BOSBOK IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte
Ram 85cm
Ooi 75cm
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Ram 65kg
Ooi 45kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Ram 35kg
Ooi 22kg
Horings
Net die ramme
Spoor (voorste): 4cmx2.7cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
2600
is die jongste beskikbare syfer van die hoeveelheid wapens wat teen ongeveer middel Januarie onder die huidige Amnestie-priode (1 Desember 2019 tot 31 Mei 2020) ingehandig is. Die polisie se teiken is 400,000
Bron: SAJWV
The biggest
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
WORTH KNOWING
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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GEMSBOK IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte:
Bul 130cm
Koei 130cm
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Bul 220kg
Koei 198kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Bul 120kg
Koei 109kg
Horings
Albei geslagte, die koeie s’n is langer en dunner.
Spoor: 11x12 cm/9.5x7cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
57
was die ouderdom van Fausta, wat vermoedelik die oudste swartrenoster in wêreld was. Sy is op 27 Desember 2019 in Tanzanië aan natuurlike oorsake dood. Fausta het vir 54 jaar in die Ngorongoro oorleef voordat sy in 2016 na ‘n veilige hawe geskuif is. Die lewensverwagting van renosters wat vry in die natuur leef, is tussen 37 en 43. In aanhouding kan dié diere verby die ouderdom van 50 leef.
Bron: aljazeera.com
The biggest
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
GOED OM TE WEET
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
SEBRA IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte:
Hings 1.38m
Merrie 1.38m
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Hings 325kg
Merrie 325kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Hings 175kg
Merrie 175kg
Spoor: 10cm x 7cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
GOED OM TE WEET
'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
80%
of koala habitat has been decimated in the recent bushfires that ravage Australia. This is according to the Australian Koala Foundation, who also estimated that over 1000 koalas have died in the fires.
Source: Forbes.com
Die duurste
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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ROOIBOK IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte:
Ram 88cm
Ooi 38cm
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Ram 65kg
Ooi 48kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Ram 38kg
Ooi 28kg
Horings:
Net ramme
Spoor: 5-6cm x 3-4cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
53,000
The number of elephants currently in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. The park can only handle 15,000.
Source: The Guardian
GOED OM TE WEET
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
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.
BRON: Mail & Guardian
DIE SPRINGBOK IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte:
Ram 75cm
Ooi 69cm
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Ram 44kg
Ooi 37kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Ram 22kg
Ooi 18kg
Horinglengte:
Beide geslagte, maar die ooie
s’n is korter en dunner.
Spoor (voorste): 5cm x 3.5cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
600
The number of free-roaming cats that have been sterilized and vaccinated by Alley Cat Rescue's international partnership to protect African wildcats in South Africa. The project aims to protect vulnerable populations of genetically pure African wildcats from hybridization by sterilizing free-roaming domestic and stray cats who live around their habitat in Kruger National Park.
Source: businessinsider.com
GOOD TO KNOW
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 springbok se spoor. 'n 6.5 Grendel-patroon verleen skaal.
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.
BRON:
DIE VLAKVARK IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte:
Beer 80cm
Sog 65cm
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Beer 75kg
Sog 55kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Beer 35kg
Sog 28kg
Slagtande: Beide geslagte
Spoor (voorste): 5cm x 4cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
5
Die hoeveelheid leeus wat in die natuur oor is in Malawi.
BRON: 2019 verslag deur die Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Oxford-universiteit
Goed om te weet
Vlakvarkbere word van sôe onderskei deur die twee stelle gesigvratte wat hulle het, teenoor die een paar van die vroulike diere.
BRON: Kolskoot 2019
The biggest
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.
BRON: Kolskoot 2018
DIE KOEDOE IN SYFERS
Skouerhoogte:
Bul 150cm
Koei 130cm
Lewende gewig (gemiddeld):
Bul 250 tot 300kg
Koei 160kg
Karkasgewig (gemiddeld):
Bul 140kg
Koei 91kg
Horings: Net bulle
Spoor (voorste): 6-9cm x 4-5.5cm
BRON: Skootplasing 2015
333
Die hoeveelheid jare wat georganiseerde skietkompetisies al in Suid-Afrika gehou word. Die eerste kompetisie in die land het plaasgevind vanaf 1 tot
14 Oktober 1686.
BRON: Kolskoot 2018
Good to know
Boomslang hatchlings and juveniles are grey with massive emerald green eyes but change to the adult colours when they reach around 1m in length.
SOURCE: African Snakebite Institute
Wie is die grootste?
Die wildemakou is die grootste jagbare water-
voël in Suid-Afrika