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fevereiro 11, 2016
09:03 PM CST
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janeiro 25, 2019
03:55 PM CAT
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rooivlerkspreeu/red-winged starling/onychognathus morio on Klipspringer [Oreotragus oreotragus]
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fevereiro 15, 2022
01:36 PM UTC
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Bitis atropos about 5 m high on a cliff face in the tsitsikamma mountains
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fevereiro 26, 2022
07:52 PM SAST
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dezembro 16, 2022
08:51 PM SAST
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agosto 11, 2019
09:42 PM HST
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outubro 31, 2021
07:14 PM SAST
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dezembro 25, 2020
06:53 PM SAST
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outubro 16, 2021
01:47 PM SAST
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setembro 22, 2021
09:20 PM SAST
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setembro 16, 2021
08:56 PM SAST
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setembro 4, 2021
08:16 AM SAST
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agosto 28, 2021
03:38 PM UTC
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julho 26, 2020
11:10 PM SAST
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junho 27, 2020
11:03 PM SAST
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julho 5, 2020
10:35 AM SAST
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junho 23, 2020
06:18 PM BST
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Any idea what happened to its front feet?
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junho 24, 2020
03:40 PM SAST
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Hatchlings still in the nest
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março 5, 2020
06:17 AM UTC
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maio 19, 2020
06:36 PM SAST
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abril 11, 2019
11:03 AM SAST
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abril 20, 2020
03:01 PM UTC
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Chameleons are thirsty, sometimes hold them closer to small puddles of water and they drink as much as they can
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abril 20, 2020
08:10 PM CEST
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abril 16, 2020
08:22 AM +08
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abril 15, 2020
10:41 AM EDT
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março 5, 2020
07:18 PM SAST
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abril 5, 2020
06:27 PM SAST
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In suburban garden. Licking the flowers of the Fennel plant
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janeiro 5, 2020
06:11 PM SAST
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Rusty tail; found in rocky outcrop; eating fynbos leaves and flowers.
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janeiro 28, 2020
07:47 PM SAST
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janeiro 19, 2020
05:47 PM -05
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(Chamaesaura aenea)
Transvaal Grass lizard, Transvaal-Schlangenechse
This lizard is almost legless, but if you look closely you can see the degenerated legs, which are barely used.
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janeiro 22, 2020
08:37 PM UTC
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julho 19, 2019
07:26 PM PDT
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Male (he had black under his chin). A local named the species which I've used as a placeholder.
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janeiro 23, 2020
02:32 PM UTC
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Hatchling serrated hinged terrapin found swimming in the pool!
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janeiro 16, 2020
06:57 PM EST
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janeiro 9, 2020
09:17 PM GMT
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janeiro 1, 2020
07:29 PM UTC
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janeiro 8, 2020
01:07 PM SAST
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janeiro 8, 2020
04:01 PM SAST
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janeiro 8, 2020
04:01 PM SAST
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janeiro 6, 2020
01:39 PM SAST
What
Jibóia
(Python natalensis)
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janeiro 6, 2020
01:39 PM SAST
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janeiro 5, 2020
06:44 PM SAST
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janeiro 4, 2020
03:22 PM UTC
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janeiro 4, 2020
12:10 PM SAST
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janeiro 4, 2020
12:11 PM SAST
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janeiro 2, 2020
04:42 PM CST
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dezembro 31, 2019
02:13 PM SAST
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janeiro 1, 2020
05:11 PM UTC
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janeiro 2, 2020
02:08 PM SAST
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A bunch of small snakes, some dragonfly nymphs and two mice (off picture) regurgitaed on a dam wall, presumably by a heron.
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dezembro 31, 2019
02:13 PM SAST
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dezembro 30, 2019
01:26 PM PST
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dezembro 30, 2019
01:26 PM PST
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dezembro 27, 2019
06:56 AM PST
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dezembro 26, 2019
10:47 PM SAST
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dezembro 26, 2019
04:39 PM UTC
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outubro 9, 2019
08:21 PM AEDT
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dezembro 1, 2014
07:42 AM SAST
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Parasitic worm from a huntsman spider
Body length a tad short of 600mm! Emerged from a sparassid. Found curled up into a Gordian tangle, suggesting a Horsehair Worm or Gordian Worm (due to their knottiness)belonging to the Nematomorpha, usually seen emerging from crickets and grasshoppers. It appears, however, that such worms that come from spiders are more likely mermithid Nematodes. All references I could find quote Poinar 1985. The brief text in ADS2014:(p.19)that deals with nematode parasites of spiders is also copied from that article.
Little seems to be knowm about life cycles or identification of long, tough helminths that live in large spiders. Poinar (1985) mentions mermithids up to 150mm and Nematomorphs that parasitise insects are said to be as long as a meter. By size and general appearance this worm resembles Nematomorphs I've seen emerging from Cockroaches.
I dipped the worm in hot water to kill it so I could satisfy my curiosity about its length. It is now preserved in cane spirits if anyone is interested?
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junho 12, 2018
10:03 PM SAST
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Found on stoep in late afternoon sun - both parties rather dead and dry.
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outubro 18, 2017
05:19 PM SAST
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Thanks to Luke Kemp for fingering the lizard into position
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dezembro 23, 2019
03:37 PM SAST
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Damn those thirsty birds!
Photos kind courtesy of Charles Botha
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dezembro 23, 2019
10:21 AM SAST
What
Rã-Boi
(Pyxicephalus edulis)
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dezembro 23, 2019
10:22 AM SAST
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dezembro 23, 2019
10:21 AM SAST
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dezembro 23, 2019
10:21 AM SAST
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dezembro 21, 2019
01:13 PM SAST
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Body length 4.6mm
Seen hopping across hot, barren, coarse sand to a vantage point where it appeared to be scanning the surrounds for prey.
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dezembro 3, 2018
03:50 PM SAST
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Roman Passion
Length approx. 25mm
Started filming a few seconds in, so whole encounter took approx 90seconds. Full video here: https://youtu.be/UOZ53L8qk0A
I saw the male circling the female, then suddenly dart in behind her. He held her in his jaws, her abdomen bend up and over her head. They continued back and forth for 90seconds, at times it became frenetic and he whacked her up and down on the sand a number of times (as in GIF), which made me think perhaps they weren't mating but that one solifuge was killing the other. But in the end they separated unharmed.
From Wikipedia:
" Life cycle
..Reproduction can involve direct or indirect sperm transfer; when indirect, the male emits a spermatophore on the ground and then inserts it with his chelicerae in the female's genital pore. To do this, he flings the female on her back.
The female then digs a burrow, into which she lays 50 to 200 eggs – some species then guard them until they hatch. Because the female does not feed during this time, she will try to fatten herself beforehand, and a species of 5 cm has been observed to eat more than 100 flies during that time in the laboratory. Solifugae undergo a number of stages including, egg, postembryo, 9–10 nymphal instars, and adults."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae#Life_cycle
Links to more mating vids here: https://www.inaturalist.org/comments/2330202
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dezembro 18, 2019
09:33 PM SAST
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dezembro 17, 2019
06:38 PM EST
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dezembro 16, 2019
08:53 PM UTC
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dezembro 16, 2019
10:47 PM PST
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maio 11, 2019
09:25 PM SAST
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dezembro 17, 2019
10:32 AM SAST
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Some kind of nest build in grass right at the bottom of the ground, there are several holes in that nest. I did wait quite some time to see what will come out or go in but saw nothing
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dezembro 15, 2019
06:02 PM UTC
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dezembro 13, 2019
03:59 PM SAST
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Fell onto my coffee cup saucer
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dezembro 13, 2019
05:37 AM UTC
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dezembro 12, 2019
08:02 PM SAST
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dezembro 12, 2019
08:03 PM SAST
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dezembro 12, 2019
08:03 PM SAST
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dezembro 12, 2019
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dezembro 12, 2019
04:16 PM SAST
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dezembro 12, 2019
06:52 PM +08
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dezembro 9, 2019
07:12 PM SAST
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dezembro 9, 2019
11:01 AM SAST
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dezembro 8, 2019
04:23 PM UTC
Lugar
Missing Location
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dezembro 3, 2019
06:59 AM CET
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dezembro 1, 2019
04:43 PM SAST
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dezembro 1, 2019
08:35 AM SAST
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novembro 30, 2019
07:31 PM SAST
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A small group of these (never more than 10 adults, usually about 5, I reckon) has been living in this well in an ephemeral rocky riverbed for at least 6 years. Well about 2 m diameter and 3 m deep, fed by a slow natural spring.
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setembro 28, 2019
06:31 PM SAST
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novembro 27, 2019
10:24 PM SAST
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novembro 27, 2019
12:08 AM SAST
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2 individuals hiding in dense cover alongside drainage area/ valley
Cape Peninsula Fynbos
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novembro 22, 2012
06:18 PM SAST
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cape rock elephant shrew
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novembro 26, 2019
12:27 PM SAST
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novembro 25, 2019
04:35 PM SAST
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novembro 11, 2019
01:14 AM UTC
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novembro 25, 2019
02:10 PM SAST
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not sure why it was easy to catch, the day wasn't cold.
Scales quite sharp/scabrid to the touch, which was a surprise.
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novembro 12, 2019
01:27 PM UTC
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novembro 25, 2019
12:53 PM SAST
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Observed by Josh van Blerk
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novembro 25, 2019
10:43 AM SAST