Results tagged “meerkat” on Earth Touch Blog
The 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, zebraThe week’s most viewed stories Apr 11 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 05 April to Thursday 10 April 2008) were:
This week’s most viewed stories Apr 4 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 28 March to Thursday 03 April 2008) were:
Tags: africa, graze, hluhluwe, huddle, imfolozi, impala, kwazulu-natal, meerkat, sea, slug, south africa, suricate, zebraMeerkats as social media in action Apr 4 2008
In all of my years in the wilds of the world, and especially in the African bush, I have never encountered a creature that more embodies the idea of a “social media strategy” than the meerkat.
Tags: africa, mammal, meerkat, social, south africa, vertebrateA tough day at the office Apr 2 2008
It’s official: I have the worst job in the world.
Tags: bee-eater, bird, fish, indian ocean, mammal, meerkat, whale sharkThe week’s most viewed stories (March 14 to 20 2008) Mar 21 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 14 March to Thursday 20 March 2008) were:
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Close encounter with a leviathan
Mammals of the world Dec 24 2007
There are more than 4 500 different species of mammals, from the largest, the blue whale, to the smallest, the pygmy shrew.
October 2007 Newsletter Oct 5 2007
View the Earth-Touch October newsletter by clicking here: October 2007 Earth-Touch Newsletter
Tags: 2007, communication, elephant, kalahari desert, meerkat, newsletter, octoberDid you know? Nictitating membranes Oct 1 2007
Many animals have a third eyelid called a nictitating membrane. This is a clear or translucent membrane that can be drawn diagonally or horizontally across the eyeball. It protects the eye from foreign particles, dryness and injury.
Did you know? Ostrich eggs Sep 27 2007
Ostrich eggs are the largest of any bird species, and are hard and smooth. They are larger than a grapefruit, and weigh more than 20 times as much as a chicken’s egg.
5 most popular Earth-Touch clips so far Sep 7 2007
1. Meerkats huddle in the cold
Oudtshoorn, South Africa > Meerkat
29 June, 2007
A group of suricates – more commonly known as meerkats – return from their daily forage to huddle together in the bitter cold, before disappearing into their burrow.
1 mongoose, many ‘mongooses’ Sep 3 2007
Did you know that the plural of mongoose is “mongooses”, rather than mongeese? Watch the latest three Earth-Touch stories on a typically delightful and sociable meerkat family, living in the arid Little Karoo region of South Africa. A litter of pups has just been born, adding to the number of “mongooses” in the group.
Did you know? - Meerkats Sep 1 2007
A baby meerkat emerges from its burrow.
A baby meerkat is called a “pup”. Meerkats can produce several litters a year, usually of three or so young at a time.
Tags: den, karoo, little karoo, meerkat, pup, social, south africaMeet the meerkats Jul 19 2007
By Reina Luck, editorial team
Have you met the meerkats yet? They’re such comical little creatures as they come scuttling home from their day out in the chilly winter veld of the Little Karoo before they dive down into their snug sleeping burrow. With their large bright eyes and inquisitive behaviour they’re like a group of neighbourhood busybodies keeping each other acquainted of the latest gossip.
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