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The Taita falcon is a small, fast-flying raptor that catches its prey in the air. [3] This falcon is active mostly from dawn till mid-morning and then again in the mid to late afternoon. [2] It has very small wings relative to its robust build; therefore, this falcon can reach high speeds for hunting. [3]
Drapé - (France) Ghostly horse monster who finds and spirits away children wandering at night to an unknown location, never to be seen again. Gytrash- (english) shapeshifting spirit usually taking the form of a horse, mule or other animal. Opposite of a will o the wisp, as it appears to the lost and leads people back to where they want to be.
Middle Passage (1990) is a historical novel by American writer Charles R. Johnson about the final voyage of an illegal American slave ship on the Middle Passage.Set in 1830, it presents a personal and historical perspective of the illegal slave trade in the United States, telling the story of Rutherford Calhoun, a freed slave who sneaks aboard a slave ship bound for Africa in order to escape a ...
Dacryodes edulis is a fruit tree in the family Burseraceae native to Africa.Its various regional names include safou (Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Angola), messa, plum (), atanga (Equatorial Guinea and Gabon), ube, elumi/rukuki (), [2] [3] African pear, bush pear, African plum, nsafu, bush butter tree, or butterfruit.
The pygmy falcon is the smallest bird of prey on the African continent, and among the smallest raptors on earth; only the Asian falconets (of the genus Microhierax) are smaller, weighing roughly 30-40 grams less and measuring about 5 cm shorter from head-to-tail.
Category: Fruits originating in Africa. 6 languages. ... Edible fruits originating from the flora of Africa; Subcategories. This category has only the following ...
Mangosteen is the national fruit of Thailand. It is also known as the ‘Queen of Fruits’. It is available from May until August. Mangosteen is called ‘Mangkhud’ in Thai language. Turkey: Sultana Grapes: Vitis vinifera [citation needed] Turkmenistan: Watermelon: Citrullus lanatus [citation needed] United Arab Emirates: Dates: Phoenix ...
Entada rheedii, commonly known as African dream herb or snuff box sea bean, [3] and as the cacoon vine in Jamaica, is a large woody liana or climber of the Mimosa clade Mimosoideae. The vine can grow as long as 120 m (390 ft). [4] Their seeds have a thick and durable seed coat which allows them to survive lengthy periods of immersion in seawater.