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Video Excellent Animal and Nature Videos
Posted by: sanjay - 05-07-2014, 01:40 AM - Forum: Wildlife Pictures and Videos Gallery - Replies (170)
An incredible sighting of a wildebeest struggling to free itself from a crocodile after it was caught in its massive jaws at Londolozi Game Reserve, bordering the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

The struggle lasted over 90 minutes and eventually the wildebeest manages to free itself. A short while later, as it tries to move away from the waters edge, it finally collapses and is discovered by the Camp Pan male leopard who proceeds to feed on it.





 
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  Butterfly and Bee Sips Tears from Caiman Eyes
Posted by: sanjay - 05-07-2014, 01:27 AM - Forum: Miscellaneous - Replies (1)
Ecologist Carlos de la Rosa spotted a Julia butterfly (Dryas iulia) and a solitary bee (Centris sp.) sipping tears from the eyes of spectacled caiman (Caiman crocodilus) that was basking on the bank of Costa Rica's Puerto Viejo River. He, with his team, observed, photographed and filmed the scene for about 15 minutes. The crocodile was quiet all through.

In his feature in the May issue of Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, the ecologist says that though this was rare to be seen, it is not an uncommon phenomenon among insects, as they indulge in lapping up tears to balance their diet by obtaining salt and proteins from concentrated sources.

Earlier, a similar incident was reported when a solitary bee (Centris sp.) was interacting with a yellow-spotted river turtle. But the scientific explanation for this phenomenon comes from Carlos.

This behaviour is not just limited to insects drinking tears of turtles and crocodiles. It was reported in 2009 about Apidae (a kind of honeybee) drinking human tears in Thailand.
Here is the video recorded by Ecologist Carlos de la Rosa and his team in December 2013:




 
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  Babies, Hatchlings & Youngsters
Posted by: Siegfried - 05-06-2014, 01:19 AM - Forum: Wildlife Pictures and Videos Gallery - Replies (25)



 
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  Cheetah Reintroduction in India
Posted by: sanjay - 05-03-2014, 10:35 AM - Forum: Projects, Protected areas & Issues - Replies (306)
Execllent thread vinod, Indian Cheetah are forgotten animals.
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  Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
Posted by: Vinod - 05-03-2014, 10:22 AM - Forum: Wild Cats - Replies (37)
Just another predator that fell prey to Royal hunting games, the Indian Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) is the only specie which became extinct in India in last 100 years.


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It is believed that the last three Indian Cheetahs were shot in 1947 in Sarguja, Madhya Pradesh by Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo. He can be seen here with the last Indian Cheetahs

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a rare footage of pet Cheetahs hunting for their masters




A cheetah party returning from hunt c 1900

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 an Indian cheetah preserved at the Regional Museum of Natural History, Mysore.

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a photograph of Indian Cheetah cubs by Major G.S. Rodon at Dharwar, August 17, 1897

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a hunting party Baroda, around 1895

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  Sign Petitions & Save Biosphere
Posted by: sanjay - 05-01-2014, 10:23 AM - Forum: Petitions, Pleas & Donations - Replies (13)
China: Punish Buyers of Poached Tiger Body Parts
  • author: Lauren S
  • target: Ministry of Environmental Protection of the People's Republic of China
  • Target Signatures: 130,000

Overview
In Zhanjiang, a city in China's Guangdong province, prominent business people and local officials have found a grotesque form of entertainment: watching tigers be electrocuted alive. These so-called "visual feasts" were followed by the tigers being butchered and fed to the attendees. Then the body parts were given as expensive gifts or sold on the black market. 

The English-language website of the China News Service has reported 15 suspects have been arrested in a raid. One of the butchers responsible for the slaughter of at least 10 tigers jumped to his own death trying to evade arrest. The tiger trade is technically banned in China, and anyone convicted of poaching faces the death penalty.

Tiger bones and genitals are believed to contain medicinal properties in China, and tiger body parts and meat can sell for the equivalent of thousands of dollars per kilo. This black market industry is a major contributing factor to declining tiger populations worldwide. While the perpetrators of the butchery in Zhanjiang will be prosecuted, so too should anyone implicated in the participation of these grotesque displays, purchasers of these tiger products, and those who accept them as gifts.

Sign this petition to demand that China crack down on people who buy tiger products and watch their execution.

 Click Here to Sign up for Petition
 

 
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  The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
Posted by: peter - 04-30-2014, 11:41 AM - Forum: Tiger - Replies (110)
Post information about the Sumatran tiger in this thread (thanks for the advice, Richard).
 

 
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  Bart Schleier
Posted by: peter - 04-30-2014, 10:56 AM - Forum: Miscellaneous - No Replies
Maybe this is the board to post about those who made a difference in some way. I'll start with Bart Schleier, who was involved in the WCS Siberian Tiger project for quite some time. I missed a few pages, but the ones I have will give you an idea. He was killed in 2004 in Alaska.



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  Comparing Cats: A Discussion of Similarities & Differences
Posted by: peter - 04-27-2014, 11:17 PM - Forum: Wild Cats - Replies (573)
Cats perhaps are the most succesful predators. Over the years, they adapted in many ways. I propose to post anything even remotely related to adaptation and evolution in this thread.   
 
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  Jaguar Predation
Posted by: GuateGojira - 04-27-2014, 11:46 AM - Forum: Jaguar - Replies (471)
Jaguar Kills Caiman in "Spectacular" Attack:
On August 25, photographer Paul Donahue got a call: A large male jaguar had been spotted on the hunt in central Brazil's Tres Irmãos River. Here is the event:
 

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Source of the pictures and the full article from Nat Geo here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...00x450.jpg
 
There is no doubt about the power of the great jaguar, the apex and most formidable predator in all America.
 
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