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A scaly encounter

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?

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

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

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

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

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...