Jaco in South Africa

by Asbjorn Lonvig

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Jaco in South Africa

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Asbjorn Lonvig

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Hi, I am a Grey Parrot and I live in the Monte Casino Bird Park in Johannesburg.
My name is Jaco.

Every Wednesdays I fly to Cape Town to visit my cousins.

I love flying and I enjoy the magnificent scenery of South Africa and talk to all my animal friends during the trip. Zebras, Flamingos, Penguins, Elephants, Giraffes, and not forgetting the king of the
animals, King Lion III.
Last Wednesday I saw people were building new stadiums. The soccer world
cup is being held in South Africa in 2010.
The world is coming home to Africa, the cradle of humankind, the place where the story of our species started. It is - you could say - the home of all humanity.

The first animal I spotted from up there was Zebastian the Zebra.
He is proudly holding up the flag of the Republic of South Africa. You can see Zebastian in the top left-hand corner with the flag. He knows about what the colors of the Republic of South
Africa's flag symbolize:

Red symbolizes the struggle for freedom,
Black and White symbolize the different peoples of South Africa,

Yellow symbolizes the country�s mineral wealth, and

Green and Blue symbolize the country�s fertility and its magnificent scenery and wildlife.

Zebastian has two zebra friends. They are looking forward to attending the soccer world cup.

The Rainbow Flamingos have an interesting story to tell. Desmond Tutu - you know, the former archbishop who is always smiling, called South Africa�s people the Rainbow Nation. That was because of the country�s wonderfully diverse, colourful, and utterly unique society.

Not only that, but South Africa�s National Motto is "Unity in Diversity".


The two Rainbow Flamingos made a Rainbow Football - a Rainbow Soccer Ball - to celebrate the Rainbow Nation and its wonderful motto.
Zebras and Flamingos are very common in South Africa. But you might not have expected Penguins. Penguins live in Australia, South America, and South Africa - not just the South Pole.
The Penguin P is showing us Africa, and pointing out where South Africa is situated.

As I flew over the savannah I spotted Tall Charlie, who is a giraffe. Tall Charlie�s favorite food
is the acacia tree and its leaves. He can easily manage to eat leaves 18 feet off the ground.

Normally giraffes have brown spots. Tall Charlie however has red spots. On New Year�s Eve a few years ago, a hunter had a pot of red paint - and he wanted to have some fun. One, Two, Three - soon he had painted Tall Charlie�s spots red!

Tall Charlie was amused - the red spots could easily be removed, he thought.
But as things turned out - the red paint would not come off.

And a few months later Tal Charlie had a son. His name was Not So Tall Charlie and he had red spots, too�

So if you see a Giraffe with red spots in a Zoo or Circus or on the Savannah, you can be certain, it is Tall Charlie or one of his descendants.


As I flew back from Cape Town I followed the East coast of South Africa.
I really enjoyed the spectacular Wilderness National Park between Cape Town and Port Elisabeth.
I saw four Baby Elephants dancing around the famous Baobab Tree. This famous tree is
also called boab, boaboa, bottle tree, upside-down tree, and monkey bread tree.

Some baobabs are reputed to be many thousands of years old, which is however difficult to verify as the wood does not produce annual growth rings as trees do normally.

As I came back to Monte Casino Bird Park in Johannesburg I met Bernhard, the mischievous Monkey. He knows all about the soccer world cup tournament stadiums and has made his own map of the soccer world cup stadiums in South Africa.

The stadiums are in Cape Town, Durban, two in Johannesburg, Mangaung/Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Rustenburg, and Tshwane/Pretoria.

King Lion III, the king of the animals, has got the ultimate job.

He has been asked to present the trophy to the winner of the soccer world cup in
South Africa.

�I look forward to shaking hands with the Brazilians,� said King Lion III with a crafty lion smile.

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November 21st, 2009

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