Our Virtual tour continues and day 12 we visit Knysna which is situated in the the world famous Garden Route. Knysna is a quaint town located on the edge of a vast estuary which flows into the Indian Ocean through two giant sandstone heads. Well known for its beauty, oysters, Knysna elephants and the endangered Knysna seahorse.
Knynsa is also well known for the Knysna elephant. Where a herd of elephant a thousand strong once roamed the mighty Knysna forest and surrounding regions at the southern tip of Africa until the 1800s and 1900s, a single cow now dwells its leafy footpaths.
Research conducted by SANParks scientists confirmed the presence of a female Knynsa elephant still calling the forest its home. A range of cameras was set up along the forest and one elephant was captured.
One particularly unusual characteristic of the Knysna Seahorse is that it is the males who gives birth. The female impregnates the male with up to 1,500 eggs and, during the gestation period the male hardly moves at all, while the female brings him food. https://www.oceanodyssey.co.za/the-knysna-seahorse/
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Unsere virtuelle Tour geht weiter und am 12. Tag besuchen wir Knysna, das an der weltberühmten Garden Route liegt. Knysna ist eine malerische Stadt am Rande einer riesigen Mündung, die durch zwei riesige Sandsteinköpfe in den Indischen Ozean mündet. Bekannt für seine Schönheit, Austern und das gefährdete Seepferdchen Knysna.
Ein besonders ungewöhnliches Merkmal des Knysna-Seepferdchens ist, dass es die Männchen sind, die gebären. Das Weibchen imprägniert das Männchen mit bis zu 1.500 Eiern und während der Tragzeit bewegt sich das Männchen kaum, während das Weibchen ihm Nahrung bringt. https://www.oceanodyssey.co.za/the-knysna-seahorse/
Knynsa ist auch bekannt für den Knysna-Elefanten. Wo einst bis zum 19. und 20. Jahrhundert eine tausendköpfige Elefantenherde den mächtigen Knysna-Wald und die umliegenden Regionen an der Südspitze Afrikas durchstreifte, lebt jetzt eine einzige Kuh auf ihren grünen Fußwegen.
Untersuchungen von SANParks-Wissenschaftlern bestätigten die Anwesenheit einer Knynsa-Elefantin, die den Wald immer noch als ihre Heimat bezeichnet. Entlang des Waldes wurde eine Reihe von Kameras aufgestellt und ein Elefant gefangen genommen.
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