Results tagged “herd” on Earth Touch Blog
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.
Tags: africa, graze, herd, hluhluwe-imfolozi, horn, impala, kwazulu-natal, mammal, prey, ram, savannah, south africaFlickr 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.
Tags: africa, african buffalo, buffalo, flickr, graze, herd, mammal, photograph, photography, vertebrateThe 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, zebraDid you know? Interesting facts about giraffes Mar 4 2008
Giraffes hold several records in the animal kingdom: they are the tallest living creatures, they have the longest necks, they have the largest hearts of any land animal, and they have the highest blood pressure of all living animals.
Tags: adaptation, advantage, animal, bend, blood, blood pressure, botswana, brain, bull, communication, competition, feed, foliage, food, giraffe, head, heart, herd, male, mammal, neck, okavango delta, record, tallWildebeest calves and impala lambs Feb 4 2008
After the recent good rains in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, the grazing is abundant and herbivores are giving birth.
Tags: calf, grazing, herd, impala, lamb, mammal, predator, rain, vertebrate, wildebeest, youngDid you know? Blue wildebeest Jan 29 2008
This gregarious grazer is found in abundance in the grasslands and floodplains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Tags: africa, communication, faeces, flood plain, grass, graze, herd, horn, scent, social, territorial, wildebeestDid you know? Buffalo herds Dec 14 2007
These gregarious animals are found in large herds, the largest containing a few thousand buffalo. A few hundred in a herd is the norm.
They have a hierarchy when moving in a herd. The highly ranked animals move in the front and centre of the herd, where the risk of predators is lower and food is more easily available.
Tags: africa, buffalo, herd, hierarchyBuffalo sense nearby lions Dec 12 2007
In the Earth-Touch clip, Buffalo herd spooked by scent of lion, the Earth-Touch team come across a large herd of between 300 and 400 buffalo grazing through the open plains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Cheetah looks for a meal Dec 6 2007
It is fairly unusual to see a single male cheetah in the wild, as males usually form small groups. But in the Earth-Touch clip, Lone cheetah on the hunt, filmed in Botswana’s Okavango Delta, you can see a hungry-looking male watching a herd of impala from the vantage point of a termite mound.
Buffalo chase off lions Nov 20 2007
Despite the bigs cats being dubbed “king of the jungle”, the heavy mass of a herd of buffalo is too much for a pride of lions as they are chased by buffalo in the Earth-Touch clip, Lions foiled by buffalo herd.
Did you know? Lion prides Nov 13 2007
Lions are the only social cat species, living, hunting and feeding in prides. Prides can consist of up to 12 females with their cubs and up to six adult males.
The main reason for this is food acquisition. Lions hunt together, each lion taking on a specific role. Territorial issues and the protection of cubs are also key reasons why lions socialise.
Lionesses tend to remain in the group they were born into; therefore prides are generally made up of related lions.
Male lions fiercely compete for leadership roles in the pride. A male lion will remain the head of the pride for about three years.
Wildlife news from around the world
Social standing influences elephants’ range, study finds Nov 8 2007
Elephants led by older, more dominant matriarchs travel shorter distances to find food and water than those with a lower social status, reports the University of California, Berkeley.
Researchers at the university conducted a study in the Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves in northern Kenya with Save the Elephants, a non-profit organisation focused on preserving elephants and their habitat, and a colleague from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.
Tags: behavioral ecology and sociobiology, elephant, food, herd, kenya, samburu and buffalo springs national reserve, social status, university of california, berkeley, university of oxfordIn defence of the herd Nov 2 2007
While watching the Earth-Touch video clip Lions foiled by buffalo herd I was once again struck by the fact that it is the females that lead the charge in defending the herd. This goes against what most ethologists claim, and against what conventional wisdom tells us about a male animal’s role.
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.
Tags: african skimmer, bird, buffalo, cage, carcasse, catfish, crew, donkey, fly, footage, graze, herd, hide, hyena, skimmerPage 1 of 1 pages
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