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Rock Hyrax

Common Name: Rock hyrax

Scientific Name: Procavia capensis

Size: 12 inches at the shoulder

Weight: 5 to 9 pounds

Lifespan: 12 years

Habitat: Dry savanna to dense rain forest

Feeding: Herbivorous

Gestation: 7 months

Location : Serengeti National Park

Reference: http://www.outtoafrica.nl/animals/enghyrax.html?zenden=2&subsoort_id=4&bestemming_id=1

The Great Serengeti - Official Musiical Viddeo

This not my work. I found it in YouTube. Its interesting... have a look at it.



The Serengeti needs our help. Please listen and read about why it's important to lend support to help animals and people find a way to coexist peacefully at www.savetheserengeti.org

Olduvai Gorge "The Cradle of Mankind".

What is Olduvai Gorge?

 
The Olduvai Gorge is a steep-sided ravine in the Great Rift Valley that stretches through eastern Africa. It is about 48km long.

Where is it located?

 
It is located in the eastern Serengeti Plains in northern Tanzania and located 45 km from the Laetoli archaeological site. 

Why is it important?

 
The area of Olduvai Gorge is one of the most important prehistoric sites in the world for research and understanding of the early human evolution.

Hominid fossils(preserved bones) and stone tools found in the Olduvai Gorge. They have been found to cover an astonishing time span of as early as 2 million years ago up to the relatively recent 15,000 years ago. This is the longest lineage of human evolution found anywhere on earth. Due to this reason sometimes this important prehistorical site is called "The Cradle of Mankind".

Important discoveries in Olduvai Gorge

 
1911 - Professor Wilhelm Kattwinke, a German professor and  naturalist found some fossils while collecting butterflies in Olduvai Gorge.

1931 to 1951 - Found animal fossils and stone tools

1976 - Mary Leakey discovered the Laetoli Footprint

1959 July 17th - Discovered 1.8 million year old skeleton of Australopithecus boisei by Leakey . This robust skull was named as Zinjanthropus boisei, which means Boise's man from East Africa. Zinj is the Arabic name for East Africa and Charles Boise was the man who sponsored the expedition.

How does the name come?
 

The name is a misspelling of Oldupai Gorge.
Oldupai is the Maasai word for the wild sisal plant Sansevieriaehrenbergii, which grows in the gorge.

Wold Heritage
 

Olduvai Gorge has been designated a Unesco World Heritage Site since 1979.

References
 

internet:
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/leakey.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/olduvai-gorge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olduvai_Gorge
 

Book :
Tourist Travel & Field Guide to Ngorongoro Conservation Area

The Endless plane "Serengeti"

Birds seen in Kimbeji Beach



Great Crested Tern

Common Name: Great Crested Tern (Crested Tern or Swift Tern)
Scientific Name : Thalasseus bergii
Identification: Grey upperparts, white underparts, a yellow bill, and a shaggy black crest
Habitat: occurs in tropical and warm temperate coastal parts of the Old World
Feeding: Fish
Location: Kimbeji Beach
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Crested_Tern

Birds of Tanzania

More than 800 bird species have been identified in Tanzania. Here is my updated birds collection after my last safari at Serengeti, Ngorongoro and Tharengeri.
To see a short description of each bird please click on Birds of Tanzania page.

Big Cats Tanzania

Cheetah, Caracal, Serval, Wild cat, Lion and Lepord are found in Tnzania. We were lucky to see 3 of this big cats during our last Safari. Here below is my Big cats photo stream.