Results tagged “hippo” on Earth Touch Blog
Did You Know? Hippo bull behaviour May 6 2008
Hippopotamuses (Hippopotamus amphibius) have a delicate social network. It is essential that clearly defined roles exist within each pod in order to maintain peace.
Tags: aquatic, behaviour, dominance, female, hippo, hippopotamus, male, mammal, pod, river, social, territoryThis week’s most viewed stories Feb 8 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 01 January to Thursday 07 January 2008) were:
Tags: delta, highlights, hippo, kwazulu-natal, okavango, shark, south africa, weekly, zambeziDid you know? Oxpeckers on the back of mammals Jan 30 2008
Oxpeckers are often seen on the backs of animals like hippo, buffalo and kudu. They feed off parasites such as ticks and bloodsucking flies that live on the mammal’s skin. These birds have a mutual relationship with mammals, removing parasites in exchange for observing the surroundings from an aerial viewpoint and alerting them of danger.
Tags: adaptation, bath, bird, bloodsucking fly, buffalo, cattle egret, ear, egret, elephant, fly, groom, hippo, kudu, oxpecker, parasite, red-billed oxpecker, skin, south africa, tail, tick, trunkHippos in dark water Jan 29 2008
Darkness is falling and a pod of hippos in the Blyde River, in South Africa, is just visible as their nostrils and the ridges over their eyes protrude above the water.
The week’s most viewed stories Dec 21 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 14 December to Thursday 20 December 2007) were:
Number 1
Hippo bull shows his dominanceThe pod’s hierarchy comes under pressure when flood waters recede and animals gather in large numbers.
Did you know? Hippopotamus Nov 30 2007
The name hippopotamus comes from the Greek word hippopotamos, which means water or river horse. This refers to the herbivore’’s habitat.
When exposed to harsh sunlight, hippos secrete a reddish-pink substance from their subdermal glands. This ‘blood sweat’ protects the skin from the sun and inhibits dehydration.
Tags: bacteria, buoyancy, hippo, subdermal gland, swim, vertebrateWaiting for the rain Oct 3 2007
The Earth-Touch footage coming through from Meno A Kwena camp in the Boteti region of the Kalahari, Botswana, epitomises life in the desert… harsh. This applies even though the Kalahari is considered semi-desert as opposed to true desert, and the tips of the waterways of the Okavango Delta are in close proximity.
Living the hide life … is for the birds Oct 2 2007
By Graham Springer, field crew
I’ve been filming out of Nxamaseri for the past three weeks. The Nxamaseri Channel is a major tributary of the Okavango River, about halfway up the panhandle area of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.
Tags: basin, bird, chick, cubango river, cuito river, egg, hide, hippo, kalahari desert, monitor lizard, monkey, panhandle, papyrus, reed, reptile, sitatunga, snakeEarth-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
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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