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Leopard: How it got its Spots & other Secrets

Posted in Personalised Stamps, Poll, Stamps and Stories, tagged africa, African folklore, animals, dangerous, Fish River Canyon, genus panthera, gondwana, gondwana collection, gondwana collection namibia, how the leopard got his spots, hyena, jackal, last common ancestor, leopard, leopards favourite food, master of camouflage, master of camouflage and stealth, nature, Panthera pardus, rudyard kipling, travel, vacation, wild cats on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

According to African folklore, Leopard stopped sharing his meals and started to hide his kills in trees because Jackal and Hyena weren’t reciprocating his generosity and Leopardess became wary because Hare ate her cubs. One of the best remembered fables of the ages is, however, ‘How the Leopard Got His Spots’ in the ‘Just So [...]

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Fish River Canyon – Traces of a Death Struggle

Posted in gonwana park, Nature Conservation, Personalised Stamps, Poll, Stamps and Stories, Uncategorized, tagged africa, ai ais richtersfeld transfontier park, ai ais spa, ais ais, bethanien, etosha national park, Fish River Canyon, giant snake, gondwana, gondwana canyon park, gondwana collection namibia, Hiker’s Point, Keetmanshoop, nama karoo, nama ledend, nature, orange river, outdoors, second largest canyon on earth, sheep and goats, south africans, south america, southern namibia, super continent gondwana, travel, vacation, warambad, wilderness on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Once upon a time a giant snake dwelled in southern Namibia. Every so often it devoured the sheep and goats of the people and finally they decided to kill the snake. Armed with spears and accompanied by their dogs the men set out for the hunt. They encircled the snake, kept it at bay with [...]

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Zebra – Pyjamas and other Theories

Posted in plains zebra, Poll, Stamps and Stories, Uncategorized, tagged African continent, african legends, animal kingdom, big cats, Burchell’s (or plains) zebra Equus burchellii, cheetah, equus zebra, gondwana, gondwana collection namibia, herd animals, hyaena and wild dog, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, leopard, lion, mares and foals, mountain zebra, predators, zebra stripes on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

White stripes on black or black stripes on white? Although our perceptions may differ, we can all agree that the zebra has one of the most striking coats seen in the animal kingdom. Two species of zebra occur in southern Africa: Burchell’s (or plains) zebra Equus burchellii and mountain zebra Equus zebra. Both Burchell’s zebra [...]

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