I always like getting camera trap photographs of Large-Spotted Genet. The strange reed-like plants in the background gave this location an interesting look.
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Large-Spotted Genet
(Grootkolmuskejaatkat - Genetta tigrina) at Berg River Dam |
I still can't figure out what happened to this Genet's head... Is this the fabled
Headless-Genet of Berg River that the mothers, in nearby town of Franschhoek, use to scare their children with if they don't brush their teeth?
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Quick! Spit on the bottom of your shoe and stamp on the ground, or the Headless-Genet of Berg River will give you hiccups!! |
It was also nice to get a photograph of a baby Porcupine. He seems like a feisty little bugger!
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Baby Porcupine (Ystervark - Hystrix africaeaustralis) feeling spiky |
The parents where frequent visitors to the camera traps as well.
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Adult Porcupine showing of those quills |
Cool pics Henry! i think I recognise that little porcupine.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeremy. Yes, the camera was very close to where you got those cool videos at the burrow :)
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