insert_link Environment Lions in a Uganda park make a perilous journey across a 1.5km stretch of water: study suggests the drive is to find mates By Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University; Christopher J. O'Bryan, Maastricht University; Duan Biggs, Northern Arizona University, and Robynne Kotze, University of Oxford Domestic cats will do almost anything to avoid contact with water. Not so for their wild cousins, though. Lions, tigers and jaguars have had to adapt to water and sometimes take the plunge for survival. And this is what we observed on […] todayJuly 12, 2024 36
insert_link 7 8 Oshiwambo Oonkoshi ndatu dhiiyaka moshikunino shiinamwenyo Uuministeli wOmidhingoloko owa kunkilile oshigwana shi kale sha pashuka, konima sho kwa monika oonkoshi ndatu moshikandjohogololo Mukwe moshitopolwa sha Kavango Uuzilo. Omupopiliko guuministeli Romeo Muyunda okwa koleke ndhoka momukanda gwiikundaneki ohela. Muyunda tati oonkoshi ndhoka odha topoka, noku wetike ashike dhili mbali onkiintu nondumentu. Otaku fekelwa dhiiyaka moshikunino shiinamwenyo mo Bwabwata, no hashi vulika dha thinda koshikunino shiinamwenyo ko Khaudum. Muyunda ta gwedhapo kutya konima sho dha monika omaandaha odha […] todayMay 17, 2024 22 8 7
insert_link Sport Wales and Lions great JPR Williams dies John Peter Rhys Williams -- who died aged 74 on Monday -- was one of Wales' most celebrated players during his country's 1970s golden era. Better known as JPR, the full-back, adorned with trademark sideburns and socks round his ankles, was a terrifying sight for his opponents as he bore down on them with or without the ball. Indeed so bone-crunching were his tackles that on the 1971 British […] todayJanuary 9, 2024 7
insert_link Sport ’95 RWC Winner Hannes Strydom dies in vehicle accident Springbok and 1995 Rugby World Cup winner Hannes Strydom died after his car collided with a minibus taxi to the north-east Johannesburg. South African Rugby president Mark Alexander said yesterday that the crash that claimed the life of the 58-year-old pharmacist occurred on Sunday near the coal-mining town of eMalahleni, 140 kilometres from the South African economic capital. Strydom won 21 caps for South Africa between 1993 and 1997 and […] todayNovember 21, 2023 31
insert_link Environment Lion protection fee paid by tourists could help stop trophy hunting – South African study Neil D’Cruze, University of Oxford; Angie Elwin, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Herbert Ntuli, University of Pretoria Trophy hunting is contentious. It typically involves paying for and pursuing a specific wild animal, often a large or iconic species, with the goal of killing it to obtain a trophy, such as the animal’s head, horns, or hide. Popular public opinion is largely in favour of ending the killing of wild animals for […] todayOctober 23, 2023 4