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The other weekend, I headed out with Kim and two other lady friends to visit the handsome and rare mountain zebra (Equus zebra). Mountain Zebra National Park is situated in the Karoo, a bewitching semidesert area a few hours north of Grahamstown. Mountain zebras are distinguished from other zebra species by their small stature, narrower stripes, reddish-brown nose, and dewlap (a loose fold of skin hanging beneath the throat). They were nearly extinction in the 1930s with less than 100 zebra in the world and only 6 in the Park. A neighbouring farmer improved the Park’s breeding pool by trading 11 zebra for a blesbok. Since then, their numbers have steadily improved and today there are about 300 zebra in the Park.
Each time I visit a game park, I feel incredibly fortunate to be in the company of such astonishingly beautiful creatures. Imagine hiking through the hills, cresting a hill and suddenly seeing a mountain zebra staring straight at you, both of you surprised. Here are some of the remarkable animals and landscape we saw. (As usual, click on a photo to enlarge.)
The other weekend, I headed out with Kim and two other lady friends to visit the handsome and rare mountain zebra (Equus zebra). Mountain Zebra National Park is situated in the Karoo, a bewitching semidesert area a few hours north of Grahamstown. Mountain zebras are distinguished from other zebra species by their small stature, narrower stripes, reddish-brown nose, and dewlap (a loose fold of skin hanging beneath the throat). They were nearly extinction in the 1930s with less than 100 zebra in the world and only 6 in the Park. A neighbouring farmer improved the Park’s breeding pool by trading 11 zebra for a blesbok. Since then, their numbers have steadily improved and today there are about 300 zebra in the Park.
Each time I visit a game park, I feel incredibly fortunate to be in the company of such astonishingly beautiful creatures. Imagine hiking through the hills, cresting a hill and suddenly seeing a mountain zebra staring straight at you, both of you surprised. Here are some of the remarkable animals and landscape we saw. (As usual, click on a photo to enlarge.)
2 comments:
that baboon has blue balls!
You must have become darker with that much sunlight.
I heard zebra is nasty animal, unlike horses, and would bite a person's hand off without warning. Heard that from someone working in the zoo.
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