The female...Gestation lasts seven months. A single calf is born, weighing 5 kg (11 lb)
And the male which are threatened due to the high demand as hunting game...
Knysna Turaco or Knysna Lourie: South African Indigenous
These are the only birds that are truly red and green, unlike most birds in which the color observed is a reflection produced by the feather structure.
They maintain their colors throughout the year.
The red pigment (turacin) and green pigment (turacoverdin) both contain copper; these pigments disolve in water turning it pink if feathers are stirred in it.
The pigments colors deepen with age due to the copper oxidizing.
Most of its population inhabits coastal Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal
Plum-Coloured or Amethyst Starling
They live in savannah woodlands and riverine forests in sexually segregated flocks, which follow the the trees fruit cycles. They weight around 45 gr.
Females which don´t have the males iridescent plumage, incubate for 12-14 days 2-4 eggs.
These birds are monogamous and build together the nest in tree holes and hollow fence posts with green leaves and other materials.
BushMan´s HoLe: South Africa
Boesmansgat or Bushman's Hole, located in Mount Carmel Game Farm in the Northern Cape, is the third world's deepest submerged freshwater
cave or sinkhole.
Its precise depth size still needs to be verified...
The cave is located at an altitude of 5000 feet (1550 m) above sea level
On the 24 of November, 2004 Verna van Schaik established the existing Guinness Woman's World Record for the deepest dive: 221 meters (725ft).
Nuno Gomes a South African scuba diver, holds the official current Guinness World Record for the deepest cave dive in Bushman´s cave to a depth of 927 feet (282.6 m), in 1996.
Two scuba divers have died there:
The cave is located at an altitude of 5000 feet (1550 m) above sea level
1994 Deon Dreyer a South African diver helping set up Nuno Gomes´ Guinness World Record dive.
2005 David Shaw, an Australian scuba diver who found in 2004 Dreyer´s missing body and died trying to recover it.
Leopard Tortoise: South African
It´s the fourth largest tortoise in the world, the biggest can weight up to 54 kg (120 pound) and measure 70 cm (28 inches).
This herbivore can live between 80-100 years and stay underwater for 10 minutes; it is also a very good climber!
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