Results tagged “scent” 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? Flehmen May 20 2008
Flehmen is a behaviour observed in many mammals, which involves curling or pulling back the upper lip so as to perceive a scent.
Tags: behaviour, breeding, flehmen, giraffe, jacobson's organ, lion, lip, mammal, oestrus, scent, zebraDid you know? Tsessebe Jan 29 2008
Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) are highly territorial antelope. Males regularly patrol and mark their range.
Tags: antelope, anthill, feet, gland, grass, graze, mound, paw, preorbital gland, scent, territorial, tsessebeDid you know? Blue wildebeest Jan 29 2008
This gregarious grazer is found in abundance in the grasslands and floodplains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
Tags: africa, communication, faeces, flood plain, grass, graze, herd, horn, scent, social, territorial, wildebeestBuffalo sense nearby lions Dec 12 2007
In the Earth-Touch clip, Buffalo herd spooked by scent of lion, the Earth-Touch team come across a large herd of between 300 and 400 buffalo grazing through the open plains of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.
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