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Impala herd grazes in the morning May 9 2008

On a beautiful, rain-refreshed morning in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, in South Africa, the first animal the Earth-Touch crew saw was an impala ram, belonging to a herd of about 200.

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Flickr group: pic of the day – African buffalo May 7 2008

African buffalos (Syncerus caffer) are found widely throughout sub-Saharan Africa. They mostly move in large herds, grazing and living together.

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Egrets follow lechwe May 6 2008

The ridged and lyre-shaped horns of male red lechwe (Kobus leche) can be put to lethal effect in the breeding season, but when the Earth-Touch crew came across a herd in the Moremi Game Reserve, in Botswana, the effect was more decorative.

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Flickr group: pic of the day – Impalas Apr 14 2008

Impalas are slender, reddish brown antelopes that are mostly found in Southern Africa and some parts of East Africa.

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This week’s most viewed stories Apr 4 2008

The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 28 March to Thursday 03 April 2008) were:

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Mud bath cools off warthogs and rhino Apr 4 2008

On a hot, windy afternoon at Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve, in South Africa, the Earth-Touch crew watched a family of warthogs and a white rhino bull enjoying a cooling wallow in a mud pan.

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Did you know? Differences between black and white rhinos Mar 28 2008

Black rhinos (Diceros bicornis) and white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) are both grey in colour. But there are many differences between them.

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Did you know? Tsessebe Jan 29 2008

Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) are highly territorial antelope. Males regularly patrol and mark their range.

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Did you know? Blue wildebeest Jan 29 2008

This gregarious grazer is found in abundance in the grasslands and floodplains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

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Did you know? Lechwe Dec 7 2007

The lechwe (Kobus leche) is dependent on a wetland habitat. This grazing antelope is almost always found near water, drinking up to three times a day in hot weather and resting near water at night.

It is a good swimmer and can feed on aquatic plants at depths of up to 60cm (24in).

From the field

Sunrise, sunset Sep 20 2007

By Andy Crawford, field crew

The end of each day in the bush is always a strange and wonderful time. Wherever I am at sunset (usually up to the elbows in plastic fish, ducks and crocodiles while bathing kiddies in a tin bath under an acacia tree) the soft orange glow on the trees, evening birdcalls and insect going-to-bed noises invariably make me pause and take notice.

It is an evocative time, a time to reflect on the day that has been and the night that is to come – with all its potential for drama and danger. 

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Hiding out Aug 27 2007

By Andy Crawford, field crew

Filming wild animals is often difficult as they tend to react to a human presence. In order to capture their ‘natural’ behaviour, one often has to find inventive ways of going unnoticed.