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Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (officially, the KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Board) is a governmental organisation responsible for maintaining wildlife conservation areas and biodiversity in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.
It consists of 960 km² (96,000 ha) of hilly topography 280 kilometres (170 mi) north of Durban in central KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is known for its rich wildlife and conservation efforts. [2] Operated by Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, the park is the only state-run park in KwaZulu-Natal where each of the big five game animals can be found. [2]
Several animals are adapted to living in these forests. Many are locally adapted subspecies of animals found further north in Tropical Africa, such as the blue duiker and Samango monkey, but some are local endemic species like the dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion spp.), Natal forest tree frog and bush squeaker frog. Birds:
Wiltshire in pictures: animals enjoying the snow. Bea Swallow - BBC News, West of England. January 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM ... while exotic animals frolicked through the freshly-fallen powdered snow.
Kosi Bay is the cultural capital of the ancient Thonga Tembe kingdom. This is the original and natural home of the Thonga people and their fish traps.The history of AmaThonga people on this land dates back some 1000 years. [3]
The KwaZulu-Natal midlands can be hot and wet in summer, with average daily highs up to 30 °C, and average daily lows of 15 °C while winters are cool and dry, sometimes with snow and frost, with average daily high temperatures of 15 °C and daily lows of up to 0 °C. [1]
Both the white rhinoceros and the black rhinoceros occur in the country. Neither can be distinguished by the colour, as both are a similar colour, but can be told apart by the shape of their mouths: with the white rhino, it has a wide or square mouth, while the black has a hook-lipped mouth.
Thula Thula was owned and operated by international conservationist and founder of the Earth Organization Lawrence Anthony, and by his wife Francoise Malby-Anthony.The reserve is the setting for Lawrence's books The Elephant Whisperer (2009) [2] and The Last Rhinos (2012).