Tag Archives: Wildlife

Friday Funnies

Posted on 21/06/2013 by dianabuja

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Posted in Botany, Environment, Indigenous crops & medicinal plants, Wildlife | Tagged Agriculture, pansy, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Locusts and Hyenas: The Red Sea Hills of Eastern Egypt & Sudan

Posted on 27/03/2013 by dianabuja

Following on the recent swarms of Locusts in Egypt and Israel, here is an update of a blog on the topic (and on hyenas): Previous blogs on work in the Red Sea Hills are found here and here. During the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-East, Africa-General, Africa-North, Africa-Southern, Egypt Desert Locust Authority, Egypt-Ancient, Egypt-Recent, Sudan, Wildlife | Tagged Africa, Desert locust, Egypt, Food and Agriculture Organization, Israel, Locust, Red Sea, Sahel, Sinai Peninsula, Striped hyena, Sudan, Western Sahara, Wildlife | 4 Comments

Visitors on the Wild Side of Lake Tanganyika – I

Posted on 09/11/2012 by dianabuja

Updated 9-11-12 Part II is here:Visitors on the Wild Side of Lake Tanganyika – II Over the years I have enjoyed (or not) the gifting, invasion, or other means of learning about the creatures of this part of central Africa. Wildlife … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-Central, Burundi, Chimpanzees, Elephants, Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika2, Leopards, Living here, Snakes, Wildlife | Tagged Africa, Black Mamba, Burundi, Central Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, green mamba, Lake Tanganyika, poisonous snakes, Puff Adder, Reptilia, Snake, South Kivu, Wildlife | 12 Comments

Suckling Pigs and Divine Nobles in Ancient Egypt

Posted on 08/12/2011 by dianabuja

[First posted August 2009, Revised 08 December 2011] The topic of pigs in Ancient Egypt has had a history based, in early years, perhaps more on pigs in Egypt today rather than the raising of pigs based on textual and pictorial … Continue reading →

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Posted in Cuisine, Egypt-Ancient, Food, History, History of pigs, Livestock, Middle East, Nile Valley, pharaoh Akhnaton, Wild boar, Wildlife | Tagged Amarna, AncientEgypt, History of Egypt, Nile, Old Kingdom, Wild Boar, Wildlife | 5 Comments

A Colonial Elephant Hunt in Central Africa – Sir Samuel Baker

Posted on 08/11/2011 by dianabuja

[First posted August.. 2009, Revised 08 November 2011] In 1862 Sir Samuel Baker and his Hungarian wife Lady Florence, set off to discover the source of the Nile. Theirs is one of the more bazaar and fascinating pages of colonial … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-East, Africa-General, Colonialism, History-Recent, Wildlife | Tagged Africa, Elephant, Latooka, Nile, Ottoman Empire, Royal Geographical Society, Samuel Baker, Sudan, Wildlife | 2 Comments

Visitors on the Wild Side of Lake Tanganyika – II

Posted on 17/09/2011 by dianabuja

Part I is here: Visitors on the Wild Side of Lake Tanganyika – I Moving ‘up’ the wildlife chain… We have many guinea fowl in the wild – and a while back I was given a clutch to keep. They make excellent … Continue reading →

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Posted in Africa-Central, Africa-East, Chimpanzees, Hippopotimus, Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika2, John Hanning Speke, Lake Tanzanya, Living here, Rusizi River ^ Wetlands, Wild boar, Wildlife | Tagged Bat, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, John Hanning Speke, Kenya, Lake Naivasha, Lake Tanganyika, Tanzania, Wildlife | 16 Comments

New Housemates along Lake Tanganyika

Posted on 30/05/2010 by dianabuja

Over the last several weeks I have been the recipient of a variety of new ‘housemates’. Both desired and not. First, Rat/mouse made herself at home in the back of the gas stove, and so I acquired a little calico … Continue reading →