lowveldboy wrote: 
NOW THAT IS A SPECIAL SIGHTING!!!!!
Indeed it was. If only because they are such rare creatures.
Lisbeth wrote:Blackie with "baby"
How many are they in Pilanesberg?
Not nearly as many as there should be Lis, and I put that down to mankind and his unkind attitude towards nature and wildlife.
We have invented guns and all manner of implements with which to destroy one another and our beautiful planet. And we have used these guns to anhialate the animals that would otherwise compete for space to survive. Instead of sharing, we have greedily grabbed up the land, taken down the natural vegetation and turned it into commercial farming so we can feed the teeming millions. Any animal that invaded those fields would simply have been shot.
Bushcraft wrote:Great stuff guys
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Thanks for a laugh and the narration that made us all feel as if we were part of it
Awesome Black Rhino sighting :mrgreen:
Thanks for being kind enough to say you enjoyed it. For us, (well for me anyway) it was an awesome trip. I got to see the wonders of nature.
"All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small. All things wise and wonderful, the Lord God made them all." (One of our hymns I loved most when I was a primary school lad.)
In conclusion, it occurs to me that the good Lord hath given us dominion over the earth, to subdue it and to use it to our betterment. I just don't believe that He had this in mind when He gave us the keys to the Kingdom. I am convinced that He did not mean for us to abuse this privilege. In this, I think there was a grave error of judgement.
Once I was forced to go to the zoo with my younger siblings and I was very unhappy. Close to the lion enclosure (cage) there was stand that had a sign saying "The most dangerous animal on earth" Beneath it was a reflective "mirror" type thing. At the time I was incensed. Over time I have come to understand the truth in this.
This is one of my reasons for being so against the development of hotels within Kruger or any other nature reserve. Nature is as nature is, we should strive to keep it that way and not interfere. We have done enough of that already and given the results of our handiwork, I don't think we are doing a bang up job, unless we use that term to describe our exceedingly fine effort of trashing our home.
For me trips to the reserves always end with this bittersweet thought pattern. I am overjoyed while I'm there admiring the work of the Master Engineer. But when I leave and get back to the reality of the human world, I am reminded once again of our folly and our failure to see this foolish behaviour that will lead us to our own destruction. Then I am inordinately saddened.
I maintain my stance that humans in general are not to be trusted.
I have no proof that hotels in Kruger will be a disaster, it is just an instinctive gut-feel. I know with certainty that these will be the first seeds of true destruction of a fine nature reserve. I guess I'm not the only one.
