Photo of the month: September

Well done Emma! Your picture has been chosen by the AWG staff as the September Photo of the Month

Dragonfly in flight

I took this photo at our local dam in the Western Cape.

Photographer: Emma Wilkinson

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    A long-held belief is that ostriches put their heads in the sand to hide. The truth: totally untrue!

    Where the belief may stem from is the fact that ostriches have small heads and will feed from the ground.

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