Friday, 23 July 2010

Nature Notes

The compound here in Addis contains a massively amount of wildlife. Yesterday I saw a monkey, and a flock (?) of vultures (a good eight, at least), eating terminates on the ground. They were no more than three meters away from me. But best of all in terms of my “getting close to nature” experience yesterday was when I managed to trip over one of the massive tortoises which live here. I reckon this specific tortoise was about 70cm x 40cm x 40cm. E.G, Big. Yet, despite its size, I managed to trip over it and fall flat on my face.
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  1. Unknown23 July 2010 at 15:13

    Apparently the collective noun for vultures is a 'venue' though I have no way to verify this claim!

    Alex

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  2. Margot24 July 2010 at 01:04

    So you can avoid "small" pot hole in the street but not huge tortoise on the compound???

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  3. Piyeh25 July 2010 at 05:44

    y a des frankaouites qui se baladent en liberté aussi?

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  4. Marie (Margot's friend)26 July 2010 at 03:12

    Ahahaha! Poor Ben... I'm still waiting for the fall because of pot holes though!
    Good luck with everything and keep writing, it's a pleasure to read you!

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