#016 – Fever Tree Forest – Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training – Podcast

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#023 – Astronomy
26 Jul 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
"There's a starman waiting in the sky
He'd like to come and meet us
But he thinks he'd blow our minds"

The southern sky by night could be indeed mind blowing. In this last episode we reach for the stars… A Late Night Talk with Russel Crossey about astronomy and ancient beliefs.
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#022 – Quelea
19 Jul 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
They form one of the biggest crowds in the bird kingdom: Quelea. Sometimes they appear as enormous morphing clouds at the sky. Ross Hawkins tells us how they manage to do this.
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#021 – Birding 2
12 Jul 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Your are not thaaaat into birding? No problem. Even without thorough knowledge of the rarest LBJs you can enjoy the colourful flying variety… Ross Hawkins explains what a huge amount we could learn by only looking at their beak and wing design.
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#020 – Birding 1
5 Jul 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Birder or twitcher? No matter what. You will find birds on every safari, even if the big game plays hide and seek. Ross Hawkins introduces us to the world of feathered creatures and to the citizen based science and conservation program of the Southern African Bird Atlas Project.
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#019 – Makuleke Land Claim
28 Jun 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
After their relocation in apartheid times, the Makuleke people started to claim back their land. The story of their success and what their future plans are is told by Eric, chairperson of the royal family of Makuleke.
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#018 – Makuleke Relocation
21 Jun 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Nature conservation can't be regarded high enough, but sometimes it goes hand in hand with tragedy. In this episode, Norman, the chief of the Makuleke royal kraal, tells what happened to his village and makes the concession in northern Kruger possible.
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#017 – Lanner Gorge
14 Jun 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Lanner Gorge in the Pafuri region of South Africa got its name from the lanner falcon, which you could watch from the rim soaring on your eye level…
But that's not the only sight. Looking down into the gorge, it seems the earth opens up as a history book. In this episode we have a chat with Ross Hawkins about geology and the breaking up of Gondwanaland.
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#016 – Fever Tree Forest
7 Jun 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Can nature build its very own cathedral? Yes, it can. With pastel green trunks as pillars and a leafy canopy more impressive than every elaborate rib vault. The hymns are sung by countless birds and high mass is every day every time. Quentin Swanevelder calls this place, the Fever Tree Forest in northern Kruger, his workplace.
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#015 – Termites
31 May 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Is there a mind in the mound? The witch hat like constructions are an iconic feature of the African landscape. But their inhabitants are not only gifted builder, they also farm fungus and have an elaborate social system. In this episode, Ross Hawkins talks about termites.
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#014 – Hyena
24 May 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Don't trust Hollywood. Not only the movie "Lion King" portrays hyenas as ugly and mean creatures. In fact they are intelligent and co-operative with strong social bonds within their well-organised clans. Moreover With only four extant species, the Hyaenidae is the fifth-smallest biological family in the Carnivora, and one of the smallest in the class Mammali. Russel Crossey talks about the two most common species: The brown and the spottetd hyena.
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#013 – Eland
17 May 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
It is Africas largest and slowest antelope. Weighing up to 1,500 lb. and reaching 70 in. at the shoulder. But it is not the sheer size that makes the eland special. It's the role it has in the belief-system of the san, explains Russell Crossey.
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#012 – Giraffe
10 May 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
They are the tallest land mammals and their silhouette against a sunset sky is the empidome of Africa. But also in other respects giraffes literally stand out. For example, with their unique gait or their circulatory system, which prevents them from fainting, knows Lazarus Moalosi.
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#011 – Scorpions
3 May 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
They glow at night and their sting could sometimes be life-threatening. Ross Hawkins talks about scorpions and why it is crucial to look at the size of their pincers and tails.
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#010 – Spiders
26 Apr 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Even small things matter… In this episode, Ross Hawkins takes a closer look at the world of the creepy crawlies. At spiders to be precise.
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#009 – Zebra
19 Apr 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
There are thousands and thousands and more thousands of zebras on the African plains. Grazing, galloping and doing their zebra-things. Some people think they are boring and there is not much more to see than a blur of black and white. Adrian Ntombo Kholi thinks otherwise.
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#008 – African History Vol. 2
12 Apr 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
For a thrilling lesson in African history there is no need for old castles, ancient artifacts or interactive museums. Just sit down with Russell Crossey on a basalt ridge in Mashatu Game Reserve and he guides you through the centuries from the beginning of mankind to the present modern days. Volume two.
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#007 – African History Vol. 1
5 Apr 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
For a thrilling lesson in African history there is no need for old castles, ancient artifacts or interactive museums. Just sit down with Russell Crossey on a basalt ridge in Mashatu Game Reserve and he guides you through the centuries from the beginning of mankind to the present modern days. Volume one.
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#006 – Salomons Wall – A Lesson in Geology
29 Mar 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Where we all come from and where we all go to – Russell Crossey from Mashatu Game Reserve knows the answer.
This episode is in essence about geology, but looks at it from a much wider perspective.
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#005 – Impala
22 Mar 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
You meet them at every corner, they are really many. Some call them McDonalds of the bush, other the Madonnas. Wether you see them as a lion-fodder or graceful creatures.… Whatever, the fact is they are crucial to the ecosytem and not as boring as many think they are, explains Lazarus Moalosi. They even use some kind of communal loo…
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#004 – The Art of Tracking
15 Mar 2018· Bits & Bites from the Bush: Wilderness-wise with Eco-Training
Some see only a jumble of imprints on the ground. But other read it like a newspaper. Bruce Lawson talks about the centuries old art of deciphering tracks, spoors and signs of and in the wild.
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Episodes

#023 – Astronomy

#022 – Quelea

#021 – Birding 2

#020 – Birding 1

#019 – Makuleke Land Claim

#018 – Makuleke Relocation

#017 – Lanner Gorge

#016 – Fever Tree Forest

#015 – Termites

#014 – Hyena

#013 – Eland

#012 – Giraffe

#011 – Scorpions

#010 – Spiders

#009 – Zebra

#008 – African History Vol. 2

#007 – African History Vol. 1

#006 – Salomons Wall – A Lesson in Geology

#005 – Impala

#004 – The Art of Tracking