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The Watering Hole
No, no I'm not talking about the place (or places) down the street that serve up plenty of old standard and novel new cocktails (one is mildly curious about what they'll come up with for the holidays, but will probably refrain for numerous reasons, among them the fact that I'm a bit of a traditionalist).
Felix and I have become obsessed with a real and quite distant watering hole in Botswana. After my sister-in-law turned me on to this fabulolus webcam, Felix and I have spent quite a bit of time peering into this little window of Africa on my computer, pointing at animals. He has also become obsessed with National Geographic's WildCam Africa Animal Gallery. If you call up any of the animal images you can read some highly specific facts about a critter (sample comment on the Tree Squirrel: "They're very cute little creatures, and they make good pets. But they make a mess of the toilet paper.")
Perhaps everyone already knows about the WildCam but it has made early breakfast much more compelling as Felix consumes large quantities of fruit, we get to watch all sorts of exotic species perform their ablutions.
Late night on the East Coast is not a bad time to tune in, either. At around eleven o'clock in the evening, I caught some fantastic baboon activity, so if you're looking for nature exposure, you could do a lot worse than Pete's Pond in Botswana.
posted by Elise at 2:15 PM
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