Aqui encontramos a subespécie girafa-capensis!
Giraffes at the waterhole at night (as fotos da esquerda e centro) e Herd of giraffes running (lado direito), as três fotos foram tiradas no Etosha National Park, By Steve Bloom.
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Localizado ao norte do país, Etosha National Park is Namibia's premier nature reserve and one of Africa's largest. It has great concentrations of game, especially in the dry winter months, and there are wonderful views out onto the salt pans.
It protects 114 species of mammals along with 340 species of birds. Originating as a shallow lake, the Etosha Pan dominates the park and is an immense, flat, saline desert of more than 3500 square miles.
Now, in years of good rain, this depression becomes a temporary lagoon full of white pelicans and flamingos. Birdlife around the waterholes is good, with ostrich, pygmy falcon and all the raptors in abundance.
Some of the local "specials" include short-toed rock thrush, Hartlaub's francolin, freckled nightjar and Meyer's parrot.
Nota: existe uma série de 4 selos emitida pela África do Sudoeste em 1987 (Yvert: 566/569, Scott: 586/589), eles mostram: Campo d'Okaukuejo, Parque Nacional Etosha (16c); Parque Daan Viljoen (20c); sources d'Ai-Ais (25 c) e Campo de Hardap (30 c).
Famoso por sua grande população de elefantes, Etosha é a casa também de leões, leopardos, rinoceronte-negro, assim como animais de planícies incluindo springbok, gemsbok e hartebeest.
Centenary of the Etosha National Park
Série emitida na cidade de Okaukuejo, em 22/03/2007, alusiva ao Centenário do Parque Nacional Etosha. A série compreende 10 selos sobre folhinha + FDC + 3 selos...
Em 22 de março de 1907, Namibia’s first three protected areas were proclaimed by Ordinance 88 of 1907. One of these, namely Game Reserve Number 2 covered an area including the current Etosha National Park and a further 70,000 km² which represents a large part of the Kunene region.
The park has gone through major transformation since those early times, in particular with regards to its size. The current size of the park 22,270 km². Aside from being the oldest, the Etosha has also become Namibia’s flagship conservation area, attracting about 200 000 tourists annually.
Compare this to 1990, quando cerca de 36 mil pessoas visitaram o parque...
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Fotos de Shauna Kelly – Melbourne, Australia
ShaunaKelly@ShaunaKelly.com – http://www.shaunakelly.com/
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As 3 fotos foram tiradas em Chudop waterhole. Haviam 38 girafas naquele dia de julho de 2001...
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Ambas as fotos abaixo foram tiradas em Etosha – by Shauna Kelly (07/2001).
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Lado esquerdo: girafas na estrada de Andoni – by Shauna Kelly, 07/2001. Lado direito: Esta girafa foi fotografada perto de Namutomi Camp – by Shauna Kelly (07/2001).
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Última atualização: 17/06/2008. |
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