Recent content by Snoeks

Hippos can become extremely aggressive and territorial. They kill more people than any other animal in Africa. However the rules are very simple. Give them a wide berth, stay off their beach and river pools and they will leave you alone, they are not predatory per se. Their mood worsens as the...

Reward is it's own virtue though and relative to the environment. I spent a good proportion of my early adulthood in the veld on developing preserves and reserves. Entertainment is slim. No radio other than shortwave, no tv, no amenities and no roads either, and before the internet era. Fun and...

I was born and raised off Umvukwes. One of my earliest memories of fishing was getting my ass paddled by my grandfather for running off with his blow up lilo after he retrieved his float from the Zambezi by paddling out to it. Tight fisted old goat would rather run the guantlet with crocs than...