Giant Eagle Owl: South Africa
For Videos and Photos Click:
http://www.arkive.org/giant-eagle-owl/bubo-lacteus/video-01.html and
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/strigidae/bubo_lacteus.htm
This is the third heaviest owl in the world and the largest of Africa. It mates for life and can be found in altitudes of up to 3.000 metres (9.800 ft), in dry savannahs, semi deserts and riverine forest!
It feeds mainly on the Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris),
The Scrub Hare (Lepus saxatilis),
and the Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) amongst others...
http://www.arkive.org/giant-eagle-owl/bubo-lacteus/video-01.html and
http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/strigidae/bubo_lacteus.htm
This is the third heaviest owl in the world and the largest of Africa. It mates for life and can be found in altitudes of up to 3.000 metres (9.800 ft), in dry savannahs, semi deserts and riverine forest!
It feeds mainly on the Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris),
The Scrub Hare (Lepus saxatilis),
and the Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) amongst others...
Vladimir Tretchikoff: Triumph in S. Africa
"Express your passion, do whatever you love, take action, no matter what".
That was the motto of a self taught russian artist with an amazing life: He fled Siberia and went to China escaping the Russian 1917 revolution.
During World War II he was on a boat for three weeks without food, after his ship was bombed and then he was imprisoned by the japanese.
He lost contact with his wife and daughter and thinking they were dead he took a lover, but they weren't dead... they got back together again in Cape Town!
The First Wife of a Zulu Chief
The Herb Seller
(£50,000 - 80,000 - US$ 76,000 - 120,000)
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Thanks to his work in South Africa he captivated the american and english public of his time, becoming hugely successful in spite of his critics who nicknamed him "The King of Kitsch".
After his death the Tretchikoff Trust was established which provides workshops for teenagers throughout South Africa.
That was the motto of a self taught russian artist with an amazing life: He fled Siberia and went to China escaping the Russian 1917 revolution.
During World War II he was on a boat for three weeks without food, after his ship was bombed and then he was imprisoned by the japanese.
He lost contact with his wife and daughter and thinking they were dead he took a lover, but they weren't dead... they got back together again in Cape Town!
Lady of Ndebele
The First Wife of a Zulu Chief
The Herb Seller
(£50,000 - 80,000 - US$ 76,000 - 120,000)
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Thanks to his work in South Africa he captivated the american and english public of his time, becoming hugely successful in spite of his critics who nicknamed him "
After his death the Tretchikoff Trust was established which provides workshops for teenagers throughout South Africa.
South African Giniel de Villiers: 2009 Dakar Rally Winner
Through Giniel de Villiers Eyes...
2nd in the Dakar Rally 2013
South African Padlopers
Here are the tiny "path-walkers" or padlopers indigenous to South Africa. They are diurnal terrestrial species which breed in the rainy season. Females bury 1-3 eggs only and can take between 11-30 years to reach maturity!
Southern Tent Tortoise: (Psammobates tentorius tentorius). In Southern and Eastern Karoo.
Western Tent Tortoise: (Psammobates tentorius trimeni). In South Africa, beyond the Orange river in Great Namaqualand and extreme Western Cape Provinces.
Northern Tent Tortoise: (Psammobates tentorius verroxii). Found in Great Namaqualand and Northern Cape Province
Karoo Cape Tortoise (Homopus femoralis): It´s endemic to the rocky areas of the Karoo region in South Africa. It is just 10 cm long (the largest of the padlopers!) and has only 4 toes in its front feet.
Beaked Cape Tortoise (Homopus areolatus): It is endemic to the Western Cape Province and it has only four toes on its front feet like the Karoo Cape Tortoise.
It´s got a sharp, hooked beak and the noses of the males turn bright orange or red in the mating season.
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