See photos and videos.
_________________
“There are many postings going out showing giraffes, antelopes and elephants in a snow covered terrain,” says reader David Johnson. “They call it a dusting but it appears to be 3 to 6 inches actually. Very weird looking.”
Kitty Viljoen captured elephants enjoying the snow in the Sneeuberg on the Western Cape of South Africa, where snow hit late last week.
According to posts about the photos, dustings of snow are not unusual across parts of South Africa in the winter, but this cold snap came particularly late in the season.
She also photographed giraffes in snow in the Karoo semi-desert region.
I don’t know how true the above story is. However, the South African Police did close some roads due to snow, which leads me to believe that this is not a hoax.
SA Police Service@SAPoliceService Sep 7
#sapsEC Warning: Both Wapadsberg R61 between Cradock and Graaff Reinet and Lootsberg N9 Middelburg to Graaff Reinet have now been closed due to snow and hazardous road conditions. SW
See photos and videos:
https://www.rt.com/news/438153-elephants-giraffes-snow-south-africa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7229712/snow-south-africa-blizzards-desert-giraffes/
Żyrafy i słonie brykają po śniegu. I to nie w Arktyce, a w Afryce
Thanks to David Johnson, Jimmy Walter, Patric and H.B. Schmidt for these links
The post Elephants & giraffes caught in unusual snowfall in South Africa appeared first on Ice Age Now.
via Ice Age Now
September 11, 2018 at 01:21PM
Iowa Climate Science Education 