Ranger Diaries

This is a story of a zebra that earned his stripes by proving his rank. As some of us know, there is a Plains zebra on the reserve that does not particularly like hanging out with his own kind, in fact he has taken a liking to the rare Watusi cattle herd that grazes Gondwana plains. Everyone always thought that he had an identity crisis. Howev
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It's a cold winter's early morning on Gondwana, freezing on the open game viewer. I can't feel my face, and by wearing a warm hat I try to keep a bit of heat. Even though I'm half frozen, there is nowhere else I would rather be. The rays of the sun are running up the mountains to the east, indicating that the much awaited sun will be with me shortl
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It's a beautiful, crisp morning and I am about 30 meters behind 3 lionesses stalking a Gemsbok (Oryx Gazelle). I always get excited when this happens, even though I know how low their success rate is. The male is watching from a safe distance, a good 300 meters, so he cannot get in the way. The females are barely visible in the knee high grass. Sud
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It's a cold winter's morning. We just had a big breakfast and decided to go out on drive afterwards. My guests are from Scotland, a real lovely bunch, all wrapped up in warm blankets. I have never seen the clouds so beautiful. Their shapes, sizes and ripples make them look unreal. The wind is
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It's September and its great seeing all the migratory birds coming back in patches over the last few weeks. Early morning and afternoon, when you look up during a game drive, the Greater Striped, White Throated Swallows and the Black Sawings are all doing their aerial acrobats. I'm expecting the Steppe Buzzards back soon to once again make it diff
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Nobody had seen our young male lion for several days, which is very unusual for this cat. With this in mind I set out early determined to find the king of the jungle. After an hour or so I had seen neither hind nor hair of this lion, and to be honest I was beginning to give up hope (I know, I´m not the most patient of rangers). Suddenly I noticed
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