Results tagged “human” on Earth Touch Blog
Humans and other ocean mammals May 19 2008
Dealing with creatures in the sea on a daily basis often raises questions about how some more “sensitive” animals should be dealt with.
Tags: dive, dolphin, freedive, human, mammal, marine, ocean, sea, seal, sunfish, whaleDid you know? Tiger sharks Oct 26 2007
The tiger shark is one of the largest sharks, growing to 3 or 4m (10 to 13ft) in length and weighing upwards of 350kg (772lb).
Did you know? Manta rays Sep 12 2007
Manta rays (Manta birostris) are the world’s largest rays, and favour tropical and sub-tropical oceans.
Wildlife news from around the world
Study sheds light on ‘fin-to-limb’ evolution Aug 27 2007
A new study has revealed that sharks had the potential in their genes to develop fingers and toes 500-million years ago, pushing back the date of ‘fin-to-limb’ evolution by 135-million years, National Geographic News reported.
Study leader Martin Cohn of the University of Florida claims in a statement, “We’’ve uncovered a surprising degree of genetic complexity in place at an early point in the evolution of appendages.” The genes did not mean that sharks actually had human-like digits, however. The findings appear in the journal PLos ONE.
Out on a limb … Aug 23 2007
By Graeme Duane, field crew
This is a photo of the way we film sharks at Earth-Touch. As you can see there’s not much in it, no cage, no SCUBA and no bait.
So the shark gets to do pretty much what it wants, and the diver just has to concentrate on not looking too delectable. Seriously, though, we are cautious and careful and this is actually a very controlled situation.
Tags: bait, cape town, dyer island, great white shark, human, scuba, south africa, western capeDid you know? Stonefish Aug 21 2007
Stonefish are regarded as one of the most dangerous fish, not for their size or bite, but because of their effective camouflage and the toxin in their dorsal spines. A stonefish’’s sting can kill a fully grown person within a few hours, if not attended to quickly.
Deer in America Aug 20 2007
Our crew in Florida, USA, has sent through beautiful footage of a family of white-tailed deer in the Myakka River State Park. These deer have adapted to the hustle and bustle of human activity in the park, and appear unfazed by the presence of cars, people toting video cameras, and joggers all around them.
Donna Summer and the Anaconda Aug 7 2007
Photo: Dawson/Wikipedia
The search was on. We were scouting for an anaconda to film and the light – and our hopes – were fading fast. The day had been spent tracking and filming birds in the Pantanal in Brazil and we were now racing to reach an area in which anacondas had recently been seen. We were hurtling along a tooth-shattering and butt-bruising dirt road in a pickup. I was clutching the camera in the cab but my laptop was doing double half twist somersaults on the back
Tags: anaconda, brazil, footage, human, marsh, pantanal, snake, south america, wetlandBest of the Earth-Touch shark action Aug 5 2007
By Richard Frank, editorial team
Our crews have been getting up close and personal with several species of shark in the past two months or so, and we’re hopefully helping to break down the stereotype that all sharks are unstoppable monsters, bent on hungrily devouring humans. The Earth-Touch film-makers are experienced divers, and don’t use cages to protect themselves.
Another world Aug 2 2007
By Richard Frank, editorial team
It never ceases to amaze me how different life is under the water. Except for the effects of global warming, over-fishing and the odd shipwreck, the underwater world is untouched by humans. We are mere observers and are likely to always be – it’s just too difficult to colonise the oceans. Thank goodness.
A matter of pride Jul 5 2007
By Andy Crawford, field crew
Brad and I assumed that we could continue our lives as a filming team once our child was born. We had great visions of slinging up a hammock in the back of the filming vehicle to rock the little guy to sleep, and Brad even went so far as to design a mini chair to attach to his camera box between our two front seats where Rio would happily sit, gurgling away contentedly as we bounced through aardvark holes and over anthills in our quest for interesting subjects to film. Stupidly we expected him to behave in a civilised manner and be quiet while we filmed these interesting subjects.
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