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Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new natural history museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens, which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. [2] The trip involved political and social interactions with local leaders and dignitaries.
Kalamansig, officially the Municipality of Kalamansig (Maguindanaon: Inged nu Kalamansig, Jawi: ايڠد نو كلمانسيݢ), is a municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,900 people. [3] The main means of livelihood of the people is farming and fishing.
A safari (/ s ə ˈ f ɑːr i /; from Swahili safari 'journey' originally from Arabic safar 'to journey') is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in East Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion , leopard , rhinoceros , elephant , and Cape buffalo – particularly form an important ...
Rock paintings from the Western Cape. The Middle Stone Age covers the period from 300,000 to 50,000 years ago. The hunter-gatherers of Southern Africa, named San by their pastoral neighbours, the Khoikhoi, and Bushmen by Europeans, are in all likelihood direct descendants of the first anatomically modern humans to migrate to Southern Africa more than 130,000 years ago.
The 1991/92 season was the driest in the recorded history of the park. The low rainfall was compounded by extremely high temperatures in February 1992. On 26 February 1992 record temperatures were recorded at Punda Maria (45 °C), Shingwedzi (48 °C), Letaba (47.2 °C), Sirheni (46.7 °C), Skukuza (45.6 °C) and Pretoriuskop (41.5 °C).
The Lion Man: African Safari is a South African television documentary series based at Jabula Big Cat Sanctuary near Rustenburg, South Africa. It is presented and narrated by "The Lion Man" Craig Busch. Two series were produced, the first of which was produced in 2013 with filming taking place in South Africa, New Zealand and England. Series ...
The three scouts co-authored the 1928 book Three Boy Scouts in Africa: on Safari with Martin Johnson. In later life, Douglas (1912-2015) was an attorney, Martin (1913-2004) became an executive in the Boy Scouts of America , and Oliver (1913-2009) was an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at both Harvard University and the University of Hawaii.
The Bothongo WonderCave in Kromdraai, Gauteng, South Africa is situated within the Bothongo Rhino & Lion Nature Reserve in the Cradle of Humankind, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The cave is the third-largest cave chamber in the country (behind the second largest, Sudwala Caves, and the largest, Cango Caves). It is 5-10 million years old.