The road to survival

We were driving in the Kruger when this lion appeared out of nowhere straight ahead of us. It walked past our car and shortly afterwards disappeared in the veld. It was during mid-morning so it was probably off to hunt.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

In the veld? Are you dutch :) Posted 10 years ago
1. Claire Hamilton
  
  Lion
  
  Veld is a South African term for field or the bush and Afrikaans is derived from Dutch Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Ah yes, it means the same thing in dutch, which isn't surprising given the historic link :) Posted 10 years ago

morpheme

Lion

We use the term in English occasionally - Ray Bradbury wrote a fairly famous short story entitled The Veldt about a pair of very imaginative children who manage to turn their nursery room entertainment deadly… Posted 10 years ago

The Lion

The lion is one of the five big cats in the genus "Panthera" and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies found in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.

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