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Might be African sheepbush.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentzia_incana
It looks so desolate!
1 month agoWell, just caught up with the trip to date! Looks awesome, and hot. Enjoy the riding.
1 month agoHard climb for the knees!
1 month agoI bet you can hardly pull Steve away from all those stalls.
1 month agoThat's very close to the route we drove in our rental car - had quite lot of muddy roads that had me wondering if we were really on the right road at all. In the opposite direction
1 month agoWell worth the extra distance to get to an iconic location!
1 month agoNow that's the first time I've seen people camping in a drain!
1 month agoSome species of Tenebrionidae.
Possibly the desert toktokkie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physosterna_cribripes
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/524017-Adesmia-cribripes/browse_photos
Impressive! I would have thought it was a nail also...
1 month agoMight be a mole snake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_snake
Good for the calf muscles!
1 month agoAFAICR only about one third of South African snake species are highly venomous but still try not to get bitten.
1 month agoThis post really brightened my day, here in the Northern Hemisphere, with Winter coming on. We have encountered people like Mitch occasionally in our travels, and they give a big boost to our outlook on humanity. You were lucky to run into this one!
2 months ago
Sociable weaver bird nest!
1 month agohttps://mostlybirding.com/2016/08/28/sociable-weaver/