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Hello all, I am a 30-year-old South African who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. I count myself fortunate to live in one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

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I have a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) from UNISA, majoring in Communications and Business Management.

I love wildlife, nature, hiking, working out, reading, gardening, games, hanging out with friends, and good food.

I am interested in history (both human and natural) and nature, politics, business and current affairs of the world. I enjoy political satire, especially cartoons by Zapiro.

Books

I like reading books, both fiction and non-fiction. I greatly enjoy reading on my Kindle Fire. These are my favourite genres:

=Fiction=

1. Fantasy

Of this genre, I enjoy Harry Potter, the Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, the stories set in Midkemia by Raymond E. Feist (such as the Riftwar trilogy), the Heritage of Shannara by Terry Brooks, and several others.

2. Mystery/Thriller

I really enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie.I also enjoy the Alex Rider series by Anthony Horowitz and Barry Eisler's espionage novels starring John Rain.

I generally do not enjoy science fiction, but I did very much like Patrick Ness's Chaos Walking series.

=Non-fiction=

1. Science (evolution, zoology, ecology, Green issues, etc)

Richard Dawkins's The Ancestor's Tale is an excellent book, if a little heavy with the amount of content.

2. History

Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel is another excellent book; it attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations (in which he includes North Africa) have survived and conquered others, while refuting the assumption that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral or inherent genetic superiority. Another book of his, Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, is another good read, and Diamond's exhortation to the reader is a good one, in my opinion: learn from history.

3. Environmental issues and the Human relationship with nature

3. General knowledge

The Internet

I also frequent several platforms in addition to Wikipedia such as Reddit, Facebook, and Instagram. I follow several nature-oriented blogs, such as Tetrapod Zoology by Darren Naish, and take part in a couple of forums such as Carnivoraforum.

Contributions To Wikipedia

Note that the lists below do not necessarily follow any particular order.

=Creation of Articles=

I have created the following articles, from most recent to least recent:

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=Major Edits=

I have contributed to and expanded the following articles:

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=Minor Edits=

I have made some minor contributions to the following articles:

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=Pictures=

I have contributed photographs of my own work to the following articles:

My Species List

I have a keen interest in birds and mammals. For now, I will list the wild birds I have seen:

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TOTAL: 168 species

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TOTAL: 6 species

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