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Bat-Eared Fox, Deception Valley, Kalahari Desert

6/20/2013

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We saw some bat-eared foxes in the Kalahari Desert.  

They eat termites, spiders, small mice, scorpions, berries, ants, insect larvae and frogs !

They have lots of teeth.  46 - 50 teeth which is more than most mammals.  

Adults have the ability to excavate (dig) their own burrows.  They make burrows with all their sets of claws.  

The burrows are normally about 1 m below the soil surface with a chamber of about 45 cm high and about 3 m long.

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Painted Dogs, Machaba

6/8/2013

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I have seen wild dogs.  They are very rare.  Mum spotted the ones we saw.  

They have many other names.  Those names are: painted dog, painted wolf, cape hunting dog and African wild dog.  Wild dogs eat meat.  
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Their footprints are like this and its 8cm long.  


They can run up to 66 km/h.  They travel for food without stopping.
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Machaba Camp, Moremi, Okavango Delta

6/6/2013

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Today I saw a leopard and it was awesome !!  We saw loads more animals!  








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Today I saw leopard cubs, elephants, lions, hippos, a crocodile and more.  I had sososo soso sooooooooooooo much fun !!


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Maun, Botswana

6/5/2013

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Today the Du Preez family left Okavango River Lodge, the place we are staying at.  They are a nice family.  They are travelling around in a big truck with a huge photo of them all on the side.

Their names are Grant (Dad), Lauren (Mum), Bryce (12 years), Mitch (10), Aimee (8).  We roasted bread last night on a brai.  

A brai is like a barbeque.  It means ‘cooking with fire’.  We have roasted marsh mellows on a brai.

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And we went on a boat cruise and we saw baby crocodiles and we went to a village and went on a mokoro.  

A mokoro is a kind of canoe.  

It was cool !

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    My name is Sarah.  I like horses.  I am 8.  I live in Mount Victoria, Wellington, NZ.  I go to Clyde Quay School.  I like drawing pictures of horses.  But I'm in Africa right now.  THE END

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