What is it that is different about the wild animals in Africa?
There are many game farms in the United States where we can go and see animals roaming in the fields provided. Some of them are quite large , but there is a big difference between these game parks and the reserves that are in the African countries.
In the parks we see a large number of animals, but they are not on their own. In most places they are protected and they are fed. They are fun to watch and seem very natural in many ways. In the Africa reserves they are on their own and they are not fed. They live off the land and are very much as they have been for hundreds of years. It may be that some of the species have been protected and preserved. The rhinoceros is one of those animals that has been built up to the point where there are now a large number of them in all the South African reserves. They still live in their natural habitats and they are not fed by the guards or keepers. The number of them has grown so that they do not have a market for selling them any more.
It is really exciting to ride along and have no idea what you are going to see. I can remember driving through Krueger in South Africa and seeing a family of meerkats along the side of the road. They were playing together and seemed to be having a great time. We passed a family of wild dogs which are almost extinct and watched as they crossed the road and headed for a large group of impalas, hoping to find their dinner. The impalas were a little too quick for them so they had to wait on something else to come along.
Of course the families of elephants, lions, buffalo, elan, wildebeest, and so many others are very exciting to see. It is not unusual to see some animals by the hundreds or even thousands.
Seeing these animals in large groups and roaming freely is inspirational. They are another evidence of the hand of God in creation. There is no way that a thousand impalas all with identical markings could have evolved that way. There would have been some that had partial markings or no markings or progressive markings, but they are not that way. We rode along one day and a herd of zebras came across the fields. There must have been at least five hundred and maybe many more than that. Their stripes are impressive, but here again, the group looked like each one had been cloned from the other, but that was not the case. The hand of God had painted the stripes on the zebras. I know that He did not literally paint those stripes, but He began a process that meant that would be the case.
You really need to go to South Africa and see for yourself that this exciting venue is accessible and so wonderful. South Africa is a wonderful country with many cultural sites to observe. Try it. You’ll like it.
There are many game farms in the United States where we can go and see animals roaming in the fields provided. Some of them are quite large , but there is a big difference between these game parks and the reserves that are in the African countries.
In the parks we see a large number of animals, but they are not on their own. In most places they are protected and they are fed. They are fun to watch and seem very natural in many ways. In the Africa reserves they are on their own and they are not fed. They live off the land and are very much as they have been for hundreds of years. It may be that some of the species have been protected and preserved. The rhinoceros is one of those animals that has been built up to the point where there are now a large number of them in all the South African reserves. They still live in their natural habitats and they are not fed by the guards or keepers. The number of them has grown so that they do not have a market for selling them any more.
It is really exciting to ride along and have no idea what you are going to see. I can remember driving through Krueger in South Africa and seeing a family of meerkats along the side of the road. They were playing together and seemed to be having a great time. We passed a family of wild dogs which are almost extinct and watched as they crossed the road and headed for a large group of impalas, hoping to find their dinner. The impalas were a little too quick for them so they had to wait on something else to come along.
Of course the families of elephants, lions, buffalo, elan, wildebeest, and so many others are very exciting to see. It is not unusual to see some animals by the hundreds or even thousands.
Seeing these animals in large groups and roaming freely is inspirational. They are another evidence of the hand of God in creation. There is no way that a thousand impalas all with identical markings could have evolved that way. There would have been some that had partial markings or no markings or progressive markings, but they are not that way. We rode along one day and a herd of zebras came across the fields. There must have been at least five hundred and maybe many more than that. Their stripes are impressive, but here again, the group looked like each one had been cloned from the other, but that was not the case. The hand of God had painted the stripes on the zebras. I know that He did not literally paint those stripes, but He began a process that meant that would be the case.
You really need to go to South Africa and see for yourself that this exciting venue is accessible and so wonderful. South Africa is a wonderful country with many cultural sites to observe. Try it. You’ll like it.
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