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A scaly encounter
Today I am moved to write this blog about the most trafficked animal in the world. This morning a friend phoned me up to say he (or rather his dogos)...
A scaly encounter
Today I am moved to write this blog about the most trafficked animal in the world. This morning a friend phoned me up to say he (or rather his dogos)...

Man eaters....or adaptable beasts?
Lions have always been a favorite sighting for my family. We have been visiting the Kruger National Park for many years and have had some amazing experiences. Aside one or...
Man eaters....or adaptable beasts?
Lions have always been a favorite sighting for my family. We have been visiting the Kruger National Park for many years and have had some amazing experiences. Aside one or...

Hvladimir whale
The 26 April 2019 marks the day a Beluga whale was first noticed in the seas in northern Norway. In itself, not an uncommon scenario, however, what made this one...
Hvladimir whale
The 26 April 2019 marks the day a Beluga whale was first noticed in the seas in northern Norway. In itself, not an uncommon scenario, however, what made this one...

Rinderpest
A plague like disease affecting cloven-hoofed animal of substantial importance in the history of human kind. A highly contagious viral disease with a very elevated mortality rate. It swept through...
Rinderpest
A plague like disease affecting cloven-hoofed animal of substantial importance in the history of human kind. A highly contagious viral disease with a very elevated mortality rate. It swept through...

The black death and animals
This occurrence has fascinated me intensely, for many years and I have read everything on the subject, that I could get my hands on. Such an unbelievably macabre phenomenon that...
The black death and animals
This occurrence has fascinated me intensely, for many years and I have read everything on the subject, that I could get my hands on. Such an unbelievably macabre phenomenon that...

Incitatus
A horse, ancient Rome and a touch of madness.... Incitatus was the favorite horse of the emperor Caligula Caligula was the 4th roman emperor in the Julio-Claudian line. He ruled...
Incitatus
A horse, ancient Rome and a touch of madness.... Incitatus was the favorite horse of the emperor Caligula Caligula was the 4th roman emperor in the Julio-Claudian line. He ruled...