Results tagged “coast” on Earth Touch Blog
The Earth-Touch baby album Apr 30 2008
Over the months, Earth-Touch has been privileged to witness the early days, survival struggles and playful moments of many young animals. Here is a selection of these video clips.
Tags: africa, baboon, baby, bath, bird, botswana, burrow, calf, cape, chick, coast, colony, cub, delta, den, dog, egg, elephant, endangered, fish, fly, foal, giraffe, herd, hluhluwe, imfolozi, juvenile, karoo, kite, kwazulu-natal, lion, mammal, meerkat, monkey, moremi, mud, okavango, piglet, reef, sodwana, south africa, thailand, tree, trunk, video, warthog, water, western cape, whale, young, zebraFlickr group: pic of the day – Roseate spoonbill Apr 3 2008
Roseate spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) are found in the south-eastern states of the United States such as Louisiana and Florida, down through the Caribbean and Central America, and into South America. They feed in shallow and coastal waters on small fish, frogs and other water creatures.
Tags: argentina, bird, caribbean, central america, coast, coastal, feed, fish, flickr, florida, lake, louisiana, north america, pink, roseate spoonbill, shallow, south america, spoonbill, waterGreat white shark’s hunting kit Apr 3 2008
The great white shark senses what’s going on around it using its eyesight, special cells along its lateral line, and sensory cells on its nose, called ampullae of Lorenzini, which detect electrical fields.
Tags: africa, camouflage, coast, colour, fish, great white, marine, predator, prey, reef, sense, shark, sight, smell, south africa, struisbaai, swim, vertebrate, western capeFlickr group: pic of the day – lemon shark Mar 25 2008
Lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) are found in tropical and sub-tropical waters, usually along the Atlantic coast of the Americas.
Tags: america, bahamas, beach, central america, coast, fish, lemon shark, shark, sharks, south america, tropical, vertebrateDark clouds and great whites Mar 25 2008
A blanket of apprehension lay over the day’s divers – the crew from Earth-Touch and a few British tourists. There were dark storm clouds making their way towards the area we were going to try to find the great white sharks, and the surface of the sea was windswept, with white caps dotted across the ocean surface.
The boats were loaded, and soon we were pounding our way to Skip Skop, an area 7km (4mi) off the coast, with a ferocious reputation for great whites (Carcharodon carcharias). As we sped from the base, the excitement seemed to drain from the faces with every kilometre we travelled.
Tags: adrenaline, animal, bait, bite, camera, coast, colour, eye, female, fin, fish, great white, green, jaw, nerves, ocean, power, sea, shark, skip skop, south africa, speed, storm, swim, tail, visibility, water, western cape, white, windA serene spot in the forest Mar 19 2008
Earth-Touch recently visited a dappled glade in the Hawaan forest, an unspoilt area on South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal coast.
Tags: africa, coast, coastal, forest, hawaan, kingfisher, kwazulu-natal, millipede, south africa, toad, tree, trees, zuluThe week’s most viewed stories Mar 7 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 29 February to Thursday 06 March 2008) were:
Tags: aliwal shoal, blue, camouflage, cave, coast, fish, food, kwazulu-natal, ray, reef, sand, scorpionfish, south africa, swim, turtle, water, whaleThe week’s most viewed stories (Feb 22 to 28 2008) Mar 1 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 22 February to Thursday 28 February 2008) were:
Tags: blacktip, botswana, coast, delta, dive, fish, okavango delta, popular, reef, shark, shoal, sky, south africa, storm, summer, tiger shark, whale shark, windThe week’s most viewed stories Feb 22 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 15 February to Thursday 21 February 2008) were:
Tags: bee, bee-eater, coast, hunt, kwazulu-natal, little bee-eater, shark, sky, south africa, storm, summer, whale, whale shark, windBad news for tiger sharks Feb 19 2008
Last weekend’s killing of tiger sharks in a protected area caused an uproar, thanks to growing awareness of the animal’s value.
Tags: africa, aliwal shoal, coast, killing, kwazulu-natal, rocky bay, shark, sun, windPage 1 of 1 pages
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