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Environment
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A 3.4 Underwater Earthquake Hit 76 Kilometres West Of Cape Town Yesterday
22 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported the quake about 76 kilometres West of Cape Town at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres.
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Unexpected Wave Sweeps Toddler In A Pram Off Kalk Bay Harbour Pier
21 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
It must have been a sight to behold watching all the people come together to help each other.
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SPCA Evicts Weird ‘Chicken Cult’ From Newlands Forest
20 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Onlookers seemed to think some weird chicken cult was preparing for a ‘religious animal ritual.’
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Tragic Santorini Shipwreck Now A Ticking Environmental Time Bomb
19 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
17 years later the ship is still sitting in the ocean, leaking toxins, chemicals and heavy metals into the ocean all around the world-famous Greek island and its beautiful caldera.
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Video Of ‘Green And Red Flying Object’ In Storm Cloud Had Boksburg In A Tizz Over The Weekend
19 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Hovered for quite a while next to a lightning cloud which was also weird because there was only lightning in this one particular cloud, no thunder no storm anywhere else. Then this object rose straight up and hovered there..”
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“Appalling And Deeply Concerning” Says NSPCA As Northern Cape School Offers ‘Shoot A Lion’ Fundraiser
19 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The animal welfare organisation condemned the ludicrous fundraising auction held by the little-known school in Jan Kempdorp, which offered a “lioness hunt” worth R40,000 as a prize.
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Graphic Video Shows Hunter Being Hurled In The Air By Buffalo In Eastern Cape [Watch]
16 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Graphic footage shows the moment a massive buffalo flipped a hunter into the air and punctured his leg while another hunter took daring shots at the horned creature.
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Invasive Redclaw Crayfish Are Moving Into Kruger National Park
15 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Africa has no native freshwater crayfish species, with the closest ecological equivalent being freshwater crabs.
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Fire And Ice In Iceland As Another Lava Fissure Opens Up, Leaving Residents In The Cold [Videos]
12 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Although scientists are learning more with every eruption, there’s still a great deal of uncertainty for Iceland as a new volcanic era begins.
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Barcelona Residents Might Be Facing Their Own Day Zero Soon
02 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Below-average rainfall since 2020 has Spain’s Catalonia region bracing for severe water restrictions as dams and reservoirs run dry.
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Pigeon Suspected Of Being Chinese Spy Released After Eight Months Detainment
02 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
This might seem silly to some, but pigeons have been used in spying and combat throughout history.
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Baby Buffalo Shows An Elephant Who’s Boss In Adorable Kruger Park Sighting Video
02 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
A courageous baby buffalo was caught on camera chasing a large elephant, proving that with enough confidence and conviction, tiny can be mighty.
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Even Hermit Crabs Are Turning Into Plastic, Choosing To Wear Bottle Caps Over Shells [Images]
01 Feb 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
All over the world, hermit crabs, who are naturally supposed to scavenge shells as armour for their bodies, are turning increasingly to plastic waste instead.
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Saudi Arabia Is Emerging As An Unlikely Destination For Epic Hiking Trails
01 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Many experienced trail hikers insist that “the potential is there” to develop Saudi Arabia into “one of the most outstanding hiking destinations in the world.”
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Rats and Mice Are Swarming The Ukrainian Trenches In A Gruesome Echo Of WWI
01 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The entire 1,000-kilometre front line has been under siege by the pests as they are lured by the stench of dead bodies and the limited warmth that the bunkers provide.
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Efforts To Thwart Spate Of Muggings In Cape Town’s Table Mountain National Park Not Really Working
30 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Despite the community calls to action and the city intensifying the safety and security measures in and around Table Mountain National Park (TMNP), the muggings have continued.
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Just Two Northern White Rhinos Are Left On Earth, But New IVF Breakthrough Could Save The Species [Video]
29 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Only two northern white rhinos remain on earth, both female. The last male, Sudan, died in 2018, leaving the rhino subspecies doomed to extinction.
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Table Mountain On Fire As TMNP Said Surge In Cape Town Fires Caused By “Deliberate Malicious Intent” [Videos]
29 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
SANParks request that the public continue to be vigilant and report any fires or suspicious activity immediately.
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Strand Beachgoers Have Been Getting Severely Sick After Swimming, Calling For A Better Water-Quality Flag System
24 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
While most of the beachgoers were aware that there were problems with the water quality at the time of swimming, they were unaware of the severity of the health risks they faced.
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Mounting Concern For Penguins In Simon’s Town As SA Navy Prepares For ‘Underwater Explosive Exercise’
23 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The lack of transparency and communication about the exercise’s nature and necessity has disappointed residents, who are worried about the possible harm to endangered marine wildlife.
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Not Again! Over 100 Firefighters Battled A Blaze Above Boyes Drive Yesterday [Video]
18 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Over 100 firefighters were dispatched on Wednesday to help contain a wildfire that started to spread across the mountain.
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Sip or Skip: Where To Find The Best And Worst Tap Water In Every South African Province
17 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Looks like more than half of our water systems are rocking top-notch microbiological quality, while 46% didn’t quite make the cut and got slapped with the ‘poor’ or ‘bad’ label in South Africa’s most recent Blue Drop Watch Report.
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The Iceland Volcano Eruption Situation Is Looking Quite Dire [Videos]
16 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Experts labelled this eruption as the “worst-case scenario,” exacerbated by the failure of defences constructed after a previous eruption in December.
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Chicken Therapy Is Helping People Combat Isolation And Loneliness
15 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Chickens don’t just go really well with potato salad, they also offer therapeutic value, providing companionship, confidence, and a feeling of well-being.
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Incredible Drone Footage Shows Humpback Whales Creating A Fibonacci Spiral While Hunting [Video]
10 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Extraordinary drone footage taken by photographer Piet van den Bemd in Antarctica shows two humpback whales producing a bubble net in the shape of a perfect Fibonacci spiral.
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A 106-Year-Old Ship Is Retracing Darwin’s Footsteps To Boost Global Conservation
09 Jan 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
Even though Charles Darwin sailed the HMS Beagle around the world nearly two centuries ago, his epic voyage is still inspiring young environmentalists today.
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Okay, So Scientists Have Discovered A Dolphin With Thumbs
14 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
Scientists examining a unique society of mixed-species dolphins in Greece recently discovered a unique specimen with thumbs.
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Watch As A Mother Springbok Head-Butts An Eagle To Save Her Baby [Video]
12 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
As most of the rugby-playing nations in the world have come to realise by now, you don’t mess with a springbok.
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“It’s Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Seen” – Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Prehistoric World On Our Planet [Video]
11 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
At around 3,600 metres above sea level, in a place where no roads go, scientists found the exotic prehistoric world new to science.
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This Brazen Baboon Went Big, Crashing A Simon’s Town Year-End Party [Video]
08 Dec 2023 by Tayla / No Comments
The primate was ready to party, boldly taking its share of food and munching as it went along from person to person, table to table.
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