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Kite Spiders: South Africa

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K ite spiders are diurnal Araneidae or " orb-web " spiders  which means that  d uring the process of making a web, the spider ...

Leanie van der Vyver: Artist René van den Berg Designer: Shoes

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  South African Designers                Scary Beautiful... A Shoe Can Be...  CLick to See.

South African CatSharks

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South African Mountain Bike Racing

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A "natural" incident... South African 2012   World Champion Mountain Bike Racer Greg Minnaar competing in DownHill.  Cycl...

Jack and the BeanStalk: Revolting Rhymes

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The 3 Little Pigs: Revolting Rhymes...

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Vulnerable Banana Frog: Natal, S. Africa

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Endemic South African Strawberry Frog

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OLPC XO-1

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Lighter than a lunchbox with the size of a textbook!  It´ s designed to be distributed by governments and nongovernmental organizations to ...

South African Games: Mankala

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The game is  based on counting and calculation , involving  no external element of chance .  Many scholars think that the Mankala game ca...

British Southern Africa Colonial Artist & Explorer: Thomas Baines

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Lion and Dead Quagga, ZuluLand, 1874. Matebele Warrior in Dancing Dress, 1870.   Rhinocerous by Thomas Baines, 1875. T he   Battle ...

Alexis Preller: South African Artist

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Barbara Jeppe: S. African Botanical Artist (1921-1999)

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She was awarded two gold medals in 1990, one by the  Botanical Society of South Africa , the  Cythna Letty Gold Medal  for contributions t...

iNkehli (Lucky Bean Tree) South Africa

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Seeds of this tree are in great demand for ornaments and charms. A root infusion provides a remedy for bilharzia and for certain eye com...

South Africa´s "Sengi": Karoo Rock Elephant Shrew

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This species is confined to rocky or boulder habitats, against mountain slopes or on ridges.

South Africa´s Extinct BLaaubok

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It disappeared after hunting for pelts and museum specimen s.  The last one was   killed in the 1800´s. It was an upland grassland herd...

S. Africa: Forest SwallowTail or Bush Kite ButterFly

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The wings pan  is 80–100 mm in males and 90–110 mm in females. It´s got two flight periods from January to April and September to Decembe...

Revolting Rhymes: Goldilocks & The Three Bears

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South African Adventurer: Sibusiso Vilane

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He has conquered the 7 highest continent´s summits:   Denali /Mount McKinley , 2008 (Alaska, USA), Mount Ebrus (Russia), Aconcagua , 20...

Revolting Rhymes: Cinderella

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Diane Victor: South African Artist

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Down on the Farm  from  Disasters of Peace

South African Nobel Prize: Desmond MpiLo TuTu

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Listen to him and learn what was it like to live during the apartheid and how forgiveness helped south africans move on... Tutu is a s...

Human Powered Energy: South Africa

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The modern human powered clockwork radio was designed and patented in 1991 by British inventor Trevor Baylis   as a response to the AIDS...

South African Artist: Cameron Platter

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The Battle of Rorke's Drift at Club Dirty Den

Martin Potter: Innovator Surfer

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He became a pro in 1981 and in 1989 after 6 tour victories from 25 events he became " World Surfing Champion ".  ' Pottz...

Joachim Schönfeldt: S. Africa

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CoW (2006) PeafowL Hen (2000)

South Africa´s Endangered Species: Wild Dogs

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They are also known as  African wild dog ,  African hunting dog ,  Cape hunting dog ,  painted dog ,  painted wolf ,  painted hunting do...

Jeffrey´s Bay Surfing Dolphins

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Horrible Histories: S. Africa & The British Empire

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Norman Catherine: S. Africa

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Wild Boar Low Flying Green Man Salon

HorribLe Histories: Human Report

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South Africa´s Jewel Beetles

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Buprestids love heat ( thermo philous) and can tolerate very high temperatures so they´re active and alert in hot, sunny days. The adults...

The West WinD GLadiatoR Namaqualand, South Africa

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The scientific name Mantophasmatodea derives from Mantodea (praying mantis) and Phasmatodea (stick insect).   The Gladiator, unlike the ...

The Cape Dwarf Chameleon: South Africa

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CLicK & Watch a VIDEO of it Hunting... A juvenile specimen about 2 cm long! They can´ t survive outside of their natural environm...