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Images for your mind and soul..
Halkan waxaad ka helaysaa sawiro qiimo leh, oo *wiigiba* hal mar waxlagu soo daro.
Hoos ka dooro qaybta aad doonayso ..
Last updated: May 27th, 2007
Wildlife in Somalia used to be abundant before the war. But these days, with all those people needing to feed, I'm sure that a dikdik (sagaaro) is seen upon as a delicious bushmeat, rather than conserved as a wildlife heritage. Sadly.
NB: by "endemic to somalia", I mean wildlife native to or confined to Somali-inhabited territories in the Horn (but may have migrated elsewhere )
Now, excuse me, I'm hungry.
Waryaa, waiter.. Get me some hilib-sagaaro, will ya?..
Part Two
Warthogs on the coastal plain north of Mogadishu -=- Waa Doofaar
Dung beetle -=- Xaar-walwaal
Chameleon -=- Jirjiroole
Warthogs, with camels and geel-jire in the background
I don't know this one.. perhaps "Digiiran"..
Somali wild ass (Equus asinus somalicus) -=- Dameer
Dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) -=- I've no idea what this budy is called in Somali.. sorry
dikdik (endemic to Somalia) -=- Sagaaro
Gerenuk - comes from garanuug (Somali) a long-necked gazelle (endemic to Somalia) -=- Garanuug
Another Gerenuk looking beautiful ... and smiling for the camera
Gerenuks usualy stand on their hind legs when eating -=- Waa Garanuug
Gerenuks - I can't get enough of these -=- Waa laba Garanuug oo ilma adeer ah
Another Gerenuk,notice the characteristically long neck -=- Garanuug
A camel, hasn't seen a camera before -=- Geel kamerada la yaaban
Somalia has plenty of them camels -=- Geel
Warthog -=- doofaar, alla foolxumaa.. bilaash hilibkiisa looma xaaraameyn!
Gazelle -=- Golcas
Speke's gazelle (endemic to Somalia) -=- Golcas [ma hubo, laakin]
A close-up of the unique Speke's gazelle
Learn more about these beautiful species here





