Leap of Instinct: Capturing Rare Meerkat Rituals in Kgalagadi

Fluent Fiction - Afrikaans: Leap of Instinct: Capturing Rare Meerkat Rituals in Kgalagadi

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Story Transcript:

Af: Die son het stadig oor die Kgalagadi-woestyn opgevlam, 'n groot see van verbrande aarde en geel gras onder die helder, blou hemel.

En: The sun slowly blazed over the Kgalagadi-desert, a vast sea of scorched earth and yellow grass under the bright, blue sky.

Af: Hier, tussen die sandduine en droë bossies, was Anika en Pieter besig met hulle navorsing.

En: Here, between the sand dunes and dry bushes, Anika and Pieter were busy with their research.

Af: Anika was vol entoesiasme oor die dag wat voorlê.

En: Anika was full of enthusiasm about the day ahead.

Af: Sy het gehoor van 'n skaars gedrag by meerkatte wat sy nou desperaat wil sien.

En: She had heard of a rare behavior in meerkats that she now desperately wanted to see.