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Birding the Kruger Park (2): Bateleur area

10,000 Birds

Medicinal and commercial uses of ostrich products in Tanzania. Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary. The helper birds play an important role in the survival of the chicks as well as assisting in excavating a suitable cavity for the breeding pair.

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KwaZulu-Natal

10,000 Birds

At first the Zulu King Dingaan gained the upper hand by slaughtering a large contingent of Boers (including their leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz) but the infamous Battle of Blood River in 1838 lead to a division of the territory between what was later known as Natal to the south and Zululand to the north. Image by Hugh Chittenden.