• 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.

     

    The meerkats

    Vigilance

    The meerkats

    On alert for birds of prey

     

     The meerkats

    The meerkats

    The meerkats

    Sand bathing checking for bird of prey

    The meerkats

    A few portraits...

    The meerkats

    The meerkats

    The meerkats

    Standing guard...

    The meerkats

    The meerkats


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  • 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...

    Winter sleep

    Winter sleep

    Winter sleep

    Winter sleep


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  • We spend at least 2h every night following habituated individual on their foraging expeditions. Here they are!

     

    The Batties

    The Batties

    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!

    The Batties

    The Batties

    The Batties

    The Batties

    The Batties

    The Batties

    The Batties

    The Batties

    And this is how close we get to them. One of them, Bain, is fond of playing with shoe laces...

    The Batties

     

    The Batties

    Now Bentley is not happy as his brother Bain is stilling all his raisins!


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  • 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...

    Kuruman River Reserve

    In between the dunes

    Kuruman River Reserve

    How to get stuck on top of a dune with no 4wd...

    Kuruman River Reserve

    Valley between dunes

    Kuruman River Reserve

    Dune ridge

    Kuruman River Reserve

    Kuruman River Reserve

    View on the dune

    Kuruman River Reserve

    Sunset on Big dune

    Kuruman River Reserve

    Sunset looking for foxes

    Kuruman River Reserve

     

     


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