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Par ShumbAfrica le 15 June 2015 à 17:33
KRR is also the place where research is conducted on meerkats. I took the opportunity to go out with researcher from the project and see my first "wild" meerkats... They are all very habituated and just about their life without taking any notice of your presence.
Vigilance
On alert for birds of prey
Sand bathing checking for bird of prey
A few portraits...
Standing guard...
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Par ShumbAfrica le 15 June 2015 à 17:27
As the nights get colder during winter, insects are only active during the day and the early art of the night. So are the battles. And when it's getting to cold, they curl into a ball of fur, burry their cute nose under their bushy tail and just sleep...
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Par ShumbAfrica le 15 June 2015 à 17:25
We spend at least 2h every night following habituated individual on their foraging expeditions. Here they are!
These 2 pictures show Ernie with his radio collar (VHF only)
And the next ones are the pups. They were born in Nov 2014 and are almost adult size now, but we still call them the pups!
And this is how close we get to them. One of them, Bain, is fond of playing with shoe laces...
Now Bentley is not happy as his brother Bain is stilling all his raisins!
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Par ShumbAfrica le 15 June 2015 à 17:16
The field station of Kalahari bat-eared fox Project is located in the Kuruman River Reserve (KRR), 18km East from Van Zylrus, Northern Cape. The reserve is about 30km2 and located on Kalahari sands around the Kuruman river bed.
Here are a few images for you to grasp a bit better the field conditions...
In between the dunes
How to get stuck on top of a dune with no 4wd...
Valley between dunes
Dune ridge
View on the dune
Sunset on Big dune
Sunset looking for foxes
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