Francois Boonzaaier
@fransuchus.bsky.social
X/Twitter Refugee. Wildlife lover and paleo nerd. Enjoys the sight of birds.
Herps out there, I need help identifying a #lizard. My brother who works on a farm sent me this video, and this screenshot you're seeing is the best way you can see the lizard. It looks like an agamid, but I'm not sure.
#westerncape #reptiles #herpetology
#westerncape #reptiles #herpetology
July 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Herps out there, I need help identifying a #lizard. My brother who works on a farm sent me this video, and this screenshot you're seeing is the best way you can see the lizard. It looks like an agamid, but I'm not sure.
#westerncape #reptiles #herpetology
#westerncape #reptiles #herpetology
June 6, 2025 at 6:26 AM
There's something beautiful about a wetland covered in a blanket of fog.
May 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
There's something beautiful about a wetland covered in a blanket of fog.
My feathered neighbour came to grace me with its presence this morning.
#goshawk #raptors #birdofprey #southafricanbirds
#goshawk #raptors #birdofprey #southafricanbirds
May 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
My feathered neighbour came to grace me with its presence this morning.
#goshawk #raptors #birdofprey #southafricanbirds
#goshawk #raptors #birdofprey #southafricanbirds
April 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
A kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) viewing the world from on top of a street pole.
April 10, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) viewing the world from on top of a street pole.
I caught a Yanma pokémon!
Actually, it's just a normal but really cool dragon. These small living helicopters can move in any direction when their in the air, beating their wings around 30 times per second. This one was safely released outdoors.
Actually, it's just a normal but really cool dragon. These small living helicopters can move in any direction when their in the air, beating their wings around 30 times per second. This one was safely released outdoors.
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I caught a Yanma pokémon!
Actually, it's just a normal but really cool dragon. These small living helicopters can move in any direction when their in the air, beating their wings around 30 times per second. This one was safely released outdoors.
Actually, it's just a normal but really cool dragon. These small living helicopters can move in any direction when their in the air, beating their wings around 30 times per second. This one was safely released outdoors.
Shut the front door!
Last night, I found the biggest Strongylopus grayii I've ever seen.
I had to take a quick shot of it because my cousin was keeping the cat from getting out of the front door. So, yeah. Pun intended. 🐸
Last night, I found the biggest Strongylopus grayii I've ever seen.
I had to take a quick shot of it because my cousin was keeping the cat from getting out of the front door. So, yeah. Pun intended. 🐸
March 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Shut the front door!
Last night, I found the biggest Strongylopus grayii I've ever seen.
I had to take a quick shot of it because my cousin was keeping the cat from getting out of the front door. So, yeah. Pun intended. 🐸
Last night, I found the biggest Strongylopus grayii I've ever seen.
I had to take a quick shot of it because my cousin was keeping the cat from getting out of the front door. So, yeah. Pun intended. 🐸
What a beautiful day to clean up other people's mess
March 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What a beautiful day to clean up other people's mess
Do you think that some non-avian dinosaurs mated for life?
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Do you think that some non-avian dinosaurs mated for life?
The tracks of dinosaur
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The tracks of dinosaur
It appears baleen whales have developed a new method of communicating without giving themselves away to predators. Orcas struggle to pick up sounds lower than 100 hertz and baleen whales have learned to use ultra-low frequency sounds that makes it difficult for them to be tracked by predators.
February 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It appears baleen whales have developed a new method of communicating without giving themselves away to predators. Orcas struggle to pick up sounds lower than 100 hertz and baleen whales have learned to use ultra-low frequency sounds that makes it difficult for them to be tracked by predators.
Forgive me Paleo/Jurassic community but I'm just not that excited for Rebirth. Maybe I'm just tired of the franchise, I don't know. On the other hand, I'm super excited for Fantastic Four: First Steps. Everything from what I've seen in the first trailer looks, well, fantastic!
February 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Forgive me Paleo/Jurassic community but I'm just not that excited for Rebirth. Maybe I'm just tired of the franchise, I don't know. On the other hand, I'm super excited for Fantastic Four: First Steps. Everything from what I've seen in the first trailer looks, well, fantastic!
Yesterday, I received the most adorable gift from WWF. A Cape Penguin with a lovely Thank You card for donating to this little bird. This penguin species has been through a lot before they became one of the most endangered bird species in the world. These little guys need our help and conservation.
February 6, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Yesterday, I received the most adorable gift from WWF. A Cape Penguin with a lovely Thank You card for donating to this little bird. This penguin species has been through a lot before they became one of the most endangered bird species in the world. These little guys need our help and conservation.
Good deed of the day
January 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Good deed of the day
A young Angulate tortoise
January 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A young Angulate tortoise
And here's the first one
January 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
And here's the first one
We have our first look at 2025's Walking With Dinosaurs!
Check out the link below. It will be a six-part series where each episode will focus on an individual dinosaur that is promised to be filled with drama while we get to see how these animals lived.
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
Check out the link below. It will be a six-part series where each episode will focus on an individual dinosaur that is promised to be filled with drama while we get to see how these animals lived.
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
January 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We have our first look at 2025's Walking With Dinosaurs!
Check out the link below. It will be a six-part series where each episode will focus on an individual dinosaur that is promised to be filled with drama while we get to see how these animals lived.
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
Check out the link below. It will be a six-part series where each episode will focus on an individual dinosaur that is promised to be filled with drama while we get to see how these animals lived.
www.pbs.org/about/about-...
The new charcarodontosaurid Tameryraptor markgrafi. I was excited about the newly identified giant carnivore from the Bahariya Formation that I wanted to sketch it. I need to sketch more if I want to get better at it.
January 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The new charcarodontosaurid Tameryraptor markgrafi. I was excited about the newly identified giant carnivore from the Bahariya Formation that I wanted to sketch it. I need to sketch more if I want to get better at it.
There's a raptor in my backyard!
I actually took these pictures yesterday, but my computer at home wouldn't transfer them from my camera. I waited over the weekend to transfer the pictures to a computer at work.
I actually took these pictures yesterday, but my computer at home wouldn't transfer them from my camera. I waited over the weekend to transfer the pictures to a computer at work.
January 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
There's a raptor in my backyard!
I actually took these pictures yesterday, but my computer at home wouldn't transfer them from my camera. I waited over the weekend to transfer the pictures to a computer at work.
I actually took these pictures yesterday, but my computer at home wouldn't transfer them from my camera. I waited over the weekend to transfer the pictures to a computer at work.
A pigeon with a band landed in my backyard, and it didn't appear to be frightened by people.
But of all the places it could've landed, it picked my backyard that is inhabited by a family of raptors.
Fortunately, with help from my father, the pigeon was caught and safely put in a bird cage.
But of all the places it could've landed, it picked my backyard that is inhabited by a family of raptors.
Fortunately, with help from my father, the pigeon was caught and safely put in a bird cage.
December 22, 2024 at 6:44 PM
A pigeon with a band landed in my backyard, and it didn't appear to be frightened by people.
But of all the places it could've landed, it picked my backyard that is inhabited by a family of raptors.
Fortunately, with help from my father, the pigeon was caught and safely put in a bird cage.
But of all the places it could've landed, it picked my backyard that is inhabited by a family of raptors.
Fortunately, with help from my father, the pigeon was caught and safely put in a bird cage.
Do wild turkeys really get that big?
December 14, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Do wild turkeys really get that big?
A Kelp Gull with two chicks on the roof of a storage building.
They're so cute.
They're so cute.
December 5, 2024 at 2:33 PM
A Kelp Gull with two chicks on the roof of a storage building.
They're so cute.
They're so cute.
Spectacled bears look like how I imagine the extinct giant short-faced bear in life. That's because it is a short-faced bear, also known as the Andean short-faced bear, from the same subfamily of bears as the extinct Arctodus simus, known as Tremarctinae.
November 25, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Spectacled bears look like how I imagine the extinct giant short-faced bear in life. That's because it is a short-faced bear, also known as the Andean short-faced bear, from the same subfamily of bears as the extinct Arctodus simus, known as Tremarctinae.
Yeah! Everything that's been happening with X, I thought I should make a relocating account here. I also found this little frog (Strongylopus grayii) inside my house. I released outside just before I found the spider.
November 23, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Yeah! Everything that's been happening with X, I thought I should make a relocating account here. I also found this little frog (Strongylopus grayii) inside my house. I released outside just before I found the spider.