We met these AfriCanis dogs in one community in South Africa. Their owners are devoted to the preservation of AfriCanis, and these dogs demonstrate the beauty and agility of the animals found throughout the rural countryside. Blood samples from desert bred Saluqis in the Middle East and the native African dogs in KwaZulu-Natal of South …
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Dogs in Zululand
KwaZulu-Natal is home to the Zulu, and is located between the country of Lesotho and the eastern coast of South Africa. Here are some of the Zulu dogs we met in our journey. These dogs are used to protect livestock herds, but are also used in packs to hunt.
AfriCanis in Lesotho
AfriCanis is the word used to describe the native dogs of Africa. Here is a sample of AfriCanis we saw in Lesotho. These dogs have a broad range of uses – from guarding livestock, to their use as hunting dogs.
Big dogs of Lesotho
It’s taken me forever to sort photos from our Lesotho/South Africa trip, but now I’m going to flood the blog with images of dogs we met along the way. These are the bigger dogs or livestock guardian type dogs that we met in Lesotho. The primary predators in Lesotho are jackals, but these dogs have …
Definitions of “Assault Weapon”
From The Truth About guns, answers to a poll. There are a hundred more, mostly if not all about this accurate: A WAY TO TAKE OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHOUT HAVING TO RELOAD. MULTI-CLIPS. BIG CLIPS WITH A LOT OF BULLETS SOMETHING THAT CAN KILL AND HURT PEOPLE REAL BAD MAKE THEM BECOME DISABLE …
Spectral Tazi
Pure silliness- phones in a dim room make for odd photos. Shiri, visiting, took this of our slightly simple Kyran being nervous in the kitchen.
Post from the Coast
Brother in law George Graham on the fall season on my native coast. The Urge for Going and migration always make me a little nostalgic… “As the summer begins to wind down, we find ourselves spending every last sunny moment on the trails near our house. Any excuse to walk Hal on Great Esker and …
Bufo exsul
Black toad of Deep Springs, only species of toad restricted to one college/ ranch, where it thrives. I think it is the handsomest toad in the US as well. Photo by Jackson Frishman. It lives in the pond at the low point ahead here (almost invisible at the foot of the wall), period. We were …
Nice Asian Image
The usual subjects in an original composition, via Jess. (I have lost WHERE it is from–?
New Lizards
Not one but FOUR new lizard species discovered in California! “Throughout the history of lizard evolution, several lizard lineages have lost their legs, James Parham of Cal State Fullerton said. Snakes are the best-known and most diverse of these lineages, but more than 200 other types of limbless lizards exist throughout the world. “In California, …