I have a weird collection of friends from South Africa, that is not to say that my friends are weird - just that I seem to have a fair few. South Africa is somewhere I would like to go, but not with someone that doesn't know their way around. The main reason that I want to go to South Africa is for the Dassies.
Dassies - or Rock Hyrax as they are more commonly known - are creatures about the size of of a small rabbit and eat mainly local vegetation. For some strange reason their closest relation in the animal kingdom is an elephant. I don't know why; they bear no resemblance whatsoever. They're nocturnal and sleep with their feet in the air so that the sun shines on and burns their feet. When the sun isn't burning their feet anymore they get up. Clever, eh? I think I might be a Dassie. They can be found on Table Mountain (it, apparently, looks like a table. You certainly wouldn't be able to get your feet under it).
And, for one of the hottest countries in the world South Africa has one of the largest populations of penguins in the known universe. Who would have though it?
In honor of the day one of the elements of this blog isn't true. Who can spot which bit?
And this is my 200th blog. Some point this month will be the first anniversary of this blog. I might even do something for it.
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It should be "There ARE no penguins...". And yes there are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Penguin
May I delete the awful comment and just hang my head in shame when I see you next week?
Let's do a deal. I don't show you my 'dance of victory' around the TARDIS if I don't mention your little brain-clog.
No deal. I am allowed to have my blonde moments. The "Victory dance", is payback for getting my hopes up.
If no one has it by the time I get up tomorrow I shall highlight the offending line.
Well the Dassies we saw on otp of Table Mountain were a fair bit bigger than a small rabbit and they will eat more than local vegetation! Fingers, ankles or other body parts that get in the way of them stealing food from the tourists! Yet you can be charged with 'feeding' the little blighters! I don't reckon they are nocturnal either, 'cos the ones we saw were out in the full glare of the sune and basking in it! And shouldn't it be 'thought' and not 'though'?
To be more specific about the nocturnal thing, they get up when the sun isn't shining on them any more. I have now highlighted the one bit of the blog that isn't true.
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