MetaFilter posts tagged with Africa and nature

lions and other wildlife from the African bush

madamjujujive — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:49:53 -0800

Brutal or Amazing? - this is just one of many fine posts on the Photo Africa Blog, an excellent source of in-the-wild animal and nature photos and reports from bush field guides. Also see: Madikwe Lions.

formal and contemporary

nickyskye — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:39:27 -0800

The Young Gallery has an exceptional collection of photographs by both renowned and recently discovered photographers. The feast of visuals includes elegantly haunting images of African wildlife by Nick Brandt, Night Views of cities by Floriane de Lassée, salad vegetables by Viktor Polson, nudes and portraits by Patrick Demarchelier and images of Tibet, Mongolians and Tibetans by Richard Gere.

A horse is a horse... Unless of course...

Effigy2000 — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:53:07 -0800

Are Zebras black with white stripes, or white with black stripes? Find the answer to this, plus many other fun zebra facts and many great zebra pictures and photos for your desktop at the appropriately titled Fun Zebra Pictures & Facts website. And funnily enough, the stripes are actually meant to work as camouflage. For further reading, you can learn more about the varied lives of Africa's Zebras here.

The battle of the gentle giants

madamjujujive — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:14:01 -0800

Giraffe mating battles can be brutal but they are generally gentle giants. Man's fascination with these exotic creatures can be tracked from 9,000 year old rock art to the quest for exotics that brought them to the courts of Medici-era Florence, Restoration Paris, and Imperial China, spawning much curiosity and fanciful illustration. Today, giraffe-o-philes can get up close and personal in Kenya's Giraffe Manor. Zheng Hai's giraffe Medici Giraffe Zarafa, the giraffe that walked to Paris in 1827. Michael Poliza's giraffe photos Tall Blondes - Lynn Sherr narrates a wonderful PBS Nature episode on giraffes, available in 11 segments. In pursuit of giraffes - BBC's Joanna Lumley

Tiger tiger burning bright

infini — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:49:34 -0800

As two more villages are relocated to create reserves for Project Tiger in India, each family will be offered two hectares of land, a house and 100,000 rupees or approximately $2200. But is this a sustainable solution for anti poaching measures? At Ranthambhore tiger reserve in the backward district of Sawai Madhopur, poaching has been controlled but pressure on the park remains as long as the seven relocated villages are unable to find alternate sources of long term income and other resources. When seeking food and shelter, saving the tiger is the last thing on their minds. Witness the slaughtering of the rare gorilla in Congo for food recently until the rebels were convinced to stop. Local needs versus long term ecological preservation will continue to be issues unless alternate viable solutions can be found.

MiguelCardoso — Sat, 24 Aug 2002 15:06:35 -0800

On Solidarity, Community Spirit And Going Meerkat-Mad: They're cute, they're smart; they're funny, they're sociable; they're even considered the epitome of cooperative living. In fact, they could probably teach MetaFilter a lesson or two. In their September issue, National Geographic has gone stark, raving meerkat-bonkers - and not a moment too soon either. We're talking new desktops here, no mistake..[Flash needed for first link - definitely worth waiting for it to load - Real or WindowsMedia for some other on-site features.]