# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CGCFZfCjo6I
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11688186-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/4f118a1f15.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-10-07T06:39:33.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by beverlyjoubert / It takes a hardy traveler to crisscross these parts. For much of the year, the harshly beautiful, parched Makgadikgadi offers little in the way of hospitality—but then the oryx is a creature with very modest requirements. Evolution has shaped a true survivalist here, capable of withstanding the soaring temperatures and arid conditions of these salt-encrusted flatlands. Though they can go for days without water, they are also masters at seeking out the desert's hidden liquid. Tiny droplets of morning dew, a succulent tuber buried underground … such resourcefulness means this is all the hospitality they need. #oryx #Makgadikgadi #saltpans #Botswana

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makgadikgadi, oryx, saltpans, botswana

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