#Cape Town

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network This pig prodigy went from being led to the butcher’s block to becoming a world-class painter – which is why her rescuers decided to name her Pigcasso. Pigcasso was saved from a livestock farming facility in 2016 thanks to rescuers from the

Source: Atlas Obscura This eerie but magnificent shipwrecked oil rig is hidden off the coast of Sandy Bay near the Hout Bay suburb of Cape Town, Click here to read more The post BOS 400 Shipwreck appeared first on FeedBox.

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama There have been very few shipwrecks found that were part of the global slave trade. In 2008, the Slave Wrecks Project began the search for more of the sunken ships. One in particular was the São José Paquete d’Africa, which foundered in 1794 off the coast

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama (YouTube link) In 1983, Amos Barkai, a graduate student at the University of Cape Town, was investigating the effects of bird guano runoff at the beach when he noticed something that took his research in a new direction. The waters around Malgas Island

Source: Atlas Obscura On the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, people in the township of Langa make the most out of butchers’ leftovers. But even those accustomed to dining on brains might be surprised when they come face-to-face with these grinning decapitated sheep heads. Affectionately