Can You Spot the Tracks?

Can You Spot the Tracks?

Grootbos Foundation

Can You Spot the Tracks?

Ancient tracks hidden in plain sight…

Image 1: You might walk right past rocks like these… but look closely! Experts have found fossilised dassie tracks in the Walker Bay Nature Reserve.

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Image 2: These tracks are believed to be 80,000 years old, preserved in fossilised dunes. Palaeontologists and San trackers think they know who made them. Do you have a guess?

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Can You Spot the Tracks?

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Grootbos Foundation is a registered non-profit organisation in Gansbaai committed to conserving the Cape Floral Kingdom and uplifting the communities that reside within it. The foundation protects more than 22,200ha of fynbos landscape and biodiversity on Grootbos Private Nature Reserve and the Walk...

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