The Giant Otter Shrew (Potamogale velox
) is an insectivore that inhabits the Dzanga-Sangha tropical rainforest of Cameroon, where it lives along streams and in swamps. It is the only member of the genus Potamogale. It is characterized by a long, flat tail, which it uses for swimming. The Giant Otter Shrew feeds underwater on frogs, fish, crabs, and mollusks, which it locates with the thick bristles on its snout.
The Giant Otter, in the book: Three Singles to Adventure. The Giant Otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, (also known as the river wolf) is the largest of the world's otters, as well as the largest mustelid It is native to South America but is endangered and is also very rare in captivity. I also loved reading about his boyhood days spent living on the Greek island of Corfu, where he painted wonderful pictures in my mind, of his family and the idealic childhood setting of Corfu with it’s local Fauna and Fauna. His beginnings as a conservationalist started there.
The book being;
My Family and Other Animals.
So it is always of interest to me to see native animals untouched in their own environment. Or the Magnificence of nature and Man’s greatest triumphs. As well as all things most wondrous to the eye, whether man made or of natures design.
This brings me around to a message I received from my 360 friend Sue.
Sue send out a message to alert all her friends to a site in Africa that has a cam and associated sound streaming from a water hole in South Africa.
Nkorho Pan is a natural water hole in the prestigious Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve, in South Africa. Nkorho pan is named after Nkorho bush Lodge which gets it name from the Shangaan derivative for the call of the yellow-billed hornbill, a common and unusual looking bird from this area,
African Cams you choose the cam.
Nikorto Bush Lodge
http://www.wavelit.com/popup/playerAfricam.asp
Beautiful sounds here of the local birds. I also heard the trampling sound of wildebeest and deer and saw the birds up very close and personal.
I did a bit more of a search of the African site and located more cams at Mount Kilimanjaro http://www.kilicam.com/
Egypt, streaming the Pyramids to you night and day. http://www.pyramidcam.com/
Lots of great information and even the odd UFO or Meteor sighting. With stills back up.
Another site that has more to offer is: http://www.africam.com/cam_info/index.php?PHPSESSID=cc6a7650169d2377a9fe766e7c2c17f9#
The Tembe Elephant Cam (not always working)
From this site I have also seen lions and other large beasts.
Africa Web Cams are located at a 'watering hole' at the Tembe Elephant Park in the north-east corner of South Africa, near the Mozambique border.
The web cams offer you live pictures of the biggest elephants in the world. Visitors to the web cams hide must remain silent, so as not to frighten the magnificent elephants.
In the background, cicadas call, crickets chirp and birds call. Visitors to the hide, and to Africa Web Cams, view scenes that hark back to the beginning of time.
The web cams are powered by solar panels: http://www.zulucam.org/
I know there are many more to be seen and you too might have a favourite to share.
Gerald Durrell website of interest is : http://www.shoarns.com/MyFamilyandOtherAnimals.htm
Here you can read an excerpt of : MY FAMILY AND OTHER ANIMALS
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Or a tribute to Gerald Durrell on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Durrell.
I often wonder what he would have thought in a future where this streaming cam, can be activated from your very own p.c. at any time of the day, for you to observe the animals, cities or zoos and people of the globe and beyond..
I know from my humble beginnings reading these simply wonderful books and others like them, my interest was triggered and my outlook enlarged,.
Today we have a veritable feast to satiate our curiosity and knowledge and it is at our finger tips.
For me even the streaming cam becomes a source of wonder and delight. I envisage technology will take us further a field in the very near future. The mind boggles in anticipation..
What would Mr Durrell and others like him think. I wonder ?
I have used Google and Wikipedia as my resources here. With thanks to both.
Recently added Cams.....
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/index.php
http://www.thewildlifecam.com/default.aspx
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