The 2mm Kolibri (also known as the 2.7mm Kolibri Car Pistol or 2.7×9mm Kolibri) was the smallest commercially available centerfire cartridge ever. It was patented in 1910 and introduced in 1914 by Franz Pfannl, an Austrian watchmaker. The cartridge weighs 5.3 grams (82 grains), measures 3 millimetres (0.12 ince) at its widest point, and 11 mm (0.43 ince) from the base of the primer to the tip of the bullet. The cartridge is headspaced on the mouth of the case. The bullet itself masses 0.2g (3 grains), and is estimated to have a normal muzzle velocity of 200 metres per second (660ft/s).

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SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2mm_Kolibri

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Over thirty years ago seven impressive elephant bulls, all with tusks weighing more than 50kg each, could be found in Kruger National Park. The Chief Warden at the time, Dr U de V Pienaar, coined the collective name for these tuskers: the Magnificent Seven.  When each of these great elephants died, it was decided to retrieve their tusks and skulls in order to display them. The Elephant Hall at Letaba Rest Camp now holds the tusks of Dzombo, Kambaku, Mafunyane, Ndlulamithi, Shawu and Shingwedzi. Joao is said to have had the largest single tusk, weighing in at 70 kg. As he got older one of his tusks broke off and were never recovered. As a result, his are the only tusks that you won't see in the Elephant Hall.

SOURCE: Sanparks.org

Die grootste krokodil in aanhouding is ’n soutwaterkrokodil genaamd Cassius. Dié honderd jaar oue meneer is 5.48m lank – dis gelykstaande aan die lengte van twee ping-pong-tafels. Cassius is in 1987 in die noorde van Australië gevang en na die Marineland Melanesia-park op Green Island in die Cairns-gebied van Queensland geneem, waar hy steeds vandag is. Die grootste krokodil in aanhouding ooit, was Lolong wat 6.17m lank was. Hy is in 2011 in ’n rivier in Bunawan in die Filippyne gevang en in ’n toeristepark aangehou waar hy in 2013

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Die grootste

BRON: guinnessworldrecords.com

Die grootste

Die wêreld se grootste natuurreservaat op land is die Northeast Greenland National Park, wat 972,000km² beslaan. Die oppervlak van die reservaat is grotendeels bedek met ys. Hierdie reservaat in Groenland is die enigste op die VN se top20-lys van die grootste beskermde gebiede in die wêreld wat op land is, die res is mariene gebiede.

SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org

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Kameelperde se tonge is tot 50cm lank en is donkerpers, amper swart in kleur. Dit is as gevolg van die digtheid van die donker melanien-pigment in hulle. Daar is geen definitiewe rede hiervoor nie, maar die mees aanvaarde teorie is dat die melanien ekstra UV-beskerming bied.

 SOURCE: sciencefocus.com

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A severe drought is threatening South Africa's wildlife industry, with game farmers keeping fewer animals and tourists visiting game lodges in smaller numbers. Parts of the country have been affected by consecutive years of abnormally hot weather and below average rainfall that have scorched grazing lands and dried up watering holes since 2015, the driest year on record. Industry body Wildlife Ranching South Africa (WRSA) estimates the Northern Cape province has lost more than two-thirds of its game over the last three years.

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The African giant swallowtail is the largest butterfly in Africa and among the largest in the world. It has a wingspan of between 18 and 23 centimetres. It lives in the tropical rainforests of west and central Africa. The butterfly has no natural enemies because it is very toxic.

SOURCE: en.wikipedia.org

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The Schwerer Gustav was the largest artillery piece every constructed in terms of overall weight (1350 tonnes) and weight of projectiles (15,700 pounds), while it’s 800mm rounds are the largest ever fired in combat. The gun also had a range of over 38km. The gun were originally designed during WW II to be deployed against the French Maginot Line though the Blitzkrieg rendered that mission obsolete. Instead, the gun were deployed to the Eastern Front. The Schwerer Gustav entered combat during the German siege of Sevastopol in June 1942. The gun was manned by a crew of over 1400 men, 250 to assemble the weapon, two anti-aircraft battalions to protect it, and the rest to load and fire the weapon. It was destroyed in Germany to avoid capture by the advancing allied armies.

SOURCE: businessinsider.com

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Hoe om te onderskei tussen die geslagte van gemsbokke: Die bulle se nekke is dikker as die koeie s’n. Koeie se horings is gewoonlik langer, maar dikwels effens misvorm naby die punte. Bulle se horings is meer geneig om ’n klokvorm te vertoon as daar van voor af na die horings gekyk word. Die beste metode om geslagte te onderskei is om te kyk vir die penisskede van die bul wat duidelik op die pens sigbaar is.

 BRON: Skootplasing 2015

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'n Ystervarkwyfie het twee pare spene en hulle sit aan haar sy, net agter die blad of voorbeen. Sy hoef dus nie op haar sy om te rol om die kleintjies te voed nie.

 BRON: SA JAGTER/HUNTER, Desember 2019 

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Die historiese wapen(s) wat tot dusver die hoogste prys op veiling behaal het, was ’n stel pistole wat aan George Washington behoort het. Dit is in 2002 deur die Richard King Mellon-stigting by ’n Christie’s Americana-veiling vir 1,986,000 dollar gekoop en aan Fort Ligonier naby Pittsburg geskenk. Hierdie pistole is deur sy Franse bondgenoot, die Marquis de Lafayette, aan Washington geskenk en hy het dit gedurende die Amerikaanse Vryheidsoorlog gebruik. Na sy dood het die wapens in president Andrew Jackson se hande beland wat dit later aan die Washington-familie teruggegee het. Dié pistole in .57-kaliber, is elk 17.5” lank. Die gladde lope (sonder groewe) is 11.5” lank en van smeeyster gemaak.

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Die minste  

Die Limpopo-provinsie en die Oos-Kaap 

se damme het tans die minste water. Die 

helfte van Limpopo se damme is minder 

as 50% vol en in die Oos-Kaap staan 11 

damme op 20% en vier is leeg. 

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BRON: Mail & Guardian  

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Soos met ander medium-groot en kleiner bokke is dit dikwels raadsaam om effens agter die blad te skiet as 'n rooibok plankdwars staan en lyfskote geneem word. So ’n skoot sal nog die agterkant van die longe tref en dodelik wees. Die rede vir so ’n skoot is omdat dit grootskaalse skade aan die bladvleis verhoed. Wees net versigtig om nie die skoot te ver na agter te plaas nie anders word die pens se voorkant gevang en is die bok net gekwes.

BRON: Skootplasing 2015

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The Community Resources Boards in Zambia have withdrawn their signatures to all the hunting permits in their areas and have refused to sign any others. This will stop any trophy hunting unless the government pays the money it owes these communities. The communities have received no concession fees since 2016 and no hunting revenue since last year. By law, they should receive 20% of the concession fees and 50% of the hunting revenue. The chiefs who run the communities are owed a 5% share of both.

SOURCE: The Zambian

Die grootste 

Die volstruis is die wêreld se grootste voël. Dit staan 'n massiewe 2.7m hoog en weeg soveel as 159kg –  dis ongeveer 1m hoër as die gemiddelde man en die gewig van twee mans gekombineerd.

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Vlakvarkbere word van sôe onderskei deur die twee stelle gesigvratte wat hulle het, teenoor die een paar van die vroulike diere.

BRON: Kolskoot 2019

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Engineers in southern California are designing the biggest wildlife corridor in the world. The corridor will cost 87 million dollar and will extend over US Highway 101, north-west of Los Angeles. It will not only give big cats, coyotes, deer, lizards, snakes and other creatures a safe route to open space and better access to food and potential mates, it might also save the mountain lion from extinction.

Wie is die grootste?

Die wildemakou is die grootste jagbare water-

voël in Suid-Afrika

BRON: Kolskoot 2018