{"id":75,"date":"2008-02-23T11:28:19","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T11:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:36:58","slug":"namibia-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Namibia II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Second batch of photos from Nambia, focussing on wildlife.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/desertelephant\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/DesertElephant-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DesertElephant\" title=\"DesertElephant\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4733\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/desertelephants2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/DesertElephants2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"DesertElephants2\" title=\"DesertElephants2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4734\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Desert-adapted elephants near the Abu Huab river.  These elephants tend to have longer legs and smaller ears than their bush cousins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/nambiarockmonitor\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NambiaRockMonitor-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NambiaRockMonitor\" title=\"NambiaRockMonitor\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4735\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wikipedia on monitor lizards\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monitor_lizard\">Rock monitor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/namibiasealion\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NamibiaSealion-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NamibiaSealion\" title=\"NamibiaSealion\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4740\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/namibiapelicans\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NamibiaPelicans-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NamibiaPelicans\" title=\"NamibiaPelicans\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4736\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/namibiapelicansflight\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NamibiaPelicansFlight-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NamibiaPelicansFlight\" title=\"NamibiaPelicansFlight\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4737\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sealion and pelicans in <a title=\"Wikipedia on Walvis Bay\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Walvis_Bay\">Walvis Bay<\/a> [22 54 12 S, 14 29 54 E].<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/namibiaplant\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NamibiaPlant-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NamibiaPlant\" title=\"NamibiaPlant\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4738\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plant from the <a title=\"Wkipedia on Euphorbia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Euphorbia\">Euphorbia<\/a> family, which can only be eaten by a few species of antelope with a sufficiently robust digestion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/namibiaquivertree\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NamibiaQuiverTree-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NamibiaQuiverTree\" title=\"NamibiaQuiverTree\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4739\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wikipedia on the quiver tree\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quiver_tree\">Quiver tree<\/a>, so-called as it was used by the indigenous <a title=\"Wikipedia on the San\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bushmen\">San people<\/a> to make quivers for arrows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2008\/02\/namibia-ii\/namibiagecko\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/NamibiaGecko-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"NamibiaGecko\" title=\"NamibiaGecko\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-4741\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gecko on sun-lounger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second batch of photos from Nambia, focussing on 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