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Flickr group: pic of the day – rockhopper penguin May 29 2008
Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) are native to Argentina, Australia, South Africa, Chile, the Falkland Islands, Uruguay and New Zealand. There are also vagrant populations in Antarctica and Brazil.
Tags: africa, antarctica, argentina, australia, bird, brazil, falkland islands, flickr, hile, new zealand, penguin, photograph, photography, rockhopper, south africa, south america, uruguay, vertebrateFlickr group: pic of the day – great white egret May 2 2008
The great white egret, also known simply as the great egret Ardea alba, is the world’s largest egret.
Tags: africa, aggression, america, argentina, asia, australia, bird, brazil, canada, egret, europe, flickr, great egret, great white egret, group, heron, large, namibia, protect, white, youngDid you know? Tamandua Jan 29 2008
There are two species of tamandua, the northern (Tamandua mexicana) and the southern (Tamandua tetradactyla).
These anteaters are found in Central and South America.
The northern tamandua has a distinct “v” marking on its back which occurs only in some southern tamanduas.
The animals have four digits on their front feet and five on their hind feet. They walk on the outer edge of their forepaws so as not to cut themselves with their sharp claws.
Tags: ant, anteater, back, brazil, central america, claw, digit, feet, fur, gizzard, hunt, limb, nest, nose, pantanal, paw, south america, tamandua, teeth, termite, tongueCoatis in a palm grove Jan 29 2008
The coati (Nasua nasua) is a raccoon-like mammal with a ringed tail and a long, flexible nose which is somewhat turned up, allowing it to nose about under leaf litter for food. Watch a group of coatis doing this in the Earth-Touch clip, Coatis forage in a palm grove, filmed in the Pantanal of Brazil. These forest dwellers eat fruit and invertebrates.
Capybara dashes for safety Jan 7 2008
It looks like a guinea pig and behaves more like a hippopotamus: it’s the world’s largest rodent, the capybara (Hydrochaerus hydrochaeris).
Watch these grass-eating creatures catch the scent of possible danger and run for the water in the Earth-Touch video clip Capybara and caiman, filmed in the Pantanal of Brazil.
Tags: brazil, capybara, pantanal, rodent, south americaBrazilian birds Jan 3 2008
The Earth-Touch film crew spent time in the Brazilian part of the Pantanal, a vast area of South America which is flooded for part of the year. Although also cattle-ranching country, it is full of wildlife – and birds in particular.
You can see jabirus, monk parakeets, bat falcons and white-throated toucans in the video clip Show of Brazilan birds.
Tags: bird, brazil, monk parakeet, pantanal, parakeet, south americaDid you know? Giant anteater Oct 19 2007
This odd-looking animal is the largest member of the anteater family. The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) lives on ants and termites, as its name suggests.
Did You Know? Pantanal Oct 18 2007
The Pantanal wetland of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay supports 650 species of birds, 80 species of mammals, 260 fish species and 50 reptile species. It is estimated that there are 10 million caimans here. (See the Earth-Touch clip, Caimans swim and bask.)
This week’s most viewed stories Oct 12 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 05 October to Thursday 11 October 2007) were:
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Two bull elephants take their time to drink and shower themselves with mud, rumbling contentedly as they amble around between the waterholes.
Tags: brazil, bull, elephant, giant otter, invertebrate, kelp, kwazulu-natal, otter, pantanal, south africa, south america
Our 250th story hits the site! Oct 11 2007
Today Earth-Touch published its 250th story, Seabirds forage in the intertidal zone.
New footage from Brazil Oct 9 2007
Earth-Touch has already published footage from the expedition crew in Ecuador. The same crew also went to the Pantanal wetlands in Brazil and Earth-Touch is now publishing that material.
Wildlife news from around the world
Deforestation in Brazil slows: Report Aug 28 2007
New figures suggest the rate of deforestation in Brazil may be slowing slightly – though it is still a fast-continuing trend. BBC News reports that Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a 25% decrease in the destruction of Brazil’’s share of the forest (the biggest), between August 2005 and July 2006, the lowest rate since at least 2000.
This translates to saving 600 000 trees. Da Silva attributed the decline to stricter environmental policies, including a crackdown on illegal logging.
Slouching hammock, hidden pain Aug 13 2007
By Pierre Minnie, field crew
My filming recce in the Pantanal in Brazil delivered some interesting experiences. I was on a three day camp excursion which had been organised from Ecuador. When preparing for the trip via e-mail, the organisers had impressed me with their attention to the details regarding my stay. I prepared myself mentally and braced myself for the cold showers I was informed we would have there, cold showers being yet another of my pet hates.
Donna Summer and the Anaconda Aug 7 2007
Photo: Dawson/Wikipedia
The search was on. We were scouting for an anaconda to film and the light – and our hopes – were fading fast. The day had been spent tracking and filming birds in the Pantanal in Brazil and we were now racing to reach an area in which anacondas had recently been seen. We were hurtling along a tooth-shattering and butt-bruising dirt road in a pickup. I was clutching the camera in the cab but my laptop was doing double half twist somersaults on the back
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