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Early morning beach activity Dec 12 2007

As the sun rises above the Indian Ocean at Ponta Malongane Bay in southern Mozambique, activity on the beach begins to stir.

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Devil firefish in the Indian Ocean Nov 20 2007

Devil firefish are sea fishes which prey on crabs. See them swim and sleep in the Indian Ocean in the Earth-Touch clips, Embattled reef dwellers ride out the storm and Sleeping devil firefish.

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Did you know? Ghost crabs Nov 15 2007

In winter the Tembe-Thonga people of Mozambique find little to eat on the beaches except for the local three species of ghost crab, so named because they appear and disappear from sight in a ghostly manner.

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Did You Know? Hermit crabs borrow shells Oct 12 2007

Hermit crabs live in the cast-off shells of other creatures. The abdomen of these crabs is soft and twisted, an adaptation enabling them to fit into shells.

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Earth-Touch team’s favourite stories of all time – please tell us yours? Aug 31 2007

We’ve canvassed the Earth-Touch team internally, and asked them to nominate some of their favourite footage published on the web portal so far. The results follow below.

We’’d love to hear what your favourite clips are – please post your votes and thoughts
as a comment to this blog.
The following stories received multiple votes:

Eyeball to eyeball with a great white shark

Watch the footage was filmed near Dyer Island, off the south-eastern coast of South Africa.

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Touching the Earth Aug 29 2007

By Tara Turkington, editorial team

It’ is winter and the sun is bathing the bush in an early-morning wash of light. We’’re bumping along slowly in our Volkswagen Combi on a dirt road near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park, when we see a long-legged dog running briskly towards us.