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Monday, 28 December 2020

UITTREKSELS UIT: “Wie is Ek?” “Wie is Ons?” – Diere van Afrika Stel vir Jou Raaiseltjies – Reeks 2


Elke reeks bevat veertien kort raaiseltjies. Hulle word aan die jong leser gestel deur ses soogdiersoorte, vyf voëlsoorte, twee ordes insekte en een groep ‘reptiele’. Elke raaisel is geïllustreer met uitstekende fotos. Kom meer te wete oor elke spesie of groep se kenmerkende persoonlikheid, eienskappe en eienaardighede deur te probeer om die vrae te beantwoord “Wie is Ek?” en “Wie is Ons?”.
 
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My Naam is Xerus inauris – Wie is Ek?
 
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Ek is 'n knaagdier; dit beteken dat my voorste tande, my knaagtande, baie langer is as jou voorste tandjies. Myne is ook vlymskerp. Hulle werk soos beitels as ek 'n harde peul of die dop van 'n neut moet oopkou. Ek hou van sade, peule, knolle en van sommige sappige blare. Soms eet ek blomme en vrugte as ek hulle kan vind. My pote eindig in kort skerp kloue – ek kan daarmee peule of vrugte vashou terwyl ek aan hulle knaag.
 
 
My Naam is Bucorvus leadbeateri – Wie is Ek?
 
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Omdat ek nie hande het nie gooi ek met 'n ruk van my snawel my kos op in die lug – dan vang ek dit in my mond sodat ek my kos in een stuk kan afsluk. Anders as jy kou ek nooit my kos nie. Jy sal vir my lag as ek bely dat ek soms 'n paar keer moet probeer om 'n kriewelende sprinkaan of klein paddatjie gesluk te kry.
 
Weens my pa se diep stem het ek die naam bromvoël gekry. Ek weet dat jy dit só uitgewerk het. Maar het jy ook geweet dat my wetenskaplike naam Bucorvus leadbeateri is?
 
 
Ons is die Skarrelende Vliesvlerkige Insekte van die Orde Hymenoptera – Wie is Ons?
 
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Een van die interessante feite oor ons wat jy miskien al van weet is dat ons almal vroutjies is wat saam in 'n nes bly. Meer as dit, ons is ook almal susters wat saam met ons ma, die koningin, bly. Ons ma lê al die eiers waaruit ons nuwe sustertjies sal broei. Soms lê ons ma ook eiertjies waaruit ons boeties sal broei, maar ons boeties mag nie lank saam met ons woon nie. Sodra hulle groot genoeg en gereed is, smyt ons hulle uit die nes uit. Hulle moet dan ver vlieg om vir hulleself 'n skuiling en kos te vind, en natuurlik ook 'n prinsessie wat dan haar eie nes en familie alleen sal begin.
 
 
My Naam is Ceratotherium simum – Wie is Ek?
 
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Op my gesig dra ek twee enkel ‘horings’ wat van gekompakteerde hare gemaak is. Hulle is eintlik nes jou vingernaels en nie rêrig horings nie. My ‘horinkies’ is nog kort maar my ma s’n is baie groot. By haar is die voorste een langer en effens meer na bo gebuig; die een daaragter is korter en meer driehoekig van vorm. Ons gebruik ons horings meestal om onsself teen vyande te beskerm; dan baklei ons soos musketiers van oud met hulle swaarde.
 
 
My Naam is Terpsiphone viridis – Wie is Ek?
 
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My pa het die langste oranje stertvere gehad wat ek nog gesien het. Hulle was meer as twee keer langer as sy hele lyf. As hy deur die lug gesweef het, het hierdie pragtige vere agter hom gewapper soos baie lang vaandels wat in 'n sterk wind flapper. Ek is nog 'n bietjie jonk – my stertvere is nog nie heeltemal so lank soos my pa s’n was nie.
 
 
My Naam is Aepyceros melampus – Wie is Ek?
 
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Die speletjie waarvan ek die meeste hou het nie 'n naam nie, maar jy kan hom seker ‘gedêng-gedêng’ noem. Ons staan rustig saam met ons maats in 'n groot groep sodat ons ma’s dink ons is soet. Skielik hardloop ons almal in wye kringe deur die bos; ons volg mekaar en probeer die eerste wees deurdat ons kortpaaie tussen bossies vat of met lang spronge dit oor 'n hindernis waag. As ons ma’s kwaai raak, staan ons weer stil ... tot die volgende keer.
 
 
Ons is die Vierpotige Diere Met 'n Skubbige Vel wat Water-lewende Jagters is – Wie is Ons?
 
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Ons is nader familie van voëls as wat ons familie van die ‘reptiele’ is. Ons behoort aan 'n baie ou geslag van diersoorte wat die voëltjies insluit. Ons is dus glad nie ‘reptiele’ nie, soos julle mense voortgaan om ons te noem.
 
Daar is baie min soorte van ons wat jy in Afrika sal kan teëkom. Ons almal leef en maak jag op ons prooi in water. Voordat mense op ons jag gemaak het vir ons velle was ons meer volop. Die grootste van ons soort kom nog redelik wydverspreid in Afrika voor. Jy sal ons tog nog maklik in die groter riviere, moerasse, mere en damme, en selfs in strandmere en riviermondings, van suider en oostelike Afrika kan vind. Ons leef net nie in die hoë gebergtes en die woestynareas nie. Nog 'n reuse soort sal jy net in die Nyl van Noord-Afrika kan teëkom. Daar is ook twee baie kleiner soorte wat in die riviere in die oerwoude van noordwestelike Afrika leef.
 
 
My Naam is Sagittarius serpentarius – Wie is Ek?
 
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Ek het my gewone naam óf van die Franse óf van die Arabiere gekry. Jy sal aan die einde van hierdie kort raaisel weet hoekom dit só is. Jy sal ook weet hoekom ek een van die keuses bo die ander een verkies. Jy sal ook uitvind dat die wetenskaplikes van ouds 'n groot fout gemaak het toe hulle op my wetenskaplike naam besluit het.
 
 
My Naam is Helogale parvula – Wie is Ek?
 
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Ek eet meestal klein insekte soos kewers. Ek eet ook erdwurms as ek hulle met my skerp naeltjies aan my pote uit die los grond kan uitgrawe. Ek hou ook daarvan om skerpioene te eet wat ek onder boomtakke of klippe in die veld vind. Soms kry ek dit ook reg om 'n akkedissie te vang. Ek hou glad nie van miere nie omdat hulle baie suur proe. Ek is seker dat jy ook voorkeurkos het wat jy eerder as enige ander kossoort sal eet.
 
Weet jy wie ek is? Jy is reg, ek is 'n dwergmuishondjie. Die slim wetenskaplikes het vir my die naam Helogale parvula gegee.
 
 
My Naam is Ploceus velatus – Wie is Ek?
 
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Ek moet nog baie leer. Watter blare is goed om mee te vleg? Watter soort knoop moet ek waar insit dat die nes wat ek bou sterk word? Ek besef ook dat ek 'n hele aantal neste sal moet bou en herbou voordat ek 'n pragtige vroutjie of twee sal kan tevrede stel.
 
As ek eers 'n nes gebou het, sal ek hom moet adverteer. Ek sal op 'n takkie naby my voltooide nes moet sit en luidkeels sing terwyl ek my vlerke fladder. Ek sal ook onder aan die nes moet hang terwyl ek sing en vlerke swaai. Dan is daar ook die gevaar dat 'n indringer my van my eie nes sal kan wegjaag. Omdat ons meestal in 'n groot bondel saam nes maak is daar altyd die gevaar dat 'n ander mannetjie jou nes en een van jou vroutjies sal steel. Dit sal baie van my vat om my eerste familie te kan groot maak.
 
 
Ons is die Tweevlerkige Insekte van die Orde Diptera – Wie is Ons?
 
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Wat is die belangrikste leidraad oor wié ons is? Ons het net een paar vlerke! As jy ooit nie seker is watter inseksoort jy besig is om te aanskou nie, tel net die vlerke. Ons vlerke is membraanagtig en vir vlieg aangepas. Hulle is redelik groot en het meestal 'n ovaal vorm. Omdat hierdie vlerke deurskynend is, breek hulle sonlig in sy verskillende kleure op. Jy kan dus al die kleure van 'n reënboog op ons vlerke sien dans. In sommige soorte word hierdie kleurvolle skouspel as seine gebruik om 'n maat mee aan te lok.
 
 
My Naam is Syncerus caffer – Wie is Ek?
 
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Ons leef in groot troppe saam om ons teen ons grootste vyande, die leeus, te beskerm. As hulle probeer om ons te jag hardloop ons in 'n bondel weg. As hulle egter een van ons bedreig, draai ons om – dan is die lawwe leeus sommer in die moeilikheid want ons kan hulle baie seermaak deur hulle met ons horings te gaffel.
 
Mense sê dat ons nors is. Ek dink dit is 'n fout – ons is vriendelik solank jy ons nie kwaad wil aandoen nie. As jy moeilikheid by ons soek sal jy dit kry net omdat ons mekaar sal verdedig. Ek dink jou familie tree ook só op as daar gevaar dreig.
 
 
My Naam is Bubulcus ibis – Wie is Ek?
 
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Ek het 'n korterige, reguit nek wat nooit 'n kink in het nie, anders as die meeste voëlsoorte wat na aan my verwant is. My kop is rond maar ek het 'n sterk, reguit, swart snawel wat na 'n skerp punt toe loop – dit laat my kop 'n bietjie driehoekig lyk. Met my snawel kan ek maklik my prooi tussen grasse of blare oppik en vas hou. Al is my geel oë klein, is hulle baie skerp en ek sal die kleinste beweging raaksien.
 
 
My Naam is Lycaon pictus – Wie is Ek?
 
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My pels is van digte, sagte lang hare gemaak. My hele lyf is versier met blertse en blokkies van wit, goudgeel, rooi-bruin en swart patrone. Almal van ons het 'n unieke skakering – jy sal nooit twee van ons vind wat eenders lyk nie, al soek jy vir jare aaneen. Ek kan dus almal in my groot familie uitmekaar ken; soms is dit natuurlik nie 'n goeie ding nie – as ek stouterig is weet almal onmiddellik dat ek die skuldige is.

EXCERPTS FROM: “Who am I?” “Who are We?” – Short Riddles Posed by African Animals – Series 2


Each series contains fourteen short riddles. These are posed to the young reader by six species of mammals, five bird species, two orders of insects and one group of ‘reptiles’. Each riddle is illustrated with superb images. Learn more about each species’ or group’s distinctive personality, characteristics and quirks by attempting to answer the questions “Who am I?” and “Who are We?”.

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My Name is Xerus inauris – Who am I?

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I am a rodent; this means that my front teeth, my incisors, are much longer than are your front teeth. Mine are also razor-sharp. They work like chisels when I need to chew through a hard seedpod or the shell of a nut. I like seeds, seedpods, tubers and some kinds of juicy leaves. Sometimes I eat flowers and fruits, if I can find them. My paws end in short, sharp claws – with these I can hold onto seedpods or fruit whilst I am busy gnawing them.
 
 
My Name is Bucorvus leadbeateri – Who am I?
 
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Because I do not have hands, I throw my food into the air with a tug of my beak – then I catch it in my mouth so that I can swallow my food in one piece. Unlike you, I never chew my food. You will laugh at me if I confess that I sometimes have to try a few times to be able to swallow a wriggling locust or small frog.
 
Because of my very large bill and because I find food only on the ground, I was given the name ground hornbill. I know that you worked it out as such. However, did you also know that my scientific name is Bucorvus leadbeateri?
 
 
We are the Bustling Membrane-winged Insects of the Order Hymenoptera – Who are We?
 
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One of the interesting facts about us that maybe you know about already, is that we are all little females who live together in a nest. More than that, we are also all sisters who stay together with our mummy, the queen. Our mummy lays all the little eggs from which our new little sisters will hatch. Sometimes our mummy also lays little eggs from which our little brothers will hatch, but our little brothers are not allowed to live with us for a long time. Once they are big enough and they are ready, we throw them out of the nest. They must then fly far away to find a shelter and food for themselves, and of course also a little princess that will then start her own new nest and family all on her own.
 
 
My Name is Ceratotherium simum – Who am I?
 
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On my face, I carry two single ‘horns’ made of hair that is packed together very tightly. They are actually just like your fingernails and not really horns at all. My little ‘horns’ are still short, but my mummy’s are very large. With her, the one in front is longer and slightly more curved upwards; the one behind is shorter and more like a triangle in shape. We use our horns mostly to protect ourselves against enemies; then we fight like the musketeers of old did with their swords.
 
 
My Name is Terpsiphone viridis – Who am I?
 
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My dad had the longest orange tail feathers that I have ever seen. They were more than twice as long as his whole body. When he glided through the air, the beautiful feathers fluttered behind him like very long banners that are flapping in a strong wind. I am still a little bit young – my tail feathers are still not quite as long as my dad's were.
 
 
My Name is Aepyceros melampus – Who am I?
 
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The game that I like the most does not have a name, but you can certainly call it ‘gedang-gedang’. We stand together calmly in a large group of pals so that our mummies think that we are being good. Suddenly, we all run in wide circles through the bush; we follow each other and try to be the first by taking shortcuts between shrubs or by daring to use long jumps to get over an obstacle. When our mummies become angry, we again stand calmly... until the next time.
 
 
We are the Four-legged Animals with a Scaly Skin that are Water-living Hunters – Who are We?
 
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We are more closely related to the birds than we are related to the ‘reptiles’. We belong to a very old line of animal species that includes the birds. So we are not ‘reptiles’ at all as you people continue to call us.

There are but very few species of us that you will be able to encounter in Africa. We all live and hunt for our prey in water. Before people started hunting us for our skins, we were more plentiful. The largest of our kind still occurs fairly widely spread across Africa. You can still find us easily in the larger rivers, swamps, lakes and dams, and even in lagoons and estuaries, of southern and eastern Africa. We only never live in the high mountains and the desert areas. Another huge species you will be able to encounter only in the Nile of North Africa. There are also two very much smaller species that live in the rivers in the rainforests of northwestern Africa.
 
 
My Name is Sagittarius serpentarius – Who am I?
 
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I got my common name either from the French or from the Arabs. At the end of this short riddle, you will know why this is so. You will know as well why I prefer one of the choices above the other. You will also find out that the scientists of old had made a big mistake when they decided on my scientific name a long time ago.
 
 
My Name is Helogale parvula – Who am I?
 
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Mostly, I eat small insects such as beetles. I also eat earthworms if I can dig them out of the loose soil using the sharp claws on my feet. I also like to eat scorpions that I find in the veld under logs or stones. Occasionally I get it right to catch a small lizard as well. I do not like eating ants at all because they are so sour. I am certain that you too have your favourite food that you enjoy eating more than any other kind of food.
 
Do you know who I am? You are right; I am a dwarf mongoose. The clever scientists have given me the name Helogale parvula.
 
 
My Name is Ploceus velatus – Who am I?
 
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I still have a lot to learn. Which leaves are good for weaving? What kind of knot should I place where so that the nest I am building will become strong? I also realise that I will have to build and rebuild a whole lot of nests before I will be able to satisfy a beautiful little lady or two.
 
Once I have built a nest, I will have to advertise it. I will have to perch on a small branch near my finished nest and sing loudly while I flutter my wings. I will also have to hang from the underside of the nest as I sing and flap my wings. Then there is also the danger that an intruder will be able to chase me from my own nest. Because we usually nest together in a large bundle, there is always the danger that another male will steal one of your nests and one of your little ladies. It will take a lot for me to bring up my first family.
 
 
We are the Two-winged Insects of the Order Diptera – Who are We?
 
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What is the most important clue about who we are? We have only one pair of wings! If ever you are not sure what type of insect you are looking at, just count the wings. Our wings are membrane-like and adapted for flying. They are quite large and usually have an oval shape. Because these wings are see-through, they break up sunlight into its different colours. Therefore, you can see all the colours of a rainbow dancing on our wings. In some species, this colourful spectacle is used as signals with which to attract a mate.
 
 
My Name is Syncerus caffer – Who am I?
 
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We live together in great herds to protect ourselves from our greatest enemies, the lions. If they try to hunt us, we run away in a big bundle. Yet, if they threaten one of us, we turn around – then the silly lions are really in trouble because we can hurt them badly by gashing them with our horns.
 
People say that we are bad-tempered. I think that this is a mistake – we are friendly as long as you do not want to do us any harm. If you are looking for trouble with us, you will get it just because we will defend one another. I think your family also acts like this if there is danger threatening.
 
 
My Name is Bubulcus ibis – Who am I?
 
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I have quite a short, straight neck that never has a kink in it unlike most bird species that are closely related to me. My head is round but I have a strong, straight, black bill that stretches to a sharp point – this makes my head look a little bit triangular. With my bill, I can easily snatch up and hold onto my prey between grasses or leaves. Even though my yellow eyes are small, they are very keen and I will spot the smallest of movements.
 
 
My Name is Lycaon pictus – Who am I?
 
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My fur is made of dense, soft, long hairs. My entire body is decorated with blobs and blocks of white, golden yellow, red-brown and black patterns. Each one of us has a unique colouration – you will never find two of us that look alike, even if you were to search for years on end. Therefore, I can tell everyone in my big family apart; sometimes this is obviously not a good thing – if I am being naughty, everyone knows immediately that I am the culprit.

Sunday, 4 October 2020

UITTREKSELS UIT: “Wie is Ek?” “Wie is Ons?” – Diere van Afrika Stel vir Jou Raaiseltjies – Reeks 1


Elke reeks bevat veertien kort raaiseltjies. Hulle word aan die jong leser gestel deur ses soogdiersoorte, vyf voëlsoorte, twee ordes insekte en een groep ‘reptiele’. Elke raaisel is geïllustreer met uitstekende fotos. Kom meer te wete oor elke spesie of groep se kenmerkende persoonlikheid, eienskappe en eienaardighede deur te probeer om die vrae te beantwoord “Wie is Ek?” en “Wie is Ons?”.

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My Naam is Galago moholi – Wie is Ek?

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Ek is veral beroemd vir my springvermoë – ek klouter nie in bome rond nie, ek wip en spring van tak tot tak, van boom tot boom. Dis hoekom ek 'n lang stert het - my stert help my om my balans te hou. My stert help my ook om koers te hou terwyl ek gedurende 'n lang sprong deur die lug seil. As ek op die grond moet beweeg, omdat die bome te ver van mekaar af staan spring ek ook op my agterbeentjies in lang, hoë boë – jy sal my nooit sien hardloop nie.



My Naam is Struthio camelus – Wie is Ek?

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My ma en pa is die grootste voëls op die hele aardbol. Omdat hulle so groot is kan hulle ongelukkig nie vlieg nie. My ma se vere is van 'n vaalbruin kleur. Net die vere op haar maag en sye is vaalwit. My ma lyk eintlike altyd stowwerig. My pa spog met swart vere op sy rug en vlerke – sy vere op sy maag en sye is spierwit. My pa hou daarvan om sy vlerke wyd te sprei en dan te wikkel; só spog hy met sy veredrag.

Soos jy weet vertel mense graag stories oor die diereryk. Een van dié stories is dat ek sukkel om 'n besluit te neem en dat ek liewers my kop in die sand sal steek as om 'n probleem op te los. Ek kan vir jou nou sê dat ek dit nooit doen nie. Hoekom sou dit in elk geval só wees? Ek is mos baie slim en rats.



Ons is die Dag-aktiewe Skubvlerkige Insekte van die Orde Lepidoptera - Wie is Ons?

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As ons besig is om op 'n blom rond te klouter terwyl ons nektar soek, word ons lywe oortrek met die stuifmeel van blomme. So is ons verantwoordelik vir die bestuiwing en voortplanting van baie plantsoorte. Die blomme self kan nie voortbestaan as ons nie hulle nektar sou drink nie. Dit is hoe ons nog altyd met blomme saamgewerk het – hulle gee vir ons nektar en ons karwei hulle stuifmeel na 'n ander blom toe aan, maar altyd net van een spesifieke blomsoort na dieselfde blomsoort.



My Naam is Equus burchelli – Wie is Ek?

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My lyf is nou nog met langer hare oortrek sodat ek nog 'n bietjie wollerig lyk. As ek ouer word sal my hare kort wees. My lyf is gestreep in wit en swart lyne. As jy mooi oplet sal jy sien dat daar ook dun ligbruin lyne tussen die wit en swart strepe loop. Van my kop af oor my nek tot by my skouers dra ek 'n maan van lang, swart hare wat altyd kiertsregop staan.

Ek het ook 'n lang stert wat met lang, swart hare versier is. Ek gebruik my stert voortdurend om stekende vlieë van my lyf af weg te hou. Mense het altyd geglo dat my strepe vir my 'n soort kamoeflering in die bos is – maar my strepe verwar eintlik die vlieë wat my bloed wil suig sodat ek minder deur dié bloedsuiers gepla word as ander wilde diersoorte.



My Naam is Merops bullockoides – Wie is Ek?

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Noudat ek al baie gesels het, sal jy ook seker wil weet hoe ek lyk en wié ek is. Ek sal eers my ouers beskryf omdat hulle kleurvoller as ek is; jy onthou dat ek nog nie volwasse is nie. Vir voëls is my ouers van middelmatige grote – hulle lywe is redelik lank en slank. Die vere op 'n volwassene se rug en vlerke is 'n mooi, donkergroen kleur. Die vere aan die stert se onderkant is 'n donker blou. Die vere op die bors asook die nekvere en vere op die kop se kruin is van 'n ligte oranjebruin kleur.



My Naam is Phacochoerus aethiopicus – Wie is Ek?

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My stert is lank, dun en kaal, behalwe vir 'n kwas kort hare aan sy punt. My stert word kierts-regop gehou wanneer ek draf; so kan my familie sien waar ek hardloop tussen die lang grasse en struike deur. Só sal my ma haar kinders nie maklik in die bos verloor nie. Dis nou 'n puik sisteem om mekaar te laat weet waarheen jy verdwyn het. Ek is verbaas dat nie meer diersoorte aan hierdie plan gedink het nie.



Ons is die Nie-giftige, Vierpotige Diere Met 'n Skubbige Vel van die Orde Squamata – Wie is Ons?

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Voordat ons met ons raaisel kan begin, moet ons net eers 'n probleem uit die weg ruim. Julle mense het ons nog altyd ‘reptiele’ genoem, maar ons was nog nooit net een natuurlike versameling van diertjies gewees nie. Sommige ‘reptiele’, soos julle aanhou om ons te noem, is nader familie van voëls as wat hulle familie van die ander ‘reptiele’ is.

Dit is eers nóú dat die wetenskaplikes agterkom dat hulle 'n fout gemaak het om ons almal saam in een groot groep te plaas. Ons het glad geen probleem om die voëls saam in ons groep te verwelkom nie – 'n puik en ook wetenskaplik aanvaarbare oplossing! Die voëlkykers sal egter die stuipe kry as hulle agterkom dat hulle nog altyd net ‘reptielkykers’ was. Wié is ons nou eintlik?



My Naam is Haliaeetus vocifer – Wie is Ek?

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Ek het ook aan die begin van hierdie raaisel gesê dat ek wêreldwyd beroemd is. Dis nou nie eintlik ék nie maar wel my ouers. Elke dag patrolleer my pa 'n lang gebied net langs ons rivier om seker te maak dat geen ander voël ons visse daar sal kom vang nie. Jy sal my pa en my ma maklik sien terwyl hulle vir ure op bome sit om ons gebied vir indringers dop te hou. My pa sweef ook gereeld in wye kringe oor sy gebied, of hy vlieg net bo die boomkrone op die rivier se wal rivier-op en rivier-af.



My Naam is Canis mesomelas – Wie is Ek?

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Ek is seker dat jy al 'n storie of wat oor ons gehoor het. Die mense sê aanmekaar dat ons baie slim is, maar dat ons ook slu en agterbaks is. Ek hou glad nie van dié stories nie. Ons is wel slim en boonop is ons baie rats. Ek dink dat daar 'n paar mense is wat dié stories versprei omdat hulle nie so slim en vinnig soos ons is nie.



My Naam is Streptopelia capicola – Wie is Ek?

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Dit is nou al 'n week gelede dat my sussie en ek leer vlieg het. Ek moet bely dat ek nog nie heeltemal die vliegkuns perfek geleer het nie, maar ek kan darem al in goeie, stil weer redelik goed en vinnig vlieg. Ons kinders volg nog heeltyd ons ouers as hulle kos soek – hulle deel ook nog baie van hulle kos met ons. Daar is nog baie om te leer; hoe om in die veld veilig te wees en watter kossoorte waar te vind is. Ek is opgewonde (maar ook 'n bietjie bang) dat ek oor 'n week of so my eie gang sal moet gaan – anders as by jou mag ek nie meer as drie weke by my ouers bly en van hulle afhanklik wees nie.



Ons is die Vinnigvlieënde Jagtende Insekte van die Orde Odonata - Wie is Ons?

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Om die klein prooi wat ons op jag maak te kan raaksien, en om nie in iets vas te vlieg nie, het ons reuse, saamgestelde oë. Dit beteken dat elke oog baie lense het en nie net een soos dit by jou oë die geval is nie. Daarom sien ons enige beweging in die veld om ons maklik raak. Ons oë is só groot dat hulle amper die hele oppervlakte van ons koppe beslaan. Daarenteen het ons nie 'n gooie reuksin nie; ons antennatjies, of te wel voelhorinkies, is maar baie kort. Ons kan ook ons koppe draai omdat hulle deur 'n baie kort nek aan ons borsstukke vasgemaak is. Weereens kan ons die hele wêreld om ons maklik fyn dophou.

Ons is die vinnig vlieënde vername jagters van die waterkante. Om ons te sien moet jy skerp oë hê en jy moet fyn oplet. As jy weer 'n keer by 'n waterbron soos 'n rivier of dam 'n bietjie tyd kan vertoef, kyk uit vir 'n kleurvolle flits wat deur die lug snel. Dít sal een van ons wees!



My Naam is Tragelaphus strepsiceros – Wie is Ek?

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Op my klein koppie spog ek al met twee kort horinkies. My ma lag altyd; sy sê dis nog nie horings nie, dis nou net kort spykertjies. Ek dink sy is 'n bietjie jaloers want sy het nooit horings gehad nie. My pa en ooms spog met die mooiste, lang, gekrulde horings. Hulle lyk soos spirale, 'n bietjie soos die kurktrekker wat jou pa gebruik om 'n wynbottel mee oop te maak. Eendag sal ek ook met 'n paar horings kan spog omdat ek 'n mannetjie is.



My Naam is Alopochen aegyptiaca – Wie is Ek?

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Byna onmiddellik nadat ek en my klein sussies en boeties uit ons eiertjies gebars het, het my ma ons geroep om saam met haar dam toe te stap. Jy sou verbaas gewees het om te sien dat ek só gou kon stap en selfs kon swem – al was dit net dat ek op die water gedobber het en my pootjies gewikkel het om vorentoe te beweeg. My ma en pa het ons veilig gehou – ons het net in 'n klein vlak poeletjie gebly en ons mag nooit ver van die oewer beweeg nie sodat krokodille ons nie kon gaps nie.



My Naam is Panthera pardus – Wie is Ek?

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As jy in die nag slaap is ek wakker en op jag in die pikdonker. Terwyl jy in die skool sit om meer te leer, lê ek lekker in 'n sonkolletjie en rus. As die dag warm raak hou ek daarvan om op 'n breë tak van 'n groot boom te lê en slaap. Jy sal miskien my stert sien afhang – die res van my lyf sal sommer tussen die sonkolle en skaduwees wat op die blare val wegraak.