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Farm Life = Having Horses 🤠🙌 🐴♡Meet Baroness, the Nooitgedachter♡🐴 ♀️ The Mare with the white coat 🐴☆ Meet Prince, the B...
27/10/2022

Farm Life = Having Horses 🤠🙌

🐴♡Meet Baroness, the Nooitgedachter♡🐴

♀️ The Mare with the white coat

🐴☆ Meet Prince, the Boer Horse ☆🐴

♂️ The Stallion with the brown reddish coat!

🐴♤ African horses ♤🐴
Africa is home to some of the most fierce and amazing animals in the world. However, many people don’t realize that Africa is also home to many unique horse breeds.

📌 Common African horse breeds are breeds include •the Barb, •Nooitgedachter, •Boerperd, •Vlaamperd, •Fleuve, •Dongola, •Poney du Logone, •Western Sudan Pony, •Abyssinian, •Namib, •M’bayar, •Basotho, •Fouta, •Tawleed and •Bhirum.

📚 Full descriptions/history of each horse breed has been posted on

[Photographed 25 October 2022]

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Farm Life = Having Horses 🤠🙌🐴♡Meet Baroness, the Nooitgedachter♡🐴♀️ The Mare with the white coat🐴♤ African horses ♤🐴Afri...
27/10/2022

Farm Life = Having Horses 🤠🙌

🐴♡Meet Baroness, the Nooitgedachter♡🐴

♀️ The Mare with the white coat

🐴♤ African horses ♤🐴
Africa is home to some of the most fierce and amazing animals in the world. However, many people don’t realize that Africa is also home to many unique horse breeds.

📌 Common African horse breeds are breeds include •the Barb, •Nooitgedachter, •Boerperd, •Vlaamperd, •Fleuve, •Dongola, •Poney du Logone, •Western Sudan Pony, •Abyssinian, •Namib, •M’bayar, •Basotho, •Fouta, •Tawleed and •Bhirum.

📖 The Nooitgedachter origintaes from South Africa. The breed is a descendant of the original Cape horse and the Basuto pony. The breed began from the Basutho Pony Project in 1951, and because of previous inbreeding, carefully selected breeding was required. This project then resulted in the creation of the Nooitgedachter breed. They are a rare breed, with only around 400 Nooitgedachter horses. Nooitgedachter horses have a sturdy, compact build with excellent stamina and rideability. They stand around 13.2 to 15 hands tall and are generally bay, chestnut, or blue roan. Thanks to their athleticism, they excel at jumping and eventing.

[Photographed 25 October 2022]

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Farm Life = Having Horses 🤠🙌🐴☆ Meet Prince, the Boer Horse ☆🐴♂️ The Stallion with the brown reddish coat!🐴♤ African hors...
27/10/2022

Farm Life = Having Horses 🤠🙌

🐴☆ Meet Prince, the Boer Horse ☆🐴

♂️ The Stallion with the brown reddish coat!

🐴♤ African horses ♤🐴
Africa is home to some of the most fierce and amazing animals in the world. However, many people don’t realize that Africa is also home to many unique horse breeds.

📌 Common African horse breeds are breeds include •the Barb, •Nooitgedachter, •Boerperd, •Vlaamperd, •Fleuve, •Dongola, •Poney du Logone, •Western Sudan Pony, •Abyssinian, •Namib, •M’bayar, •Basotho, •Fouta, •Tawleed and •Bhirum.

📖 Native to South Africa, many believe that the Boerperd traces back to the original Cape horse or the ancient Boer horse. The Kaapse Boerperd Breeders Society of South Africa was formed in 1948, and then a separate association, the Boerperd Society of South Africa, was formed in 1973.
The history of the Boerperd is divided into two phases. From 1652 to 1836, the first phase consisted of the breeding of Barb-Arabian crosses from Java bred with Andalusian and Persian Arabian horses. From 1836 to 1899, the second phase saw the Cape Horse bred to Flemish stallions, along with Hackneys, Norfolk Trotters, and Cleveland Bays. Boerperd horses have elegant yet muscular builds with strong, well-arched necks and strong legs. They stand around 14 to 16 hands tall and come in many different colors. This versatile breed excels in saddle seat, hunt seat, dressage, western, and eventing, with some Boerperd horses even being gaited.

[Photographed 25 October 2022]

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☆ Anthia thoracica ☆Anthia thoracica, the two-spotted ground beetle, is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae. Ea...
27/10/2022

☆ Anthia thoracica ☆
Anthia thoracica, the two-spotted ground beetle, is a species of beetles of the family Carabidae. Easily separated from sympatric species of Anthia by the large round or ovate patches of yellow or brown setae on the lateral flanges of the pronotum. Anthia thoracica is the most widespread species of Anthia in South Africa and although adults are usually encountered singly, the species can be locally abundant.

♡ Afrikaans name: Gewone Oogpister
[Photographed 25 October 2022]












☆ Leopard tortoise ☆The leopard tortoise (Sometimes called a Mountain Tortoise) (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and a...
27/10/2022

☆ Leopard tortoise ☆

The leopard tortoise (Sometimes called a Mountain Tortoise) (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape. It is the only extant member of the genus Stigmochelys, although in the past, it was commonly placed in Geochelone. In both very hot and very cold weather, it may dwell in abandoned fox, jackal, or aardvark holes.
◇The leopard tortoise is a member of the Small 5 (along with the rhino beetle, the red-billed buffalo weaver, elephant shrew and the antlion)
◇Leopard tortoises are the only tortoise not to have a nuchal shield (the protective scute above the neck). This means the leopard tortoise is the only member of the family that can raise its head, and thus is the only member that can swim

♡ Afrikaans Name: Bergskilpad
[Photographed in wild habitat 25 October 2022]





















😌 The perks of living on a farm with a large area that's bushveld... You don't have to travel to encounter wildlife. It...
26/10/2022

😌 The perks of living on a farm with a large area that's bushveld... You don't have to travel to encounter wildlife. It's right in your back yard!!

☆ Impala ☆
The impala or rooibok (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized antelope found in eastern and southern Africa. The only extant member of the genus Aepyceros and tribe Aepycerotini, it was first described to European audiences by German zoologist Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1812. Two subspecies are recognised—the common impala, and the larger and darker black-faced impala. It features a glossy, reddish brown coat with white underparts. This is the most common antelope of the bushveld regions of South Africa. A very graceful, rufous-fawn antelope.

♡Afrikaans name: Rooibok.

[Photographed 25 October 2022]













☆ The black-collared barbet ☆The black-collared barbet (Lybius torquatus) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae wh...
14/10/2022

☆ The black-collared barbet ☆

The black-collared barbet (Lybius torquatus) is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae which is native to sub-Saharan Africa. Indigenous names include isiKhulukhulu and isiQonQotho in Zulu, and Isinagogo in Xhosa. Black-collared Barbets have a bright red face, throat and upper breast, bordered by a broad, black collar. The large, heavy bill is fringed with bristles that is characteristic of the Lybius genus.

Juveniles lack the red face which is initially brownish.

♡ Afrikaans name: Rooikophoutkapper















☆ The grey go-away-bird ☆The grey go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor), also known as grey lourie/ grey loerie, is a b...
14/10/2022

☆ The grey go-away-bird ☆

The grey go-away-bird (Corythaixoides concolor), also known as grey lourie/ grey loerie, is a bold and common bird of the southern Afrotropics. They are present in arid to moist, open woodlands and thorn savanna, especially near surface water.They regularly form groups and parties that forage in tree tops, or dust bathe on the ground. Especially when disturbed, they make their presence known by their characteristically loud and nasal "kweh" or "go-way" calls, with the last syllable typically a descending drawl. Within range, their unique combination of appearance and habits precludes confusion with other bird species.

♡ Afrikaans name: kwêvoël

















After hours and hours on the internet in search of identification of this little birdie...I still have no confirmed iden...
13/10/2022

After hours and hours on the internet in search of identification of this little birdie...
I still have no confirmed identification 😵
Maybe someone can help?
● Photographed in Limpopo, South Africa
[13 Feb '22]











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