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Posted by admin in Animals on 10 19th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Nature most spectacular feeding frenzies
Dolphins, sharks and birds team up for one of nature’s most spectacular annual feeding frenzies…
It’s been billed as the greatest natural predatory show on earth and from these stunning images it is easy to why.
An underwater photographer was there to capture the action as dolphins, sharks,...
Posted by admin in Animals on 10 14th, 2009 | No Comments
Pure white Bengal tigers
A beautiful rare snow white Bengal tiger doesn’t have to earn her stripes because she was born without them.
The playful six-month-old cub called Fareeda is so unusual none of her kind exist in the wild today and she is the first-ever to be born in Africa.
Her parents Geena and Shiva are both white...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Terrified fish takes last gasp as kingfisher snaps up its supper
If fish could speak, this little fellow would no doubt be saying his prayers (between gulps).
Clamped in the beak of a kingfisher, he has only moments to live before a final journey down the predator’s throat.
This was the climax of a thrilling sequence of action captured on camera by wildlife...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Kenya’s hippos hard hit by drought
Kenya’s persistent and bruising drought is having a serious impact on the country’s wildlife, one of its main tourist attractions, obliging the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to feed hippos to keep them alive.
In Tsavo West national park, a vast expanse of shrubby savannah and majestic rocky...
Caviar What is It?
You may have enjoyed this delightful appetizer but have you ever wondered what caviar is? Well it is the salted eggs of large fish like sturgeon. There are a lot of species of fish that are commonly called as sturgeon and all of them are used in making caviar of different grades. Caviar has a strong...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Google trick tracks extinctions
Google’s algorithm for ranking web pages can be adapted to determine which species are critical for sustaining ecosystems, say researchers.
According to a paper in PLoS Computational Biology, “PageRank” can be applied to the study of food webs.
These are the complex networks of who...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Political infighting threatens survival of the bluefin tuna
The bluefin tuna is one of the ocean’s most magnificent creatures, a half-tonne predator that swims at 40mph. But political scheming in Brussels may condemn it to death
The last chance to save one of the most majestic fish in the sea is on the verge of collapse because of political jockeying in...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Chimpanzees Develop ‘Specialized Tool Kits’ To Catch Army Ants
Chimpanzees in the Congo have developed specialised ‘tool kits’ to forage for army ants, reveals new research published today in the American Journal of Primatology. This not only provides the first direct evidence of multiple tool use in this context, but suggests that chimpanzees have developed...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 5th, 2009 | No Comments
Wolves Beat Dogs on Logic Test
Wolves do better on some tests of logic than dogs, a new study found, revealing differences between the animals that scientists suspect result from dogs’ domestication.
In experiments, dogs followed human cues to perform certain tasks despite evidence they could see suggesting a different strategy...
Posted by admin in Animals on 09 5th, 2009 | No Comments
New-found Asian antelope said close to extinction
The Saola antelope, discovered in 1992 by scientists in remote valleys on the borders of Laos and Vietnam, is on the brink of extinction from hunting with dogs and snaring, the nature body IUCN said on Thursday.
Resembling the desert antelopes of Asia but more closely related to wild cattle, the Saola...