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NK & EP Pans
Mon, 26/07/2010 - 7:09am
#1
NK & EP Pans
Mon, 13/05/2013 - 2:11am
#2
Thanks for posting all these vids. The latest one with the vultures, however, I just could watch. Hate those birds, althoungh I know that the lay their role in the big circle of life... I just can't stand watching them eating and tearinmg apart a carcass...
Tue, 07/05/2013 - 6:58pm
#3
Mon, 29/04/2013 - 10:26pm
#4
Ardea melanocephala (Black-headed heron)
Mon, 25/03/2013 - 5:24pm
#5
N K O R H O
E L E P H A N T - P L A I N S
TEMBE
IDUBE
P A N S
NKORHO LODGE TO
ELEPHANT PLAINS
8 MILES 12.8 KM
IN STRAIGHT LINE
16 MILES 25.7 KM TO IDUBE
IN STRAIGHT LINE
DISTANCE TO TEMBE
FROM ALL 3 LODGES
240 MILES 386 KM BY AIR
The map below summarises all of the commercial operations within the Sabi Sand Reserve.
On each property's page, you will also find a map denotng the area owned by the property (dark orange) vs the area traversed by the property on game drives (light orange).
The blank areas are non-commercial concerns, or fall outside of the Sabi Sand Reserve.
dec 05
from ernest robbertse
The "Pan" is a natural waterhole ,, which fills most summers from rain and winters (our dry season) is pumped ,,, The "Pan" is about a mile from the road/South boundary of the park ,,, When the wind blows from the south is carries all the exotic noises with it . The lodge is about 3 miles west of the pan.,,,,,,,, We have just received 2 more solar panels and will fit these soonest so as to extend the night time viewing . Tech Support (Verne) is 200 miles away. This spring is the wettest in 15 years so hopefully our 10yr drought is broken
10 square miles is approximately 3.333 miles in width and length-
100 square miles is approximately 33.33 miles in width and length
115 square miles is approximately 49.995 miles in width and length
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--- if my math is correct ---of course tembe is not a square shape park -
'Manyeleti' river - means "Place of Stars
ELEPHANT PLAINS AIR STRIP
lephant Plains Game Lodge is situated in the Sabi Sand Game Reserve ... The airstrip is 1200m - 3937 FEET - long,
VIDEO OF PLANE TAKING OFF CLICK HERE
PLANE LANDING CLICK HERE
Thu, 07/02/2013 - 11:47am
#6
A F R I C A N - E L E P H A N T
Letaba Elephant Hall - Home of the Magnificent Seven
The Magnificent Seven
Loxodonta africana
ELEPHANT INFORMATION REPOSITORY
INFO CLICK HERE
INFO CLICK HERE
CLICK HERE
Thu, 07/02/2013 - 11:41am
#7
Hippopotamus - Hippopotamus amphibius
Huberta:
the wandering star of the Eastern Cape
One of King William's Town's most famous residents is Huberta the hippo. In November 1928, for reasons known only to herself, Huberta began a long trek from St Lucia in Zululand to the Eastern Cape. For three years, she took a 1 600km wandering path southwards and her adventures captured the imagination of the nation and the world.
In March 1931, Huberta reached East London, having crossed 122 rivers. A month later, three hunters shot and killed her while she was basking in the Keiskamma River. Her body was found floating downstream.
There was a national outrcy and her killers were tracked down. They pleaded ignorance about her identity, but were fined £25 each for destroying royal game.
Huberta's body was recovered and, on her return from a taxidermist in London in 1932, more than 20 000 people flocked to see the mounted animal on loan to the Durban Museum for two months.
Did you know?
- The name hippopotamus comes from the Greek "hippos," meaning horse, these animals were once called "river horses." But the hippo is more closely related to the pig than the horse.
- cam pic of the day - dakota ( AKA MAVIS )
Carnivory in Hippos
info click here
cow and calf click here
cow and calf under water click here
yawn click here
Thu, 07/02/2013 - 11:34am
#8
snakes that have been at NKORHO
snouted cobra, Naja annulifera
CLICK HERE IMAGES
BOOMSLANG SNAKE RELEASE
NKORHO
Boomslang / Boomslang
oct - 15 2009 nk pan
Boomslang
(Dendroaspis polylepis)
VERY DANGEROUS
this is second one i have seen
released at the nk pan
i belive this is ranger - greg
The boomslang is one of the few colubrid snakes capable of producing a lethal bite in humans. The venom, which is injected through very long rear fangs, acts slowly to impair the blood's ability to clot, resulting in death by hemorrhage.
The venom of the boomslang is primarily a hemotoxin. It disables the blood clotting process and the victim may well die as a result of internal and external bleeding
Other signs and symptoms include: headache, nausea, sleepiness and mental disorders. Because the venom is slow to act, symptoms may not be manifest until many hours after the bite
On the one hand, this provides time for procuring the serum, while on the other hand it may lead victims to underestimate the seriousness of the bite. (Snakes of any species can on occasion fail to inject venom when they bite and after a few hours without ill-effect the victim may fall into the error of supposing that the injury was not serious). The bite can however make the victim feel better a few hours before death and immediately before death the victim will bleed from every orifice in their body.
snake grabber device
Thu, 07/02/2013 - 11:29am
#9
Spotted Eagle Owl --Bubo africanus
click here the pot plant owl
cam pic of the day FANI
THE OWL PAGES CLICK HERE
info click here
IMAGES CLICK HERE
Thu, 07/02/2013 - 11:25am
#10
Chacma Baboon ( Papio ursinus )
JACK THE CHACMA BABOON
click here - story
IN 1877 RAILROAD MAN JAMES WIDE
in the book of lists -- the top 10 smartest
animals were listed -- JACK WAS NUMBER ONE
RIN TIN TIN - DOG (3) TRIGGER THE HORSE (10)
Chacma Baboon ( Papio ursinus )
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Chacma baboon
named "Jackie".
FOR THE FULL STORY
CLICK HERE
MORE INFO ADDED
The friendly & highly intelligent monkey became a great favourite with the other soldiers & was made the regimental mascot & was issued with rations, a uniform & a pay book !!!
He was an excellent soldier, always smartly turned out, friendly & respectful, giving a proper salute to every passing officer.
TWO TRUE STORIES ABOUT BABOONS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
http://www.krugerpark.co.za/africa_chacma_baboon.html
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/chacma_baboon.htm
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/mammals/primates/papio_hamadryas.htm
http://www.arkive.org/chacma-baboon/papio-ursinus/
JACK THE CHACMA BABOON
When the Cape Government Railways opened the first railway line to Port Elizabeth from Cape Town during the later part of the 1800’s the town Uitenhage was established. The railway station became world renown when the local railway guard James Edwin Wide had a working baboon Jack the Signalman that assisted him in his daily tasks.
IN 1877
in the book of lists -- the top 10 smartest
animals were listed -- JACK WAS NUMBER ONE
RIN TIN TIN - DOG (3) TRIGGER THE HORSE (10)
http://ninjashoes.net/forum/showthread.php?61797-Jack-the-Signalman&s=4510bed31e3d3fcf9523d854dc614438
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Chacma baboon
named "Jackie".
Villieria, on the outskirts of Pretoria south africa
Jackie was an unlikely choice as mascot for the 3rd SA Infantry (Transvaal Regiment) and spent three years, on and off, in the front line, in the mud and blood of the trenches in France and Flanders and went "over the top" with the 3rd SAI during the heavy fighting in which they were engaged.
http://www.samvoa.org/jackie.html
Thu, 07/02/2013 - 11:16am
#11
The South African Sharptooth Catfish,
which is also known as the Barbel, is a common FISH in South African waters.
AFRICAN MAGUR - SHARPTOOTHED- CATFIS BARBEL -SKERPTAND BARBER
info in fish
The African catfish is a dominant freshwater fish. It can grow to between 1.4 and 2m long and can weigh anything from 8kgs to 59kgs. The South African angling record is 35 kgs, however a 58.9kg specimen was caught in the Vaal River. Its body colouration varies from olive green, to brown and black with the flanks often uniform grey to olive-yellow with dark slate or greenish brown back. Underparts are pale olive to white and are mottled irregularly with dark brownish green, or uniformly silvery olive.
It is a heavy boned, flat headed fish with premaxilla and lower joa pointed teeth arranged in several rows and four pairs of long trailing sensory organs known as ‘barbels’ around its mouth giving it a similar appearance to a cat, hence the name catfish. It has a high number of gill rakers varying from 24 to 110, the number increasing with the size of the fish.
click here - images
click on phots,s in this site ti enlarge photos
The South African Sharptooth Catfish, which is also known as the Barbel, is a common fish in South African waters.
The Barbel can grow into a huge fish specie. These Catfish can attain 1,4 metres in length and can way up to 60 kilograms.
The Barbel can also move over land when damp conditions are present. They can live for about 10 years and can survive in the harshest of conditions. They eat almost anything that presents itself... Frogs, birds, mammals, invertebrates and even seeds and fruit.
Hi Barry
I have spoken to the rangers and they assured me there were no barbel in here before and as far as i know this was explain previously to everyone how they got here.
CATFISH AT NKORHO
2008 - 5
2009 - 0
2010 - 2
NKORHO PAN ?
my theory is this- they fell from the sky in a rain storm
no !! their are several pans in KRUGER PARK about
ONE MILE NORTH EAST from NKROHO PAN
the fish can walk using their fins- so i believe
the cat fish walked from kruger park about 800 yards
to KUDU CORNER PAN- north east of nk
then another 800 yards to NKORHO PAN-
