:13:00
...so they can bear more seeds
to start the next generation.
:13:13
An incredible variety of animals...
:13:15
...have accepted the challenge
of living in the Pre-Namib...
:13:18
...where you are never sure
whether it'll rain this year or next year.
:13:22
The scaly anteater, who looks like
a tired medieval knight in armor.
:13:27
The wart hog, who's
so ugly, he's beautiful...
:13:30
...and who always goes
into his home tail-first.
:13:36
Porcupines, who should
know better than anyone...
:13:39
...not to go through
the same door at the same time.
:13:51
The scorpion, who carries
her babies on her back.
:13:55
The chameleon, whose
eyes move independently...
:13:58
...so he can see where he's going
and where he's been.
:14:04
He must be the only creature in the world...
:14:06
...whose left eye doesn't know
what his right eye is doing.
:14:11
The dikkop, who spends 95%% of his life
looking like a stuffed bird...
:14:16
...because he stands so very still
and never blinks.
:14:19
When he does move,
it's only for a split second...
:14:21
...and then he freezes again.
:14:38
And then there are wildebeests...
:14:41
...and ostrich and starlings...
:14:44
...and zebra and giraffe.
:14:47
There's a whole treasure house
of animal life...
:14:49
...in the wide and thirsty Pre-Namib.
:14:54
It's also lion country,
and at the water holes...
:14:56
...the animals are nervous and skittish.