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  • Giraffe feed eagerly on the tender upper foliage and herds of camel graze there too, going six months without water, for there is no known supply locally except in the occasional mud-pans or _ballis_ after a rainburst, which may happen once a year.

    Pan-Islam

  • I opened my forward hatch this morning when I got up, slammed it shut when we got hit by a rainburst an hour ago, and now it's back open.

    Maggie's Farm 2008

  • I opened my forward hatch this morning when I got up, slammed it shut when we got hit by a rainburst an hour ago, and now it's back open.

    Maggie's Farm 2008

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