Identification of Spotted Hyena

...Farmers should, however, remember that merely seeing a hyena feeding on a carcass does not necessarily indicate that it has killed the animal...
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Geology and Topography of the Drakensberg

...Plant fossils are abundant, but no animal remains have been found. The Red Beds form the second layer, with their typical red to purple mudstones and shales, which form the steep grassy slopes of the mid-Little Berg...
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Food Security: The Big Picture

...There are a few more of us around now – 7 billion and counting – and we are still producing masses of food, in spite of climatic shifts and peak oil threatening to pinch off the vital arteries that feed parts of the agriculture model...
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Red Tides and Climate Change

...Higher winds will also churn up the water too much, breaking up the pockets of food on which the fish larvae must feed and dispersing them widely...
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Rock Art - Signs of the Past

...Hex River Valley, Western Cape, South Africa.What appeared to early researchers to be hunters disguised in animal skins turned out to be paintings of shamans who had assumed the characteristics of animals during trances...
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Beefmaster Cattle

...  Production in South Africa©Beefmaster Cattle Breeders Society of South AfricaThe Beefmaster is a medium framed animal. Beefmaster cattle are a large breed of cattle known for its beef production in South Africa...
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Solms-Delta

...They have re-introduced trees, shrubs and plants producing fruit and herbs used for nourishment and cures by the region’s original Khoi (Khoe) and San inhabitants, from wild grape, rosemary, mint, asparagus and olive to the edible seeds of the huilboerboon..
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The Importance of Soil Texture

...Loamy soils are considered the best soils for most crops.Improving Soil TextureBoth sandy and clay soil can be improved with the addition of organic matter such as compost, crop residues, animal manure, old leaves, prunings and vegetable peels.By Marinda..
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Real Life Story: The Last Dinner Together

...A squint-eyed ginger tomcat prowls beneath their feet, wailing his heated demands until someone slips him the stripped-down knobkerrie-like femur of a chicken that, just 48 hours ago, pecked at mealie seeds out in the yard.A Goodbye Kiss©Eric MillerA..
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Quiver Tree Southern Range

...These plants do not disperse well, mostly only as far as a raindrop can propel their seeds...
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A South African Sangoma Story and Climate Change

...The groundwater isn't accessible enough to feed to crops...
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More Exploring the Ivory Route in Limpopo

...He always divided the meat among local people, so the animal never went to waste. He respected his prey: big tuskers who’d charge him like a tornado, flattening the bush...
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Western Cape Explorers

...These canny businessmen were always looking for a way to get ivory, gold, animal skins and fat cattle away from the local tribes-people. Sometimes they used beads, sometimes they used persuasion, sometimes they just used force...
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Benguela Current Phytoplankton

...them, greenhouse gases would build up in the atmosphere much faster than it has been over the years.Upwellings Bring Food©Jean TresfonRed tide and bronze whaler, Algoa BayOnce the marine algae have bloomed, the microscopic herbivores move in to feed..
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Real Life Story: Life in a Township

...The idea, according to the city, is to control each household’s allocation of six kilolitres of water each month through a trickle-feed system...
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Shrinking Farmer Numbers

...events, volatile global markets and oil prices, and even land grabs in many parts of Africa is driving them off the land (for instance, China is securing access to vast farmland, and associated water rights, in order to grow food here to ship back to feed..
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Freshwater Fish Farming in South Africa

...Fish farmers, especially the smaller scale operators, also tend to be everyone and everything to their business, from the driver delivering fish and collecting feed, to the pump technician, fish health specialist, human resource specialist and financial..
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The Mapungubwe Collection

...of these objects have a local origin and there is no evidence that any of the materials were cast.Bead Crazy©Roger de la HarpeAs testament to this native African gold industry, the collection contains two incomplete gold rhinos, a number of gold animal..
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Exploring Elands Bay

...The upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water was all very well for planktonic plant and animal organisms (vital in the rich food chain hereabouts), but decidedly unpleasant for humans pretending to be seals...
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A Township Tour in Cape Town

...A wealthy tourist was so taken with Rosie's dedication to feed undernourished children and inform them about HIV and AIDS, that he now donates a monthly sum to keep her going.Sheep Head DelicacyDuring our Langa walkabout, we met Patricia, whose roadside..
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Why We're Getting Heavier: The Obesity Pandemic

...‘Think, for instance, of the alpha males in those David Attenborough specials on television – the most powerful animal is the one who eats the most, getting access to the felled antelope before anyone else...
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Ndebele Initiation and Rites of Passage

...Before leaving for the chief's residence, where the abakhethua from nearby homesteads meet, each is given an isititirimba - loincloth, from the Afrikaans stertriem, made for them by their grandfathers from an animal skin, and a single, often threadbare..
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Legend of Harry Wolhuter

...This was pretty strange behaviour for a reedbuck and, just as he was pondering the peculiarity of nature, the animal broke from its cover and revealed itself to be a lion. The lion charged at Wolhuter, who sharply pulled his horse to the left...
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Barberton's People and Culture

...If you are a devoted animal lover or simply enjoy reading a well-written book, look no further than Jock of the Bushveld...
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Why Children are Vulnerable to Unhealthy Eating

...The stronger or more developed the workings of the neocortex, the better the individual will be at delaying gratification, Parker explains.Reward Centre Overrides Rationality©Andile BhalaChildren and adolescents are more likely to impulsively feed..
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