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SNOW ON THE SAVANNAH Giraffes and elephants wander about in the snow...
The sun ^ | September 11, 2018

Posted on 09/11/2018 6:25:49 AM PDT by jerod

Pictures of the snow covered creatures have swept across social media as viewers marvel at the bizarre scenes.

Kitty Viljoen captured elephants enjoying the snow in the Sneeuberg on the Western Cape of South Africa, where snow hit late last week.

Sneeuberg translates to Snow Mountain and dustings are not unusual across parts of South Africa in the winter, but this cold snap comes particularly late in the season.

She also photographed giraffes in snow in the Karoo semi-desert region.

(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; snowstorm; southafrica; weather; wildlife
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To: jerod

if there wasn’t snow, would they be doing something other than “wandering” ?


21 posted on 09/11/2018 9:08:36 AM PDT by stylin19a ((Best.Election.Of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever))
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To: Gay State Conservative

End of winter there—going into spring.


22 posted on 09/11/2018 9:15:18 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Bratch

Granma got run-over by a gee-raff!


23 posted on 09/11/2018 9:17:00 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: ridesthemiles
End of winter there—going into spring.

Yup,understood.But just as we can get chilly,and even snowy,weather in New England in March one could see them getting the same in September.It must be noted that a good portion of the country (including Johannesburg) is at 5,500+ feet elevation.

24 posted on 09/11/2018 9:22:15 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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To: jerod

Thorough link on South African snows

With pics!

http://snowreport.co.za/history-of-snow-in-south-africa-1853-2014/


25 posted on 09/11/2018 9:34:56 AM PDT by wardaddy (Wake up and quit aping opinions you think will make you popular here)
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To: Leep

I’ve blessed the snows down in Africa.


26 posted on 09/11/2018 9:41:21 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: jerod
damn that gloBULL warming...
27 posted on 09/11/2018 4:21:31 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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