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Animals
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Friday Fun – Watch This Pangolin Thoroughly Enjoying A Muddy Swim [Video]
15 Jul 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
You’ll be hard-pressed to find an animal that enjoys a refreshing swim more than Ditsi, a Temminck’s pangolin being rehabilitated at Manyoni Private Game Reserve.
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Gangs Of Seals Are Taking On Plett’s Great White Sharks
14 Jul 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Seals in Robberg Nature Reserve will come together in ‘gangs’, known as mobbing, in order to protect themselves against attacks from great white sharks.
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What’s Really Going On In That Viral Angry Sea Lions Video
12 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Unless you’re trying to get your daily 10 000 steps in, it is always recommended to stay at least 15 metres away from sea lions.
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Astonishing: Perfectly Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth Found [Images]
04 Jul 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
She was chanced upon by a gold miner named Travis Mudry, astoundingly preserved over all those years thanks to the muddy permafrost tomb that she lay in.
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Cape’s Infamous Great White-Killing Orcas Return Amid New Research
01 Jul 2022 by Kiernan / No Comments
Yesterday, Port and Starboard were spotted in False Bay. A new study has outlined just how great an effect they’re having on the region’s great white shark population.
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Shark Spotted In Plett After Fatal Attack Reported [Video]
29 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A hiker captured footage of a shark near Sanctuary Beach, where a fatal attack had just been reported.
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Behold, The World’s Ugliest Dog
28 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The 17-year-old Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix was crowned at the contest on Saturday in Petaluma, California.
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Tragic Moment Bullfighting Stand Collapses [Drone Video]
27 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The tragic stand collapse was caught on drone footage, showing the falling wood and bamboo structure, trapping hundreds of people and children.
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Cape Baboons Unlock Next Level Of Stealth [Video]
22 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Anti-crime activist Yusuf Abramjee posted the video initially, joking that crime is really getting out of hand in South Africa.
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The Great White Sharks Are Back [Video]
22 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Spare a thought for shark cage diving operators around the Western Cape, and those operating shark viewing tours, for the hardships they’ve endured these past few years.
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First Time In 16 Years Man Beats Horse In Famous Man Vs. Horse Race [Video]
14 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The competition was established after two people at the local Neuadd Arms pub bet on whether a man could defeat a horse in a long-distance race.
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Local Researchers Explain That Mass Cape Seal Die-Off That Started In September Last Year
13 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
You might have noticed a seal carcass or two yourself somewhere along the Western Cape’s coastline as early as September, which is when researchers identified the mysterious wave of Cape fur seals’ deaths.
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Japanese Museum Security Guard And Cat’s Years-Long ‘Rivalry’ Is So Heart-Warming [Videos]
09 Jun 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A long-standing relationship between a security guard at the Onomichi City Museum of Art in Hiroshima and two of the area’s strays is pure joy.
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Peak Australia: A Man Brawling With A Kangaroo Outside His House [Video]
03 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Part of the altercation was captured on video and shows Cliff Des fleeing from the enraged animal before striking it with a stick and wrestling it to the ground.
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Nobody Can Figure Out Why These Sharks Keep Stranding In The Eastern Cape
01 Jun 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
East London Museum scientist Kevin Cole called the strandings “one of the most baffling fish challenges to present itself in a long while”.
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Leopard’s Fishing Expedition Gets Muddy Hippo Surprise [Video]
24 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
MalaMala is a large privately owned reserve which neighbours Sabi Sands and shares a common border with Kruger National Park.
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Shark Warning After Great White Spotted In Plett River
19 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Yesterday evening, the National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) spotted a 3,5-metre great white upstream from the river mouth.
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The Kind Of Kruger Park Traffic Jam We Can Get Behind [Video]
11 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Part of the reason one goes to the bush is to get away from the horrors of a traffic jam. Still, things could be a lot worse than idling behind four lions.
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Notorious SA Rhino-Poaching Brothers Finally Sent To Jail
06 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Two notorious “Boere rhino-horn mafia” members have been hit with jail sentences for a devastating poaching spree.
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Somebody Wants Us To Believe This Is The Loch Ness Monster [Video]
03 May 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Alleged experts described the video as “the most compelling footage from the past two decades spent looking for the Loch Ness Monster”.
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Baboons Are About To Take Over Constantia In A Big Way
03 May 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Expect there to be an increase in the number of baboons spotted in the ‘burbs once the City of Cape Town abandons its urban baboon management programme.
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Chances Are Your French Bulldog Isn’t Going To Live A Long Life
29 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The UK’s Royal Veterinary College analysed data from more than 30 000 dogs in Britain that died between 2016 and the middle of 2020 and calculated the life expectancy of various breeds at birth.
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Attenborough Delivers One For The Dinosaur Lovers [Trailer]
28 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The combination of new research and stunning special effects makes this a must-watch for those with an interest in dinosaurs.
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What It Might Look Like To Be Gobbled Up By A Shark [Video]
21 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
A self-proclaimed pirate, cinematographer, and conservationist’s first-hand footage of a shark chomping down on a camera is fascinating.
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Why The Dog Walking Industry Is Exploding
14 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One report estimated that in the UK, 3,5 million dogs were purchased during the pandemic, bringing the total number of dogs owned to 12,5 million in 2021.
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At Least They’ve Captured Those Escaped KZN Crocodiles [Video]
14 Apr 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A number of crocodiles escaped from the Crocodile Creek Farm between Tongaat and Ballito this week after the fence was damaged in the floods.
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Sneak Peek At Entries For This Year’s Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards [Images]
05 Apr 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Conservation through humour – that’s the focus of the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, “most probably the world’s funniest photography competition”.
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Good News For Cat Lovers With Allergies
29 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Scientists are currently working with CRISPR gene-editing technology to make cats simply with little to no sneeze-inducing proteins.
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10 000 Rugby Fields: These SA Locust Swarms Are Completely Out Of Control [Videos]
18 Mar 2022 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Last year, incredible footage did the rounds showing farmland coming under siege from “a seemingly unending mass of locusts darkening the sky”. Unfortunately, the situation has worsened.
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That Time A UK Minister Ate Biscuits Meant For The Queen’s Corgis
17 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
The story goes that Alan Johnson only found out that he had been munching on dog snacks until after he left the lunch with the Queen.
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