Stories from the track
The daily social post, expanded and sourced. Animal facts, safari planning, destination spotlights and the myths we check.
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The best time to visit Kruger, month by month
There is no bad month, but there are very different ones. Here is what each part of the year actually gives you.
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What actually makes a cheetah fast (it isn't the top speed)
Everyone knows the number. A study that fitted wild cheetahs with GPS collars found the number is almost beside the point.
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How a leopard hauls its own weight into a tree, and why
The hoist is the leopard's signature move. A study in Sabi Sand measured how often they do it, what it costs, and what it saves them.
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Do hippos really kill more people than lions?
Every guide says it and every listicle repeats it: five hundred people a year. The number is probably wrong, and the truth is more interesting.
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How elephants talk to each other across ten kilometres
Much of what elephants say is below the range of human hearing, and some of it travels through the ground. Here is how a herd keeps in touch when it cannot see or hear itself.
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Why do zebras have stripes? The answer is smaller than you think.
Camouflage, confusing lions, keeping cool: every guide has a theory. The research points somewhere less glamorous, and far more convincing.
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