Results tagged “crocodile” on Earth Touch Blog
Flickr group: pic of the day – Nile crocodile Jun 10 2008
Nile crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus) are freshwater reptiles, closely related to alligators. According to the World Conservation Union, they are found widely in Africa.
Tags: africa, crocodile, flickr, nile crocodile, photograph, photography, reptile, vertebrateWildlife news from around the world
Crocodilians do cry while they eat Oct 22 2007
The old expression “crying crocodile tears”, meaning false or insincere weeping, was based on the belief that crocodiles cry with fake remorse while tearing into their prey. And there’s some truth in it after all.
What happened to the skimmers? Oct 10 2007
Much to everyone’s surprise, the migratory African skimmers have already left the sandbank at Nxamaseri in the Okavango Delta, where they were nesting and attempting to raise their chicks. This abrupt departure brings to an end a spectacularly unsuccessful season for the endangered birds.
Did you know? Crocodiles Sep 11 2007
The crocodile has the most highly developed brain of all reptiles and is the most vocal. Their call differs according to species, age, size and sex. There are 23 species of crocodiles.
Tags: africa, crocodile, dinosaur, nile, nile crocodile, reptileClip captures Okavango’’s essence Sep 5 2007
In the Earth-Touch clip, A commotion in the colony, darters and cormorants and their young beladen a tree in the Okavango Delta, while a fish eagle and a crocodile wait, hopeful their patience will be repaid with an easy meal.
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.
Tags: amphibian, bird, breathe, cheetah, crab, crocodile, crustacean, eastern cape, eel, gannet, great white shark, hippo, kwazulu-natal, mamba, mudhopper, mudskipper, plant, reptile, serval, snake eel, south africa, tsessebe, whale, wildebeest, zebra
Endangered birds’ eggs adding up Aug 21 2007
The African skimmers’ eggs are adding up on the sandbank in the Nxamaseri Channel in the Okavango, where Earth-Touch has been filming them - the total for this year so far now stands at 18. Watch African skimmers’ eggs nestle safely to see the eggs, and the ingenious nest design which keeps them safe from crocodiles.
Gearing up for the great catfish run Aug 10 2007
By Andy Crawford, field crew
Things have been happening early in Botswana this year, probably due to the unseasonably warm weather. The temperature has been over 30 degrees celsius (86 degrees fahrenheit) for the majority of this week, no doubt the build-up to a long, hot summer. The skimmers arrived on the sandbank months ahead of schedule and are gearing up to breed already and it seems as if the annual catfish run may also be happening sooner than expected. In the evenings one can hear the tell-tale snapping of the papyrus as the catfish hunt.
What lies beneath … Jul 30 2007
By Tamar Blieden, editorial team
Ocean-dwelling species as diverse as great white sharks, rays, eels and the Disney-like devil firefish have become ‘regulars’ on Earth-Touch, introducing us if familiar characters in a children’s fantasy to an underwater world of wonder.
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