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#21 Post by Capetonian » Sun Aug 04, 2019 11:42 am

There is a big debate about injecting rhino horns with cyanide. It will not effect them but will the purchaser of ground rhino horn in China. I say go for it.
Brilliant, as long as it doesn't affect the rhinos. I have always hated the Chinese and more so for what they are doing in Africa. Bastards.

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Re: Wildlife Photography

#22 Post by Ex-Ascot » Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:46 am

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There is a big debate about injecting rhino horns with cyanide. It will not effect them but will the purchaser of ground rhino horn in China. I say go for it.
Brilliant, as long as it doesn't affect the rhinos. I have always hated the Chinese and more so for what they are doing in Africa. Bastards.
https://greenworldwarriors.com/2019/03/ ... -poaching/

The problem is the legality and possibility of manslaughter charges. Just a rumour that the horns are poisoned would be good enough though.
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#23 Post by Capetonian » Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:18 pm

Maybe they should cut out the middleman, avoid the risk to the rhino, and inject the cyanide directly into the Chinese.

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#24 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:27 am

Usually the hippos are in the water during the day. The cattle come from miles away during the day to graze and drink. We have a bit of a confrontation at the moment with the hippos out of the water on the mud flats competing with the cattle for food. About ten minutes ago a cow was a little too inquisitive about a very young (less than 6 months) female hippo. She gave it a few warnings but it didn't stop the larger cow approaching. Then it thought better of it and legged it. Never seen this before. Great expression on the cow's face. No sound came out of her and we do not seem to have developed any incisors yet.

Two mothers with two female toddlers on the mud walking across the front and four others in the water. It is still deep enough for them to submerge thank goodness.
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#25 Post by Ex-Ascot » Wed Aug 07, 2019 10:58 am

Now they are all out of the water, grumping away. This is a very unusual sight during the day. Quite close to the end of our jetty (bottom left). Hope they do not decide to come onto the estate. The fence keeps the cows and goats out but it will not stand up against a hippo. :-?
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#26 Post by Ex-Ascot » Sun Aug 11, 2019 10:06 am

These are one of our favourites. This is not the one that was by the house. This photo was taken about 80 kms away. They are jolly difficult to track. Then you come to the area where you know it is but it is up a tree somewhere. Lions are much easier to find.
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#27 Post by Undried Plum » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:36 pm

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There is a big debate about injecting rhino horns with cyanide. It will not affect them but will the purchaser of ground rhino horn in China. I say go for it.
Sadly, that will not kill the market for rhino horn at all.

In Oman the handle of the khanjar is often made from rhino horn. Despite the well-known ban, even ordinary tourists can buy one in the Muttrah Souq almost openly. I've seen and heard such a purchase with my own eyes and ears. I gave the North American buyer a very stiff talking to outside the souq and told them that they had just pissed away a couple of thousand Riyals as it's quite certain that their home country Customs will spot it and confiscate it. I then went straight to the ROP station around the corner and told them exactly which trader was selling the damned things.

I believe they are also available semi-openly in a Doha souq too.

I think the penalty for possessing a non-antique one ought to involve removal of all finger-nails and toenails, sans anaesthetic of course.

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#28 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:45 pm

Beware, aviation content. Action photos in order a few of the hundreds of shots from Mrs Ex-Ascot's birthday weekend. Shortest strip in the Delta, aircraft making a dirty dive onto the strip, a baboon trying to jump across a river and missed. 1,000+ buffalo passing by, Reedbuck running away from wild dogs.
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#29 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Aug 27, 2019 12:47 pm

And, for the girls.
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#30 Post by om15 » Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:39 pm

Stunning photos Ex A. I didn't realise that you lived amongst buffalo, is the meat available?

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#31 Post by Ex-Ascot » Tue Aug 27, 2019 3:59 pm

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Stunning photos Ex A. I didn't realise that you lived amongst buffalo, is the meat available?
Not 100% sure. We get impala, kudu and ostrich in the camps. Guess you can buy that in specialist shops but being vegetarian, not sure. Maybe Ian or Cape can help.

Re. buffalo a single male in the bush is the most dangerous thing you can come across here. We were out walking on Sunday and came across a few but a bachelor group, not grumpy single ones.
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#32 Post by ian16th » Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:08 pm

I think that The Train restaurant at Midrand, when it was still called Halfway House, served buffalo.

I also think that foot & mouth disease may be a problem with buffalo meat. Its not something I look for.
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#33 Post by Woody » Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:48 pm

Q: What the difference between a Buffalo and Bison? A: You can't wash your hands in a buffalo
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#34 Post by Hydromet » Mon Sep 16, 2019 2:02 am

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Some slightly smaller wildlife. This jumping spider looks after a bit of territory in my backyard.

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#35 Post by ian16th » Wed Sep 18, 2019 4:25 pm

I dunno if I've ever bothered you lot with my best ever 'point, zoom, focus and shoot' pic.

This guy looked at me, and I did just that and hoped the exposure was about right.
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Fortunately I had his feathers nicely diffused emphasising his in focus eyes.
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#36 Post by Undried Plum » Wed Sep 18, 2019 5:53 pm

Or a marigold, in this case

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#37 Post by zarniwoop » Sat Sep 21, 2019 6:53 pm

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A few photo's from the lake at Dix pit

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#38 Post by zarniwoop » Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:16 pm

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Here we see the Lesser Common Office Chair, freed from its domesticated habitat, enjoying a tranquil moment at the lake shore

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#39 Post by Capetonian » Sat Sep 21, 2019 7:40 pm

Since we've gone to office chairs, I rather like this photo of a lichen covered wooden bench which I came across on a walk round St. Mary's, Scilly Islands, last week.
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#40 Post by Hydromet » Sun Sep 22, 2019 5:43 am

Butcher bird - near vertical ascent.
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