Hostile Planet: Grasslands

 

GIFs repository GIPHY is promoting the new National Geographic documentary series “Hostile Planet”, which looks at the animals making their home among different environments such as the oceans and mountain ranges. Among the stars of this expert insight into the wildlife of the African plains are these feisty baboons.

Credits: National Geographic via National Geographic Channel and GIPHY

Increasing anti-malarial bednet coverage in Africa

 

Let’s sock it to the mozzies in Africa, who have caused so much death and harm with their malaria parasites. Bednets have averted 450 million cases of malaria.

Credits: Giving What We Can and map The Malaria Atlas Project via imgur, reddit r/gifs and GIPHY

Directions to Africa

 

 

Did you know that the boyband One Direction once visited Ghana? Shame they didn’t stay there.

Credits: Tumblr via rebloggy

Vijay’s classic GIFs 2007-2011 – 379

 

A sly reference to the infamous Deepwater Horizon oil spill of April 2010, from a BP-owned oil rig. The Deepwater rig exploded one day, killing 11 workers and inundating the Gulf of Louisiana with hundreds or more of gallons of raw crude oil. The futility of BP’s response in tackling the environmental disaster is best reflected by a man hopelessly beating an out-of-control hose with a sandal.

GIF: bp                                                                                                                                                      DATE: 18/06/2010

Credits: CHEEZburger Memebase Señor GIF via Ratedesi Forums

This bird’s a shoe-in

 

Introducing the shoebill. The bird has a bill shaped like a Croc shoe, likes to eat frogs and frequently bows. An amazing bird.

Credits: matsukey.ruta and Instagram via Panah Rad, Rad GIFs & Videos and Google+

ECOWAS

 

I manage the social media account for a small consultancy. Only yesterday one of my tweets was retweeted by none other than the Parliament of ECOWAS, a partnership of countries in West Africa. Above is a GIF promoting an event, OPV Africa run in association with ECOWAS.

Credits: OPV Africa – IQPC via Orient Energy Review