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Another Venda Adventure
Willem Started conversation Jun 19, 2020
From last Friday until Tuesday I was out into the wilds again with my friend, Ruan the reptile man. We were in Venda, way off the beaten track. For four days I didn't see a single Covid mask! We were after reptiles, particularly geckoes and burrowing skinks and worm-lizards. We found most of what we were looking for! On the last day we were helped by a local, Given, who was very interested in what we were doing and wanted to try it as well. He got a few very nice ones! He doesn't speak English that well, leading to conversations like:
I: Did you find anything?
Given: Yes!
I: What did you find?
Given: Anything!
But we managed to understand each other in the end!
I also of course checked out the plants. We took lots of photos and I will soon write it all up for The Post!
Another Venda Adventure
Prof Animal Chaos.C.E.O..err! C.E.Idiot of H2G2 Fools Guild (Official).... A recipient of S.F.L and S.S.J.A.D.D...plus...S.N.A.F.U. Posted Jun 19, 2020
reptiles etc! I hope his knowledge of english wasn't sort of saying these are good fried/roasted etc
Glad you had a good time
and the insight you've amassed is beneficial as such
Another Venda Adventure
Willem Posted Jun 20, 2020
He gave us some cool Venda names for some of them. They are more pleasant-sounding than the English names - he laughed when we told him one lizard was called a 'Kalahari Dwarf Legless Skink'. That just sounds so clunky!
Actually the tastiest thing we found was a nice big fat scorpion. We didn't eat it!
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