Results tagged “hunt” on Earth Touch Blog
African wild dog pack on the move May 7 2008
It was a wet day in South Africa’s oldest game reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, and a zebra foal was taking shelter under its mother. Then the Earth-Touch crew saw a pack of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) moving fast across the river plain.
Tags: africa, african wild dog, carnivore, communication, hluhluwe, hunt, imfolozi, juvenile, lycaon pictus, pack, rain, savannah, south africa, zebraDid You Know? African wild dog Apr 4 2008
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) is the only species in its genus and is only distantly related to the domestic dog.
Tags: africa, african wild dog, carnivore, hunt, mammal, mate, pack, tailBats emerge at dusk Mar 20 2008
With a sound like rushing water, overlaid by squeaking, thousands of bats pour out of a cave and into the evening sky. In flight, they look like a whiplash across the sunset.
Tags: bat, bird, cave, fly, hunt, khao yai, mammal, thailandFlickr pic of the day – green tree python Mar 14 2008
This green tree python (Morelia viridis) was one of the earliest submissions to our Flickr group by member Thor Hakonsen.
Tags: australasia, green, group, hunt, prey, python, snakeDid you know? Bee-eaters Feb 28 2008
Bee-eaters belong to the family Meropidae. There are 25 species in the family and they are found throughout tropical and subtropical Eurasia, Africa and Australasia.
Tags: bee-eater, bird, botswana, fly, hunt, little bee-eater, okavango delta, southern carmine bee-eaterThe week’s most viewed stories Feb 22 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 15 February to Thursday 21 February 2008) were:
Tags: bee, bee-eater, coast, hunt, kwazulu-natal, little bee-eater, shark, sky, south africa, storm, summer, whale, whale shark, windThe snow hunter Jan 29 2008
The great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) is one the largest in the world and in North America it is the tallest owl with the largest wingspan. Yet there are other owls that weigh more and have bigger feet.
Did you know? Tamandua Jan 29 2008
There are two species of tamandua, the northern (Tamandua mexicana) and the southern (Tamandua tetradactyla).
These anteaters are found in Central and South America.
The northern tamandua has a distinct “v” marking on its back which occurs only in some southern tamanduas.
The animals have four digits on their front feet and five on their hind feet. They walk on the outer edge of their forepaws so as not to cut themselves with their sharp claws.
Tags: ant, anteater, back, brazil, central america, claw, digit, feet, fur, gizzard, hunt, limb, nest, nose, pantanal, paw, south america, tamandua, teeth, termite, tongueWildlife news from around the world
River dolphin count completed Jan 29 2008
BBC Wildlife magazine reports that the recent completion of a survey of pink (Inia geoffrensis and Inia boliviensis) and grey (Sotalia fluviatilis) river dolphins in South America’s Orinoco and Amazon Basins was “a triumph for freshwater dolphin conservation”.
Did You Know? Coyotes Jan 29 2008
The coyotes (Canis latrans) found in Yellowstone National Park are among the largest in the United States; adults average about 14kg (30lb). They are slighter in build than their relative, the grey wolf (Canis lupus), but can kill large prey, especially when hunting co-operatively. Such attacks can go on for hours.
Tags: communication, coyote, fruit, grey wolf, howl, hunt, pack, prey, territorial, wolf, yellowstone national parkZambezi sharks close up Dec 19 2007
An approaching cold front affects the Zambezi sharks in the Indian Ocean waters of Southern Mozambique in the Earth-Touch clip, Masters of the sneak.
Usually the Earth-Touch crew struggle to get close enough to the Zambezi shark, but in these conditions the sharks swim right up to the camera lens.
Tags: huntAbundant squacco heron Dec 3 2007
When the waters recede in the Okavango Delta of Botswana, wildlife concentrates in the last remaining pools and competes for food.
Did you know? Pit vipers Nov 29 2007
Pit vipers, as their name suggests, have a heat-sensitive pit on either side of their head. These pits are extremely sensitive to changes in temperature, being covered with a temperature sensitive membrane.
These organs can help the pit viper sense the presence of warm-blooded animals, which is ultimately useful at night when these reptiles most often hunt for small animals such as frogs and lizards. They often form ‘S’-shapes with their body, enabling them to strike at any time.
Tags: asia, frog, hunt, lizard, membrane, pit viper, reptile, snake, thailand, thung salaeng luang national park, viper, warm-bloodedDid You Know? How bats hunt at night Nov 26 2007
Wrinkle-lipped bats (Chaerephon plicata) are found in caves from sea level to about 200m (656ft) and require forested habitats. These bats have been listed as low risk on the IUCN Red List of threatened species in 2007.
Did you know? African wild dog Nov 23 2007
African wild dogs are highly endangered carnivorous animals which hunt in packs. The average size of a pack is about 10, but this can reach 30 dogs or more in rare incidences. The role of the adult wild dogs is to care for the pups and provide food.
A lesser member of the pack leads a hunt; once the prey is determined by the pack itself the prey is captured and killed by the hunt leader.
Tags: african wild dog, endangered, hunt, impala, kudu, pup, reedbuckHyenas tag along with leopard Nov 21 2007
In the Earth-Touch clip, Hyenas dog leopard, two hyenas are on high alert, waiting to scavenge something from a nearby predator.
After some searching through the sage of the Okavango Delta, Botswana, the film crew spotted a female leopard swiftly and silently moving through the bush.
Tags: hunt, hyena, scavenger, spotted hyenaDid 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.
The week’s most viewed stories Nov 9 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 02 November to Thursday 08 November 2007) were:
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While adult monkeys groom and scratch, their babies cavort and play in the branches around them.
Wildlife news from around the world
India to recruit ex-army personnel to protect tigers Nov 6 2007
The Indian government will step up the protection of tigers in the country by employing retired army personnel to guard sanctuaries where they live, the BBC, AFP and others have reported.
The government announced the move after a census conducted by the Wildlife Institute of India found there were fewer than 1500 of the iconic animals left in the country – less than half of the 3642 estimated after the last major survey, conducted in 2002.
Tags: asia, bengal tiger, hunt, india, threatened, wildlife institute of indiaSouthern right whales easily identified Oct 30 2007
The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is found in the Southern Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans.
The Earth-Touch film crew has been watching these whales on the Western Cape coast of South Africa.
Tags: africa, atlantic ocean, barnacle, hunt, indian ocean, pacific ocean, south africa, southern right whale, western cape, whale, whale liceWildlife news from around the world
Scallop beds recover Oct 24 2007
Tasmania’’s scallop fishery was dead a few years ago. Every time new scallop beds had been found over the previous century, a fishing boom had depleted them.
But now, reports ScienceAlert, catches are regular and prices firm. The reason is that the industry realised it had to know more about its resource and use it sustainably.
Tags: australasia, crop, harvest, hunt, mature, mollusc, scallop, tasmania, tendDid you know? - American bison Oct 24 2007
The American bison is a bovine mammal, also known as the American buffalo. It is not related to the Asian or African buffalo, however.
At one time millions of bison roamed the North American continent, but over the years poaching and hunting greatly affected the bison population. There were only about 1500 bison in Yellowstone National Park in the 1950s. This has increased to about 3500 today as a result of conservation initiatives.
This week’s most viewed stories Oct 5 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 28 September to Thursday 04 October 2007) were:
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Close encounter with a leviathan
A female whale, seemingly enjoying the company, links up with me and follows me around, careful not to swipe me with her huge fluke.
Wildlife news from around the world
Eleven new species discovered Oct 1 2007
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has announced the discovery of 11 new species exclusive to Vietnam. They include a snake, two butterflies and five orchid varieties discovered in the Green Corridor, a lowland wet evergreen forest region in the Thua Thien Hue province.
View rare chorongo monkeys Oct 1 2007
Woolly monkeys, commonly known as chorongo monkeys in Ecuador, are found in the rainforests of the western Amazon River basin.
Sunrise, sunset Sep 20 2007
By Andy Crawford, field crew
Did you know? - Superheated cheetahs Sep 3 2007
Although the cheetah is well-known for being the fastest animal on four legs and can accelerate to about 70km/h (43mi/h) in three seconds and reach a maximum speed of about 100km/h (60mph), it can’t keep this up for long.
Touching the Earth Aug 29 2007
By Tara Turkington, editorial team
It’ is winter and the sun is bathing the bush in an early-morning wash of light. We’’re bumping along slowly in our Volkswagen Combi on a dirt road near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park, when we see a long-legged dog running briskly towards us.
Wildlife news from around the world
Bird-watching growing in United States Aug 21 2007
More Americans than ever are interested in bird-watching, the Associated Press (AP) reported this week. According to an AP article published by USA Today, the US Fish & Wildlife Service believes that 47.8-million Americans are now twitchers, in a growing trend which increased by 8% from 2000 to 2006.
Tags: bird, bird-watching, fishing, hobby, huntA 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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