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DEUR FAANSIE PEACOCK

REIK NA DIE STERRE(TJIES) Tussen die seepbakkie en die kraan loer twee ogies na my. Vir ’n oomblik haak my brein vas, en ek staan met die tandeborsel in my mond en die Colgate wat oor my ken drup. Wat de duiwel? Dis ’n rooibeenvleipadda; ’n lifer vir my. Ek beskou dit as ’n goeie teken vir die dag wat voorlê. Ons is op San Sebastian-skiereiland in Mosambiek, suid van die Bazaruto-eilandgroep en oos van die dorpie Vilankulos – en op die spoor van die spesiale Arabiese sterretjie. Dié oulike outjies is in 2019 die eerste keer in Suidelike Afrika opgemerk. Hulle bewegings bly ’n raaisel: Nadat hulle nesskop langs die Persiese Golf, Rooisee en die Horing van Afrika, verdwyn hulle skielik van die aardbol af. Maar om ’n paar…

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