Results tagged “namibia” on Earth Touch Blog
Seals crowd onto rocks May 29 2008
Earth-Touch filmed thousands of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) packed into the rocky outcrop that is the Cape Cross seal reserve in Namibia.
Did you know? Namaqua chameleon May 28 2008
Life in the inhospitable and arid Namib Desert requires some form of adaptation among all the species found there – plant and animal.
Tags: adaptation, africa, camouflage, chameleon, desert, heat, namaqua, namibiaDid you know? Marabou stork May 14 2008
Beautiful they are not, and we humans find some of their habits less than attractive too. Yet these birds have to be respected for their survival skills.
Tags: africa, bird, botswana, flamingo, marabou, namibia, okavango, scavenger, storkDid you know? African penguin May 12 2008
Formerly known as the jackass penguin, the African penguin (Spheniscus dermersus) got its original name from its call, which is uncannily similar to that of a donkey.
African penguins are endemic to the Southern African countries of South Africa and Namibia, and mostly occur within a few kilometeres of the coastline. Non-breeding birds spend most of their time at sea.
Tags: africa, african penguin, bird, call, cape, conservation, dive, eat, fish, jackass, namibia, ocean, penguin, sea, south africa, swim, threatened, waterDid You Know? Scorpions May 5 2008
Scorpions can be referred to as living fossils, because their form has remained virtually unchanged for the past 400 million years. Yet they have diversified to live on all but one continent (Antarctica) and in such extreme environments as bone-dry deserts, soaking tropical rain forests, at 5 500m (18 600ft) in the Andes and in deep caves 800m (20 000ft) underground.
Flickr group: pic of the day – great white egret May 2 2008
The great white egret, also known simply as the great egret Ardea alba, is the world’s largest egret.
Tags: africa, aggression, america, argentina, asia, australia, bird, brazil, canada, egret, europe, flickr, great egret, great white egret, group, heron, large, namibia, protect, white, youngDid You Know? Welwitschia Apr 30 2008
The Welwitschia mirabilis is a strange-looking plant found in the fog belt of Namibia and southern Angola.
Tags: angola, atlantic, cone, desert, fog, germinate, leaf, namib, namibia, plant, reproduce, root, seedFlickr group: pic of the day – cheetah Apr 29 2008
Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are members of the cat family, but unique in the fact that they do not climb trees. They are the fastest animals on land, reaching speeds of up to 110km/h (68mph).
Tags: africa, cat, cheetah, flickr, mammal, namibia, photograph, photography, vertebrateConfessions of a food slut Feb 27 2008
Here follows another yet another “issue” that I have developed since my association with Earth-Touch began. I have to admit and confess that I am a “food slut”.
Tags: botswana, ecuador, food, namibia, thailandThe marula tree Jan 29 2008
This tree, Sclerocarya birrea, is found in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia and Swaziland, amongst other African countries. It bears small, round fruit, yellow when ripe and green when unripe, which can be harvested from January to March.
There are countless myths and legends about this tree.
Tags: africa, bark, colour, crop, elephant, fertility, fruit, goat, leaf, malaria, marula, medicine, myth, namibia, pestle and mortar, plant, relish, sotho, south africa, swaziland, venda, wood, worm, wound, zimbabwe, zuluLiquid motion Nov 1 2007
On land they tend to look like convulsing potatoes, but “liquid motion” is the way Earth-Touch crew member Graeme Duane describes how seals move underwater.
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