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Cormorants roost on shipwreck May 21 2008
As the sun began to set at Melkbosstrand on the West Coast of South Africa, close to Cape Town, the Earth-Touch crew filmed cormorants flying in to roost on an old shipwreck.
Tags: africa, bird, blyde canyon, botswana, cape cormorant, cormorant, darter, okavango delta, reed cormorant, south africa, western cape, white-breasted cormorantDid You Know? Marsh terrapin May 13 2008
The marsh terrapin (Pelomedusa subrufa) belongs to the family of side-necked terrapins. This genus is found in Africa, Madagascar and the Seychelles, and the species is the most common terrapin in southern Africa.
Tags: africa, aquatic, blyde canyon, egg, freshwater, hluhluwe, imfolozi, marsh, reptile, shell, south africa, terrapinTerrapins take their time Feb 18 2008
In its expeditions around the globe, Earth-Touch has filmed some fast-changing scenes and speedy creatures – but terrapins are not among them.
Tags: blyde canyon, forest, khao yai national park, reptile, south africa, terrapin, thailandToads, frogs and tadpoles Feb 4 2008
Toads and frogs are both tailless amphibians and begin life in water as tadpoles.
Tags: amphibian, anatomy, asia, blyde canyon, egg, fertilise, frog, khao yai, metamorphosis, mpumalanga, national park, south africa, tadpole, thailand, toadHippos in dark water Jan 29 2008
Darkness is falling and a pod of hippos in the Blyde River, in South Africa, is just visible as their nostrils and the ridges over their eyes protrude above the water.
The week’s most viewed stories Jan 29 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 11 January to Thursday 17 January 2008) were:
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These predators patrol the waters constantly, looming powerfully into view with a steely sheen.
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african rock python, blyde canyon, fig tree, plant, python, reptile, snake, south africa
Morning in the canyon Jan 29 2008
On a morning walk down the slopes of the majestic Blyde Canyon, in South Africa, the Earth-Touch crew encounters several nocturnal creatures.
Toad chorus Jan 29 2008
Each species of frog or toad has a unique call. You can hear a chorus of olive toads in the Earth-Touch clip, Toad song in the canyon, filmed in the Blyde Canyon in South Africa.
Weavers at work Jan 29 2008
The spectacled weaver is an impressive nest-builder, as you can see in the Earth-Touch clip, Weavers work on a nest.
First, the birds strip the leaves off the stem on which they are going to attach the nest, unless the tree is a fir or palm. They then tightly weave strips of fine plant material into a structure which has a downward-pointing entrance tunnel.
Tags: bird, blyde canyon, chin, egg, female, fir, incubate, leaf, male, nest, palm, plant, south africa, spectacled weaver, weave, weaver, yellowWildlife news from around the world
Pretenders to the bee throne Jan 29 2008
The Cape honey bee (Apis mellifera capensis) is the only bee species whose workers can produce females from unfertilised eggs. This allows them to compete with the colony’s queen in producing the next queen. A queen bee develops from an ordinary larva if it gets special food.
University of Sydney researcher Lyndon Jordan carried out a genetic study of South African bees showing that 23 out of 39 new queens were the offspring of workers, not old queens. What is more, most of the eggs were laid by workers from other colonies, not resident workers.
Tags: bee, blyde canyon, cape honey bee, colony, egg, honey bee, larva, queen, south africa, swarm, university of sydney, workerPage 1 of 1 pages
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