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Did 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, tailThe week’s most viewed stories Mar 14 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 07 March to Thursday 13 March 2008) were:
Tags: aliwal shoal, asia, bird, fish, food, forest, forest fever-berry, hornbill, mate, moss, nest, popular, shark, south africa, thailand, tiger shark, tree, trunkDid you know? Gibbons Feb 20 2008
Unlike most apes, gibbons form monogamous, usually life-long partnerships. About 3% of mammal species, which number more than 4 000, are monogamous.
Tags: ape, breed, gestation, gibbon, khao yai, mammal, mate, thailandLions prepare to mate Dec 5 2007
In Earth-Touch footage filmed on a windy day in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, a mature male lion is clearly attracted to the two lionesses in the group. Watch him scent-mark in the clip, Lions ready to mate in spectacular afternoon light.
Did you know? Lion manes Nov 28 2007
The male lion is distinguished from the female by the mass of hair surrounding his head, commonly known as a mane.
The mane’s’ size and colour changes with age, making the more adult male look bigger and more threatening. This may foil attempts by younger males to confront the more domineering looking male.
Elephant musth Oct 29 2007
In the Earth-Touch clip, Elephant bulls feeding, a bull elephant is seen to be in musth. In this state, the bull drips concentrated, testosterone-filled urine onto its legs, advertising its quest to find a mate. Secretions from the temporal glands run down the side of its head.
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Female hyenas discourage incest Aug 29 2007
New research shows that female spotted hyenas, generally the dominant sex, discourage incestuous mating so that their young have a better chance of survival.
A 10-year-study of 400 spotted hyenas in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, published in Nature, reveals that female spotted hyenas, which live in mixed-gender groups, preferred to mate with strangers. Males were forced to accept this as mating an unwilling female is difficult, due in part to their unusual genitalia. The study showed that young born of two hyenas related to one another were weaker than those which were not.
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