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		<title>The small wonders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of our guests come to Africa to see what is known as the “Big 5” but as a guide we like to see the rarer smaller things such as caracal, serval, civet, aardvark, etc. One drive, I remember coming across a caracal and two black-backed jackals facing off one another. As we stopped the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cape Porcupine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One animal that we do not see often, but is very interesting, is the porcupine [Hystrix africaeaustralis]. Here are some facts about these mysterious and alien-looking creatures: • It is the largest rodent in the areas they live in and can weigh between 18 and 30kg. • They get quite old for a rodent and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/06/cape-porcupine/</link>
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		<title>Nature</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When we started our safari, it was overcast here on Kapama. The wind was extremely strong, going from north to south. This was unfortunate as we were going against the wind. However, my tracker, Stanley, spotted some fresh lion tracks which was promising as the wind would cover tracks that were any older. We were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Southern Ground Hornbill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today’s Blog Story I will be giving you some interesting facts about the Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri). This large bird can be found from northern Namibia and Angola to Northern South Africa to Burundi and Kenya. They are found in savanna habitat with short grass for foraging and large trees to make nests for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/06/southern-ground-hornbill/</link>
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		<title>The Flap-Necked Chameleon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite nocturnal animals would have to be the flap-necked chameleon. The flapped-necked chameleon is a large chameleon. Colouration varies, from pale yellow through green shades to brown. These guys also display their colours depending on their moods; a pale green is a sign of content where a darker brown or black is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/06/the-flap-necked-chameleon/</link>
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		<title>A closer look at segmented worms</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earthworms have a closed circulatory system. They have two main blood vessels that extend through the length of their body: a ventral blood vessel which leads the blood to the posterior end, and a dorsal blood vessel which leads to the anterior end. The dorsal vessel is contractile and pumps blood forward, where it is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/06/a-closer-look-at-segmented-worms/</link>
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		<title>More than one surprise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We set off on our afternoon safari a little earlier than usual –it was my guests’ first drive but I decided to try and find the infamous and secretive leopard. We went to the area where a young male leopard had been seen that morning. One of my fellow rangers had found tracks going far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/05/more-than-one-surprise/</link>
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		<title>Rhino Tracking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the morning of Tuesday 21 March, we set out with the mission of finding some rhinos. Sometimes these animals prove to be easy to find, and other times very difficult to find. We had an idea of where they had been the day before and went straight to that area. On our way there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/05/rhino-tracking/</link>
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		<title>Best of both</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning we started our game drive with the plan of looking for a big male lion and if we were lucky enough, to see a leopard. We found a few fresh leopard tracks early in the drive and started to follow up on the signs. After a bit of following we came to an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/05/best-of-both/</link>
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		<title>What a great course</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the last three days, myself and a few other rangers and trackers participated in a course – the first subject being tracks and signs, and the second being trailing. Colin Patrick was the leader of the course and he made it extremely enjoyable – it was a great way to learn. The trailing part [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.kapama.co.za/rangerblog/2013/05/what-a-great-course/</link>
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