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Coca Cola’s Safari Commercial
First point: The US (American) Football Super Bowl is famed for it’s unique commercials. Second point: As you travel Botswana you will see many, many Coca Cola advertisement signs – it is clearly the dominate cola of the country …. so what happens when these two points collide? Well, here is Coke’s ’safari sleepwalker’ commercial from... »
African Elephants RUN from the sound of Bees!
While reading info on African Elepants, I came a across an article from October 2007 issue of Current Biology entitled “African elephants run from the sound of disturbed bees“. The authors are Lucy E. King, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Fritz Vollrath. With a title like that, I had to read more. In this strange but true... »
Video: Elephant giving birth
Have you ever wonder just exactly how an elephant gives birth? Do they lay on their side? Do they stand up? How soon does the baby start walking? Attached is a 1 minute, 35 second YouTube video shot in the bush of exactly that event. This excellent video was shot and it the copyright... »
Impact of Photography Safaris vs. Wildlife Hunting Debated by Expert
I grew up hunting birds and small game. The rule was “if you shoot it, you clean it and the family will eat it”. I don’t hunt anymore probably primarily because of where I live; however, I would be hypocritical if I felt no one has a right to hunt. I guess my problem... »
Chili Peppers puts elephants at bay
One of the things that allows Chobe NP to be special is the lack of fencing. Unfortunately, this creates huge problems for Botswana farmers. This article, from the government newspaper, hints that some natural solutions may be available. If you love free roaming wildlife, you have to love this article! Translations from the government paper:... »
The Phika Is Real
The Phika is a fabled animal in Batswana culture. Here is an article from Mmegi Online regarding the lore. Mmegi Online By staff writer Monkagedi Gaotlhobogwe Have you ever ever doubted tales about Phika, the devilish serpent? Well, maybe some of the tales were too exaggerated but snake experts have confirmed that the legendary ‘phika’ does... »
Excellent Gift Idea – 2010 Calendar of Botswana’s Birds
The BirdLife Botswana organization recently sent for my review their latest fundraiser calendars. Producing and selling these calendars is their biggest annual fundraiser. The BirdLife Partnership strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. For 2010, BirdLife Botswana has created three calendar sizes... »
Moveable Feast
This article was published in ‘theVoice’ - all we can say is ‘that’s Africa‘ By Chenjelani Baraedi When a wounded kudu found refuge in a family’s village compound, it thought it had found safety, and the family thought that they had been blessed with unexpected feast. But the Wildlife Department proved them both wrong. The family in Matshelagabedi... »
Finding the perfect photo bean bag for safari
Well, that is what I planned to title the article. I spent two weeks examining more than a dozen different bean bag designs for supporting camera and telephoto lens on safari. I developed a rating system and thought I could come up with the one true winner. It doesn’t work that way – life... »
Caracal on the hunt
Cool video of a Caracal hunting Guinea Fowl. Good luck at Chobe and you could see one of these smaller predators. »