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| Solar array for the game preserve |
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| "Ranger Rick" on safari.... |
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| Elephant altruism |
Today we took a 2 hour bus tour north of Cape Town to Aquila Game Preserve, in the Karoo Highlands. The ecology there is much drier and more mountainous than the area around Cape Town. This was not a "sleep out under the stars and listen to the wild animals at night" kind of safari. It was a drive in 4x4's around a 26,000 hectare preserve to observe rhinos, hippos, wildebeest, eland, springbok, and elephants at close range...and lions at a distance! It was fascinating to watch the animal behavior first-hand and somewhat in the wild. The two male elephants were particularly interesting. One was laying in a mud pit and was having difficulty getting up. The other came over and used his head to help the first one turn over to get up (see above)!
And the preserve buildings were powered by a solar array!
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