Backyard wildlife

[Lisbeth]

Not pretty either

[Richprins]

Rare, okie!

There is a "striped mongoose" as well...even more rare! Forget the proper name, but I saw one outside Orpen on a night drive!

[okie]

RP , you probably also saw one of these .
Zorillas are also called " striped polecat " . It resembles the American skunk .

As per Wikipedia :

The striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus, also called the African polecat, zoril, zorille, zorilla, Cape polecat, and African skunk) is a member of the family Mustelidae (weasels), though in actuality, it somewhat resembles a skunk.[3] The name "zorilla" comes from the word "zorro", which in Spanish means "fox". It lives predominantly in dry and arid climates, such as the savannahs and open country of Central, Southern, and sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the Congo basin and the more coastal areas of West Africa.[2][4]

[Richprins]

Ok...lost what is left of my mind...

[H. erectus]

At the steps leading too the backstoep today,.

Dearest always sits there when chatting on the
phone,..ag well,,..

[Lisbeth]

That's a big guy

[H. erectus]

Some serious loss to photographic value,..
Don't know why,..original image much sharper.

[H. erectus]

I reckon I know this one from before!!
Other side of the house. Looks pregnant
to me and was very sluggish in movement!!

I seem to think it not fully grown, maybe a
metre +

[Lisbeth]

Or the bench is very big or that snake is more than a meter long

[okie]

A cape cobra in Gauteng