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NADINE DREYER | Move over, Musk! Check out life in the real Twitterverse
Feathered white collar criminals and corporate raiders, and they thought he was a menace, the Chief Twit muttered to himself as he sipped on his cocktail
NADINE DREYER | Martial law: there’s nothing quite like it
The Roman politician known as Marcus Crassus to his drinking buddies presided over the sort of fire sales you didn’t want to be part of
NADINE DREYER | Why alpha chickens stage coop d’etats and female hyena are Margaret Thatchers
There’s little democracy in the natural world because virtually every species has a pecking order
NADINE DREYER | We’ve been hurled back into the Dark Ages
If you could choose during which period of humankind’s long and fraught history you were born, chances are the Dark Ages wouldn't be high on the list.
NADINE DREYER | It’s no laughing matter when a hyena sets its sights on you
They can eat up to a third of their body weight in one sitting, but that’s where similarities with SA’s odious gluttons end
NADINE DREYER | Unlike their human counterparts, these bureaucrats keep the channels open
Hippos may spend up to 16 hours a day chilling in rivers and lakes, but they do an important job keeping waterways open
And then there were none: an ode to the Thembisa 10
Oh where are those 10 darling tots? It’s one year on and we’ve seen them not
NADINE DREYER | Is it Usain Bolt? Is it a fleeing Gupta? No! It’s the savannah’s super speeder
The cheetah, the fastest land animal, can reach 100km an hour in about the same time as a Formula One car
NADINE DREYER | Not all equines are equal — this one has earned its stripes
When they dressed up in black and white, zebras left other contenders for most fashionable animal in the shade
NADINE DREYER | Theirs is a tall story that puts A-type personalities in the shade
Giraffes outshine these irritants, who are up before dawn terrorising their PAs while the rest of us are still snoozing
