Results tagged “okavango delta” on Earth Touch Blog
The week’s most viewed stories May 23 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 16 May to Thursday 22 May 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
Tags: africa, black rhino, blue, botswana, cub, dolphin, elephant, encounter, female, fluke, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, leviathan, lion, mammal, okavango delta, popular, rhino, sodwana bay, south africa, western cape, whale, wildebeest, youngCormorants roost on shipwreck May 21 2008
As the sun began to set at Melkbosstrand on the West Coast of South Africa, close to Cape Town, the Earth-Touch crew filmed cormorants flying in to roost on an old shipwreck.
Tags: africa, bird, blyde canyon, botswana, cape cormorant, cormorant, darter, okavango delta, reed cormorant, south africa, western cape, white-breasted cormorantThe week’s most viewed stories May 16 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 09 May to Thursday 15 May 2008) were:
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Dolphins appear out of the blue
Out in the bay where the waves break, a pod of these marine mammals emerges from deeper water.
Tags: africa, black rhino, blue, botswana, cub, dolphin, encounter, female, fluke, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, leviathan, lion, mammal, okavango delta, popular, rhino, sodwana bay, south africa, western cape, whale, youngThe week’s most viewed stories May 9 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 02 May to Thursday 08 May 2008) were:
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Unusual reef is full of surprises
It’s a special day at Sodwana, as the Indian Ocean offers up everything from coral and shrimps to dolphins and the world’s largest fish.
Tags: africa, black rhino, botswana, cub, encounter, female, fluke, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, leviathan, lion, mammal, okavango delta, popular, rhino, south africa, western cape, whale, youngThe week’s most viewed stories May 2 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 25 April to Thursday 1 May 2008) were:
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Huge beast shows why it’s one of the most feared and respected creatures in the African bushveld.
Tags: africa, black rhino, botswana, cub, encounter, female, fluke, indian ocean, kwazulu-natal, leviathan, lion, mammal, okavango delta, popular, rhino, south africa, western cape, whale, youngThe week’s most viewed stories Apr 18 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 11 April to Thursday 17 April 2008) were:
Did You Know? Papyrus Apr 14 2008
The newest Earth-Touch film location is the Moremi Game Reserve, situated in the heart of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. One of the most common sedge grasses found in this region is papyrus (Cyperus papyrus), the plant used by the ancient Egyptians to make the world’s first primitive paper.
Tags: africa, bird, botswana, egypt, grass, heron, moorhen, moremi, okavango delta, papyrus, plant, squacco, swamp, vegetation, waterbird, wetlandDid you know? Interesting facts about giraffes Mar 4 2008
Giraffes hold several records in the animal kingdom: they are the tallest living creatures, they have the longest necks, they have the largest hearts of any land animal, and they have the highest blood pressure of all living animals.
Tags: adaptation, advantage, animal, bend, blood, blood pressure, botswana, brain, bull, communication, competition, feed, foliage, food, giraffe, head, heart, herd, male, mammal, neck, okavango delta, record, tallThe week’s most viewed stories (Feb 22 to 28 2008) Mar 1 2008
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 22 February to Thursday 28 February 2008) were:
Tags: blacktip, botswana, coast, delta, dive, fish, okavango delta, popular, reef, shark, shoal, sky, south africa, storm, summer, tiger shark, whale shark, windDid 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-eaterFlowers in the Okavango Delta Feb 26 2008
The summer rain has brought the wildflowers to life in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Tags: botswana, flame lily, flowers, mistletoe, okavango delta, vegetation, wetlandDid you know? Collared pratincole Feb 22 2008
Collared pratincoles migrate to the Okavango Delta in Botswana every summer to nest in small scrapes in the ground.
Tags: bird, botswana, collared pratincole, flock, floodplain, habitat, okavango delta, pratincole, wetlandComing unstuck in the Delta Feb 6 2008
January’s downpours in the Okavango have made life difficult for the Earth-Touch field crew, but they are quick to learn.
Tags: africa, botswana, flood, okavango, okavango delta, rain, truckBirds in a feeding frenzy Feb 5 2008
The Earth-Touch crew came across a frenzied feeding scene in the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Tags: bee-eater, bird, okavango, okavango deltaWildlife news from around the world
World Wetlands Day: Okavango Delta Feb 1 2008
As World Wetlands Day (2 February) approaches, Earth-Touch continues to publish video footage from an unlikely place for a wetland: the edge of a desert. (See video links below.)
Tags: africa, botswana, okavango, okavango delta, wetlandRadio collars on lions Dec 13 2007
In several of our recent lion video clips from the Okavango Delta (for example, Risky brushes with lions, Lion cubs lead the way), you will have noticed that some of the lionesses have collars around their necks. These are radio transmitter collars used by biologists running a lion research project here in Botswana.
Lions 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.
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