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Granulated Calloused Beach Pillbug (Tylos granulatus)Observer
tonyrebeloDescription
giant pill lice
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Spangled Pyrale (Triphassa stalachtis)Observer
tonyrebeloPlace
Old Wagon Trail, SIlvermine West above Silvermine River, Table Mountain National Park (Google, OSM)
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Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus ssp. melampus)Observer
jason_van_den_bergDescription
Afterbirth/placenta of Impala.
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South African Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)Observer
botswanabugsDescription
large network of burrows with dung at some entrances.
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Mydas Flies (Family Mydidae)Observer
kevinatbrakputsDescription
Guess about 10 mm long
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Durban Red Cocktail Ant (Crematogaster castanea ssp. durbanensis)Observer
gigilaidler
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Snout and Bark Beetles (Superfamily Curculionoidea)Observer
nigelforshawPlace
Block A7b, Lower Tokai Park, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Arica (Google, OSM)
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Southern Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus)Observer
honeyguideacademyDescription
Aardwolf anal pasting
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Saunders's Vlei Rat (Otomys karoensis)Observer
tonyrebeloPlace
n slopes Bonteberg to the Schusters River, Cape of Good Hope Section of Table Mountain National Park (Google, OSM)
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Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes)Observer
dewald2Description
Xhariep Karroid Grassland
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European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)Observer
jeremygilmoreDescription
In a slight depression, probably blown about by the wind. Pellets may have shrunk slightly in the sun.
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Birds (Class Aves)Observer
mattf1996Description
wasn't sure if this is scat or fungus or something else
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Oxygonum sinuatumObserver
wynand_uysPlace
Wild Rivers Private Nature Reserve: Dry savannah between R40 and Blyde River. Sloped and well drained. (Google, OSM)Description
Duwweltjie in Lowveld
Herb in grassland.
Apologies, pics not good. Hence, only those who are very familiar with this species will be able to recognize it.
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Common Sorrel (Oxalis semiloba)Observer
jimmy_whatmoreDescription
Leaves radiate from the flower stem at the same point, below the substrate. No woody rootstock or bulb, just a tap root.
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Southern Rock Agama (Agama atra)Observer
dryfveerDescription
Mom with nest and eggs, she came running out of the hole when I approached. In the middle of the road
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troosDescription
Two colors on one bush must be 2 seedlings that came up together
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Hibiscus praeteritusObserver
troosDescription
Not sure? Can also be H barnardi ?
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Dwarf Chironia (Chironia purpurascens ssp. humilis)Observer
lizevonstadenDescription
Purple Chironia, grassland, western Mpumalanga
Deep magenta Chironia growing at the edge of a wetland in highveld grassland.
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Rock Lionspaw (Leonotis ocymifolia)Observer
chris_whitehouseDescription
Leonotis ocymifolia var. ocymifolia
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Marsh Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus)Observer
tonyrebeloDescription
Piles of mussels seen around Ficus trees.
Had us wondering which bird flew the molluscs from the sea to the these trees and why?
Turns out no one knew until Sharon Louw (KZN-Parks Board) put up some camera traps and discovered the Water Mongeese using the buttress roots on the trees to break open the mussels (from deep in the estuary), just like mongeese elsewhere open eggs: by shooting them between their hind legs onto the roots.
