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The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology: July 2015 Newly added images of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve
Submitted by Grant on Friday, July 31 @ 22:23:58 UTC July 2015: Many new images have been added to The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology taken over June 2015 at The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project gallery, including views, fauna and flora: Termites that wild meerkats eat as part of their primarily insectivorous diet and a toxic hairy caterpillar and an escape burrow showing how the interior is dry after rain in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project- home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses.
All the species of fauna and flora no matter their size are protected by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve, the home of The Ungulungu wild and free meerkats and The Tsebokolodi wild and free yellow mongooses.
Every reserve protected species here is an essential part of the ecology that provides a home to the meerkat and many other better known or larger species.
All these reserve species are simply trying to make a living, just like the rest of us. However soo many species are not even considered in the media due to their size or lack of popularity - these reserve albums are here to create an awareness of some of the lesser known species in the meerkats habitat.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Mansion Research Base and Accommodation around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - home of the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates group.
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The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology: June 2015 Newly added images of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve
Submitted by Grant on Tuesday, June 30 @ 22:57:23 UTC June 2015: Many new images have been added to The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology taken over May 2015 at The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project gallery, including views, fauna and flora: A caterpillar and coleoptra larvae that wild meerkats eat as part of their primarily insectivorous diet in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project- home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Mansion Research Base and Accommodation around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - home of the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates group.
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To go to the Tour booking form - and select any department as all are checked by Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Manpress here.
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The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology: May 2015 VIDEO: A Cape Cobra snake catches a toad - Naja nivea
Submitted by Grant on Sunday, May 24 @ 20:05:23 UTC A Cape Cobra snake catches a toad - (Naja nivea) in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve.
Observations from the personal film archives of Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve which forms the territory of The Ungulungu Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates range.
I was very fortunate to see the Cape Cobra - Naja nivea moving back into a deep dried out crevice in the mud after ambushing and capturing an unfortunate toad.
Although the Cape cobra is a highly venomous snake with neurotoxic venom, it is seldom aggressive towards humans which are of course not it's prey - unless it is provoked.
I have encountered this beautiful reptile countless times when walking with wild meerkats and other wildlife - since they always detect snake scent.
The Cape Cobra is one of the most dangerous of all meerkat predators as it will hunt them during the day and at night - as it can follow them into their burrows when they are asleep.
Even though meerkats have the ability to kill and eat snakes, since the meerkat does not have any carnassial teeth for tearing meat, they rather try and avoid these snakes when they have investigated them - after a brief encounter the meerkats will almost always leave the snake and move away.
I often walk past the area where the Cobra was seen, and I have never noticed it there before - now that I know it lives there I have seen it often.
Many snakes are killed by people, even though the snake is often totally harmless and even if it is venomous it is seldom intentionally around humans in my experience.
I discovered yet again that most snakes are seldom seen, even though they are around us unless they want to be seen as a defensive reaction for their own protection if we intrude into their space.
All the species that occur in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve are protected, no matter how large or small, aerial, aquatic, below or above the ground.
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The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology: May 2015 Newly added images of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve
Submitted by Grant on Sunday, May 24 @ 19:54:18 UTC May 2015: Many new images have been added to The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology taken over April 2015 at The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project gallery, including views, fauna and flora - including: this poisonous caterpillar and mushroom located in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project- home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses.
The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project introduces the secretive section of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology situated around Oudtshoorn Western Cape of South Africa.
The Meerkat Mansion Research Base and Accommodation around Oudtshoorn Western Cape South Africa in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve of The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project - home of the Wild and Free Ungulungu meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates group.
** TOUR INFORMATION ** => SEND A WILDLIFE VIEWING TOUR / MEERKAT MANSION RESEARCH BASE ACCOMMODATION BOOKING REQUEST FORM BELOW:
To go to the Tour booking form - and select any department as all are checked by Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Manpress here.
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The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve Riverine Ecology: May 2015 VIDEO: The African helmeted turtle - Pelomedusa subrufa
Submitted by Grant on Thursday, May 21 @ 23:50:43 UTC Eye to eye with The African helmeted turtle - Pelomedusa subrufa in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve
Observations from the personal film archives of Grant M. Mc Ilrath - A.K.A - The Meerkat Man from The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve which forms the territory of The Ungulungu Wild and Free meerkat / meerkats / suricate / suricates range and The Tsebokolodi Yellow Mongooses Cynictis penicillata.
The African helmeted turtle; African side-necked turtle; crocodile turtle; marsh terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa) is one of the many amphibians that visit the variety of water features located in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve - home to the Ungulungu meerkats and Tsebokolodi yellow mongooses, including a river and numerous dams and canals and ponds.
Numerous new and expanded water features are being hand excavated – human muscle power only (no machinery) on the reserve to create additional aquatic habitat and migratory corridors for the African helmeted turtle and a vast number of other reserve species including among others:
Aonyx capensis – The Cape clawless otter Atliax paludinosis – Water mongoose Galerella pulverulenta – Cape Grey mongoose Heprestes ichneumon – The Egyptian mongoose Suricata suricatta – meerkat (Ungulungu meerkat group and others) Cynictis penicillata – The yellow mongoose (Tsebokolodi yellow mongoose group) Orycteropus afer – aardvark Hystrix africaeaustralis – African porcupine Otocycon megalotis – bat-eared fox Canis mesomelas – Black-backed jackal Vulpes chama – Cape Fox Raphicerus campestris - Steenbok Sylvicapra grimmia - Common duiker
These aquatic excavation eco – engineering habitat creation projects done by The Meerkat Magic Conservation Project have been done over many years and will continue and are attracting many species into the protected habitat of The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve.
Displaced and homeless species from surrounding intensively damaged stock farming areas that have lost their natural habitat due to generations of agricultural development and soil compaction from stock trampling are making the reserve their home.
All the species that occur in The Meerkat Magic Valley Reserve are protected, no matter how large or small, aerial, aquatic, below or above the ground.
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