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JulesK



Member Since: 07 Dec 2014
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Bit off topic but.........

RIP. Sudan, the LAST male Northern White Rhino. Big Cry If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Post #345402 20th Mar 2018 8:58 am
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Worms



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Very sad indeed. Particularly since this has all been on “our watch” in generational terms.

As recently as 1964, when John Hillaby did his “Journey to the Jade Sea” he recounts the difficulties in crossing the El Barta plains (which are a bit north of Ol Pejeta where this last male northern white rhino lived latterly). He describes dense bush and being constantly on guard as they moved from the territory of one angry rhino to the next for a couple of days. Now it is wide-open plain and you cross it in a couple of hours by Land Rover. Such is progress. 2005 D3 2.7 Auto
Previously:
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‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
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One of my sons (geologist) recently worked in Botswana and was quite impressed by how the elephants are protected with little poaching and government corruption, in fact in some areas elephants are a problem as there are too many of them and they wander into town.
My other (agronomist) son works in Kenya and often sees rhinos and elephants in his travels in fact the elephants can be a problem trampling crops despite use of electric fences. Apparently the older elephants will push one of the younger ones against the electric fence to knock it down - great parenting skills ! 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
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JulesK



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Aye, 'our watch' has a lot to answer for Sad

"Swap the gun for a camera" I say. If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Largered



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Wait a moment ......

BBC News "The world's last surviving male northern white rhino has died after months of ill health, his carers said."

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ronp



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Re: Bit off topic but.........

..... so why didn't you post on the 'Off Topic' section. Confused

It's not 'My Freel2' related and I could've saved 30 secs of my life. Rolling Eyes

Laughing FL2 now gone and have a couple of items left for sale:-

Brodit active iPhone holder + Brodit dash clip,
Bluetooth Music Streaming Module.

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JulesK



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My apologises to but I didn't know how to .Ok?

Better not answer the earlier post then as I'm in the wrong section obviously!!! Jezzzz Rolling Eyes If it wasn't so bad it'd be funny.

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Post #345421 20th Mar 2018 1:11 pm
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