Season 8Episode 2⏱ 10 minutes

The Rainbow Cliff Birds 🌈

📍 South Luangwa, Zambia

The Rainbow Cliff Birds – South Luangwa, Zambia
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What happens

In South Luangwa, Zambia, a sandy riverbank is full of holes, and hundreds of pink-red carmine bee-eaters burst out of them. Tall Thornicroft's giraffes stroll by, hippos laugh and splash in the river, and a leopard lies lazily on a branch, yawning as touch 500 lands below.

Fun facts

  • Carmine bee-eaters dig their nest tunnels into sandy riverbanks.
  • Hippos honk and grunt so loudly it sounds like laughing.
  • Leopards often nap up in trees.

Say hello like a local

In this episode everyone learns to say Muli bwanji! (Nyanja)

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