Other Animal Behaviour

[Manu]

A nice and amazing story

[macdoum]

Thought to be a legend,flying squid were seen & photographed by Jun Yamamoto in the pacific. The Pr. is from Hokkaido University;

http://tinyurl.com/a99htq7

[macdoum]

Flowers signals eletrify nectar-seeking bees.


http://blogs.voanews.com/science-world/ ... king-bees/

Wow..

[macdoum]

Gorillas in the wild seek out medincinal plants,mushrooms and coca plants.


http://tiny.cc/8c92uw

This artice is from the gorlilla page in a Czeck Zoo. Google translated ;
Very interesting article.

[macdoum]

I wonder what is prompting this fox to steal golfballs at Vervier golf course in Switzerland ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3aC5habLSQ

Apparently he has a stash of about a 100 in the undrgrowth.

[macdoum]

From The Dyfi osprey blog by emyr at MWT
Anthromorphism - The Shame of it all

http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/2 ... -of-it-all

Please read it all,its very enlightening and amusing.

[macdoum]

I don't really know the story,I only know this brilliant video;

http://www.youtube.com/v/1eXS0o6r-Wk%26 ... ersion%3d3

Incredible meeting in the wild. ..

[macdoum]

This couple spared a herd of cows from slaughter;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUZ1YLhIAg8

See their joy at finding themselves in green pastures.
A joy to see. Bravo to the rescuers.

[macdoum]

How high,how fast can a ladybird fly;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildli ... 600ft.html

Wow !! Zoooom..there goes the ladybird.

[macdoum]

A pod of Bottle-nosed Dolphins were seen near the beach in Cornwall where the sea temp was 20°...unusually high. The bathers,holidaymakers were delighted.
Pics & video from The Mail online;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... phins.html
The dolphins seemed to be enjoying the company. ....until they were chased out to sea,their rightful place.

[Brit]

Actually I found that in todays Blackbear Update and it's so amazing, that I highly recommend to look at:

This is what happened, when a photographer came face-to-face with one of Antarctica’s most vicious pedators …

This Terrified Diver Prepares To Die As A Predator Approaches, When Suddenly...

[Liz01]

a Black woodpecker


https://www.facebook.com/womenjoking/vi ... =2&theater

[Solo]

a Black woodpecker http://up.picr.de/26359730lm.jpg, https://www.facebook.com/womenjoking/vi ... =2&theater

[vainamoinen]

a Black woodpecker


https://www.facebook.com/womenjoking/vi ... =2&theater

It's not a Black but Pileated (Dryocopus pileatus).

[Solo]

a Black woodpecker http://up.picr.de/26359730lm.jpg, https://www.facebook.com/womenjoking/vi ... =2&theater

It's not a Black but Pileated (Dryocopus pileatus).

TY, vainamoinen

[Liz01]

vainamoinen, Thanks a lot.I did not know, that it is a Pileated. It is interesting

[Liz01]

i found the you tube video fom this adorable Pileated Woodpecker

[Brit]

As I translated Bear life hidden in snow carpet today into German language, one very sentence caught my special attention:

„A reminder – during the winter sleep they will not feed or drink, defecate or urinate“

Since January 2011 I translate all the Daily Updates from the Wildlife Research Institute (WRI) in Ely, Minnesotaa, USA which are coming into German language and also put the links to the updates here in the forum, The Black Bear Cam – Lily and Hope

The updates are mostly written by Dr. Lynn Rogers himself, who is looking back on 50 years of wildlife research and the Blackbears are his main target. For years he used den webcams at the dens of (wild living!) Black Bears during hibernation time, where not only he and all interested peoples around the world could not only witness the births of many Black Bears, their growing etc., but of course also their mothers behaviour.

Due to these unique webcams he and all the people watching, could experience, that Black Bears not only eat snow during hibernation, but also go to urinate and defecate.

And I guess what Black Bears do, also the other Bears will do! What do you think?

[Biker]

Brit.
have just discovered this post.
Actually, I know that there are different hibernation styles, but so far also thought that bears are real sleepers.
i have now read about it. It is more a kind of solidification state in the winter in which bears fall during the winter.
So there are several ways to go through this time of year (the solidification can also differ) (...sounds interesting for me to spend some winter like this)
The Truth About Bears and Hibernation Date: 12-11-2012
https://www.bigcat.org/news/the-truth-a ... ibernation
February 19, 2016
Do bears actually hibernate?
https://www.scienceworld.ca/blog/do-bea ... -hibernate

Your contributions "The Black Bear Cam - Lily and Hope" had escaped me so far completely ( ). Interesting, and a lot of work, over such a long period of time.
Chapeau and thank you!

[Brit]

Thank you,. Biker, for finding to the Blackbear theme!I came to it the year Hope was born. What an exciting time! And how good, that Gordon Buchanan was just there at the time and made a film!

Enjoy the (nearly) everyday update, it's worth it!