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How Does Meat Taste to Carnivores?

James Tyrrell December 24, 2017 11

I’ve often wondered just how certain animals can stomach certain things. Taste buds play an important function in letting an animal know what is good or bad to eat. If …

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What Happens When 3 Leopards, 3 Hyenas and a Pack of Wild Dogs Converge: Part 2

Sean Zeederberg December 21, 2017 2 7

Yesterday you may have read Guy Brunskill’s account of our crazy morning game drive. Below is the remainder of that story… In the frenzy, the wild dogs ran off and …

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Do All Kingfishers Eat Fish?

Pete Thorpe December 8, 2017 4

One might think that this question is a no-brainer. A kingfisher must surely be the best in the world at catching fish? I mean, they are the kingfishers. However, don’t …

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How Much Do Trees Communicate With Each Other?

Amy Attenborough December 7, 2017 30

A lot, it seems. For humans, communication normally equates to talking. Trees don’t talk by using language or forming words and so for many years, people have believed that it …

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What Happens When Two Female Leopards Want The Same Male?

Amy Attenborough December 2, 2017 3 25

A week ago we saw three adult leopards in the same sighting. The scene resembled something of a soap opera with two sisters (same mother but different litters) competing for …

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Why Do Nyala Bulls Display Instead of Fighting?

Amy Attenborough November 27, 2017 10

“I think there’s something wrong with an animal I saw on the pathway here,” a guest said to me on the Granite Camp deck a few mornings ago. “It’s one …

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Why You Should Never Rule Out The Underdog

Amy Attenborough November 22, 2017 5 8

Quite often with animal species out here, the male of the kind is more territorial than the female. This is true of rhino, hippo and impala just to name a …

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Londolozi’s Newest Additions

Alex Jordan November 19, 2017 4 6

A few days ago we came around the corner and noticed a female impala standing alone in a thicket. I hit the brakes immediately. At this time of year that …

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The Week in Pictures #309

Amy Attenborough November 17, 2017 2 17

With just over six weeks to go until we say goodbye to 2017, the question on everyone’s minds here has been, “when are we going to get rain again?” It’s …

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The Week in Pictures #306

Alex Jordan October 27, 2017 4 19

“I never knew of a morning in Africa when I woke up that I was not happy” – Ernest Hemingway The dust at Londolozi has begun to settle and the …

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The Place That Makes You Come To Life

Amy Attenborough October 26, 2017 31

“I feel that my boat has bumped, there at the bottom, into something big. And nothing happens! Nothing… Quiet… Waves… Nothing happens? Or has everything happened, and we are already …

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My Very Best Images: A Final Farewell

Alistair Smith October 18, 2017 37

I began my career at Londolozi a little under a year and a half ago with a blog post that had the following quote from Mark Twain: “Twenty years from …

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The Week in Pictures #302

Alistair Smith September 29, 2017 2 19

The Week in Pictures is a wonderful way to showcase the diversity of wildlife experienced at Londolozi, and the best thing about it, is that no two weeks are ever …

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When You Give Yourself To Places, They Give You Yourself Back

Amy Attenborough September 10, 2017 13

“The rhythm of walking generates a kind of rhythm of thinking, and a passage through a landscape echoes or stimulates the passage through a series of thoughts. This creates an …

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We Are All Connected

Pete Thorpe September 3, 2017 16

Not so long ago, Alex Jordan wrote about the knob thorn tree, and how it fits into the ecosystem at this time of year. It drew my attention to another …

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