Tom McIntyre sends this great Yoruba poem (song?) on Cape Buffalo. The buffalo is the deaththat makes a child climb a thorn tree.When the buffalo dies in the forestthe head of the household is hiding in the roof. When the hunter meets the buffalohe promises never to hunt again.He will cry out: “I only borrowed …
Tag: Adventure
New Mammals!
I mentioned that Darren has been busy but I would hardly have imagined his news: an announcement of not just one or two but many “new” large mammal species from Amazonia. All are the discoveries of Marc van Roosmalen, and appear at Tetrapod Zoology with his permission. Marc’s new website, full of material, is here. …
Overland Journal
The first issue of a splendid new magazine, “The publication for environmentally responsible, worldwide vehicle-dependent expedition and adventure travel”, has just become available. Editors include the Alpha Environmentalist and Roseann of Three Martini Lunch . Both content and style are first- rate. This is going to be a good one.