender, age, and sexual availability in their poo, said a study Wednesday which suggested mammals may use communal dung heaps as social networking sites.
Medicinal uses of nature ;)
11/12/2015
A glimpse into part of why we love the natural world so much?
"The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry
27/11/2015
You win some, you lose some.
24/08/2015
One of the reasons insects who undergo total metamorphosis are so successful is that the adults do not compete with the young for the same food source.
3-D Scans Reveal Caterpillars Turning Into Butterflies The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is one of the most exquisite in the natural world. Within the chrysalis, an inching, cylindrical eating machine remakes itself into a beautiful flyi...
17/05/2015
Have you seen these guys in your garden? The common Fiscal Shrike? The males often perch conspicuously on top of poles, fences or on branches to make other males aware of their presence and call from there if need be. They also dart down to catch insects and return to their perches. The females have a bit of rufus colour on their flanks. Look out for them in your garden.
Birds in Bandjoun: Fiscal Shrike A Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris) gives a few call notes.
01/05/2015
Bush Talks First Walk
29/04/2015
There are many groups of organisms which act like a single being, bees, ants, termites are some of the obvious examples. This phenomena has been described as akin to the human brain, where each neuron is not very intelligent by it's self, but collectively the neurons could be the brain of Stephen Hawking. Perhaps the ant colony is the individual and not the ant.
★ Giant Ant Colony Excavated ★ This abandoned ant colony revealed how genius these tiny creatures are. Ants live underground -- we usually see a relatively small exit on the surface. But y...