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08/09/2023

Hello Africa,hello all.!!!!

16/02/2022

08/08/2021

Learn to learn.

The difference between a black rhino and a white rhino has nothing to do with their actual colour... In the beginning colour was at play, but only in a roundabout, backward way. It is believed 'white' stems from the translation of the Dutch word of a white colour, and 'black' also stems from a colour misconception as in from a distance they looked black, but only had the darker colour as they rolled in mud.

* The clearest difference between the two is in the muzzles -- the white rhino has a wide and flat muzzle; while the black has a narrower and pointed muzzle. This is due to the food they eat -- the white is a grazer; while the black is a browser.

12/06/2021

Scarface, one of the most iconic and celebrated lion in Maasai Mara Game Reserve has died.

31/05/2021

Let us clear something up that many, especially guides are asked about and most get it wrong. Here is the truth --

Mating lions (males).
Many who see or hear about it think it is actually a sexual encounter. It is not.

Lions are extremely affectionate towards one another and we might think the lion rubbing and nuzzling another lion and not a lioness is, for lack of a better word, gay...
He's not. For many animals this is perfectly natural.

This behaviour is often seen as a way of asserting dominance over another male -- letting the other male know this 'mating' lion is more of a boss than the lion he is mounting. That is one of the reasons, and the other is that they are both strengthening the bonds between them.

When trying to quickly find a plausible answer, humans tend to make things up for it to make sense instead of saying, 'I do not know, but will find out', but opt to ignore common sense and add nonsense -- like 'demons' cause this, and similar misguided reasons.

If you watch a lion doing the real thing with a lioness, he is with the lioness for days. He guards her and mates with her often, and when the deed is done there is the customary snarling because there is real pe*******on and withdrawal. His p***s is barbed, so it hurts the lioness a little as he withdraws. She snarls, and he reacts by snarling back -- this does not happen with lions -- there is no violent reaction so the mating is not real.

30/03/2021

THE International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has just published a new red list of animals threatened with extinction.
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It shows that poaching and deforestation have put the African forest elephant in "critical" danger of extinction, with the population of the pachyderm falling by 86 per cent in 30 years. /https://bit.ly/3fkPt0K

03/02/2021

Tanzania is corona free country hitherto!!!!!????

TOP Bulgarian professional boxers have defied the global fear of the new Covid-19 outbreaks and flew to Tanzania ready to sample the northern circuit’s tourist attractions as well as using the excursion to help market the country abroad.
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Kubrat Pulev and Tervel Pulev are in Arusha, visiting the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, precisely the legendary wildlife-filled crater as well as witnessing the annual wildebeest calving season which they described to be ‘spectacular!’ /https://bit.ly/2NZPXxF

18/01/2021

Natural Resources and Tourism minister Dr. Damas Ndumbaro has instructed the Tanzania Tourism Business License (TTBL) board to ensure that it revokes licences for tourism operators, and guides who tarnish the country's image by committing inappropriate behaviour against tourists.
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In addition, he instructed the board to ensure that tourism trade agents buy products available in the country instead of buying them abroad and then selling them at higher prices. /https://bit.ly/3sCMgh5

13/01/2021

There is a debate going on: that only 20 percent of foreign tourists to Tanzania tour the country again later. The million-dollar question then arises: why don’t they make a return visit? In my...

13/01/2021

Learn to learn!!!!!

WHY DO ANIMALS FORM SOCIAL GROUPS?
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim Saikpai

Animals in all classes and families live naturally in their habitat with functional and behavioural roles. All of these are adaptations to live comfortably within species and across species. But most importantly, these characters/traits displayed are controlled by innate/inborn responses. Learned behaviour is influenced by the environment.

Although some animals are solitary (roam alone), some are known to form organized social structures for their survival. In the unified structure, each member plays a significant role to achieve the aim of the group. Such social structures, for example are; a pack of wolves, pride of lions, a herd of antelopes, a troop of baboons, and a convocation of eagles, among others.

The wolves and lions hunt large antelopes in a group to be successful. The group targets a prey and attack from all angles to confuse and kill it. Doves are also gregarious, as they feed in groups.

Social groups are also formed to protect prey from predators. For instance, Zebra and the antelopes fight back at predators in a group. They use their horns, in the zebra's case -- hooves and teeth, to protect and defend the herd.

Furthermore, the social structure is a circle for the care and training of the young to learn basic values in the habitat. Elephants and lions use this to teach their offsprings both feeding and breeding ecology.
* A herd of zebras can also be called a zeal or dazzle of zebras.

13/12/2020

Serengeti Show Live - Episode 28 - The Sand RiverThis seasonal river with a sandy bottom, is where Wildlife guide, Carel Verhoef, takes you on today's virtua...