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Canoes on lake with Drakensberg mountains in background, Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park

Canoes on lake with Drakensberg mountains in background, Ukhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

© Ian Trower/ AWL Images Ltd

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Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) - Tanganyika Plateau

Black and white lantern Slide of Tanganyika Plateau - British South Africa. Part of Box 288, Britrish South Africa. Boswell Collection. Slide number 22 Tanganyika Plateau - The Itombwe Mountains (or Itombwe Massif, Plateau) are a range of mountains in the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They run along the west shore of the northern part of Lake Tanganyika. They contain a vast area of contiguous montane forest and are home to a rich diversity of wildlife. Date: circa 1890s

© The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Close-up texture of a the shin on a Nile Crocodiles back, Western Cape Province, South Africa

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is an African crocodile and the second largest extant reptile in the world, after the saltwater crocodile. The Nile crocodile is quite widespread throughout sub-saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern, southern and some western parts of the continent and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers and marshlands. Although capable of living in saline environments, this species is rarely found in saltwater, but occasionally inhabits deltas and brackish lakes. The range of this species once stretched northward throughout the Nile, as far north as the Nile delta. On average the Nile crocodile is between 4.1 metres (13 ft) to 5 metres (16 ft), weighing around 410 kg (900 lb). However, specimens measuring 6.1 metres (20 ft) in length and weighing 900 kg (2, 000 lb) are not uncommon. They have thick scaly skin that is heavily armored

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