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To: skinowski who wrote (772771)11/27/2022 10:36:29 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 793771
 
>> Wildebeest… i checked it - and indeed, both in Dutch and in Afrikaans, it means the same thing - wild beast. Was probably an early name applied by the early Dutch migrants in Africa to all the numerous breeds of antelopes and similar animals roaming the region.

Ha. I don't know what the technical name of that big bull was. But there was something magnificent about him getting up and walking away with a hole in his back as though it really just didn't bother him much ;)
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