Results tagged “zebra” on Earth Touch Blog
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, zebraAfrican wild dog pack on the move May 7 2008
It was a wet day in South Africa’s oldest game reserve, Hluhluwe-Imfolozi, and a zebra foal was taking shelter under its mother. Then the Earth-Touch crew saw a pack of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) moving fast across the river plain.
Tags: africa, african wild dog, carnivore, communication, hluhluwe, hunt, imfolozi, juvenile, lycaon pictus, pack, rain, savannah, south africa, zebraThe 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, zebraThis 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, zebraDid you know? Zebra stripes Mar 17 2008
Have you ever wondered whether a zebra has black stripes on a white coat or white stripes on a black coat?
Tags: africa, black, blood vessels, camouflage, mammal, stripe, temperature, vertebrate, white, zebra, zebrasFlickr group: pic of the day – zebra Mar 12 2008
Burchell’s zebras (Equus burchellii) are African land mammals, related to horses and antelope, and recognised worldwide for their unique and vibrant markings.
This zebra photograph was contributed to our Flickr group by member Palko72, and taken using a Canon EOS 5D in Hluhluwe-uMfolozi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Tags: africa, game reserve, hluhluwe-umfolozi, kwazulu-natal, mammal, vertebrate, zebraCapturing spirit of place Jan 29 2008
Guest Blog By Diane Hossick
Back in the 1970s, the novelist Lawrence Durrell (brother of naturalist Gerald Durrell) presented a memorable BBC TV series entitled Spirit of Place. Beautifully shot, it matched Durrell’s inimitable use of language with landscape, flora, fauna, and people, focusing on European and North African places of great beauty: towns, villages, coast and countryside.
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.
Why do animals migrate? Oct 3 2007
Animal migration usually corresponds with the changing of the seasons. Animals move in search of food and water and to get to their breeding grounds.
This week’s most viewed stories Sep 21 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Friday 14 September to Thursday 20 September 2007) were:
Number 1
Blackfin sharks at close range
A small shoal of curious blackfin sharks gradually grows into a mob as more and more swim up close to investigate the strangers in their space.
Girl or boy? How does one tell? Sep 19 2007
By Andy Crawford, field crew
Distinguishing the gender of wild animals is often no easy task. Certainly with some species the presence of obvious markers (such as horns or manes) make it simple.
However, with certain species it is almost impossible. Hyenas are notoriously difficult as the females have external genitalia exactly like those of a male. The size and attitude of the hyena are the only factors that give one an indication of its gender – the females are significantly larger than, the males, and are more dominant.
Size and attitude as a general rule of thumb can be the distinguishing factor, in the absence of the usual clues such as horns or genitals. Other than hyenas and a few other animals, it is the males of a species which are usually larger.
Did you know? Zebra stripes Sep 18 2007
Every individual zebra has a matchless stripe pattern made up of black stripes on a white base.
Not only are they all different, but also the pattern of stripes on the left hand side differs from that on the right.
The distinctive pattern of each zebra, as well as scent, allows the mother to identify her foal in the first days after birth, even in a large herd.
This week’s most viewed stories Sep 15 2007
The most popular stories on Earth-Touch in the past week (from Fri 7 September to Thurs 13 September) have been:
Number 1This week’s most popular story is Nature takes its course, a story about African skimmer chicks struggling to stay alive in the beautiful yet harsh Okavango Delta, in northern Botswana.
Zebra and wildebeest migration Sep 12 2007
In the last few days our Botswana crew has moved south from the relatively cool climes of the Nxamaseri Channel in the north of the lush Okavango Delta, to the bleached landscape and heat of the Kalahari Desert.
Earth-Touch team’s favourite stories of all time – please tell us yours? Aug 31 2007
We’ve canvassed the Earth-Touch team internally, and asked them to nominate some of their favourite footage published on the web portal so far. The results follow below.
We’’d love to hear what your favourite clips are – please post your votes and thoughts
as a comment to this blog.
The following stories received multiple votes:
Eyeball to eyeball with a great white shark
Watch the footage was filmed near Dyer Island, off the south-eastern coast of South Africa.
Tags: amphibian, bird, breathe, cheetah, crab, crocodile, crustacean, eastern cape, eel, gannet, great white shark, hippo, kwazulu-natal, mamba, mudhopper, mudskipper, plant, reptile, serval, snake eel, south africa, tsessebe, whale, wildebeest, zebra
Wildlife news from around the world
Kenyan park restocked with game Aug 22 2007
Kenya’s Meru National Park, ravaged by poachers in the 1970s, is nearing the completion of an ambitious restocking programme which has seen the relocation of elephants, rhinos and zebras, among other species.
The 870km square (541mi square) reserve in the Eastern Province of the East African country is perhaps best known for the work of conservationists Joy and George Adamson. Joy Adamson’s 1960 classic Born Free, about an orphaned lion cub, was based on her experiences in Meru. The park is now home to the rare black rhino, and Grevy’’s zebra.
What lies beneath … Jul 30 2007
By Tamar Blieden, editorial team
Ocean-dwelling species as diverse as great white sharks, rays, eels and the Disney-like devil firefish have become ‘regulars’ on Earth-Touch, introducing us if familiar characters in a children’s fantasy to an underwater world of wonder.
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