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Successful Rhesus Macaques 2008-04-02 16:59:00 Many ancient cities, like Bharatpur in Northern India, are a home for rhesus macaques. Since the city's first foundation, generations of these wild animals have lived side by side with people.To be so successful, they've had to be adaptable and aggressive, as individuals and as a tribe. But even in this robust society, youngsters are well protected in early life. Individuals can live as long as twenty five years.The daily routines of Bharatpur's people shape the lifestyles of the macaques. They know that wherever humans go, they leave a trail of feeding opportunities. In some colonies the majority of food items are sourced directly from human sources, either as direct handouts or from the monkey's ability to forage, amongst garbage. And by raiding crops macaques have access to a large ran
Big Sharks with Tiny Teeth 2008-04-02 16:55:00 In one of the March postings, a great white shark was shown leaping up out of the water, with teeth bared, ready to chomp down on hapless prey.However, not all sharks have huge teeth, though all do have sharp teeth. This whaleshark is no exception as it has about 300 rows in each jaw. But each tooth is a minute single hooked cusp, which are pretty much harmless.The super large mouth, opens and water rushes in, and along with it a wide variety of planktonic and nectonic prey, including small crustaceans, small schooling fishes and occasionally on tuna and squid. Unlike other filter feeders it does not rely on forward motion for filtration, the act of opening the mouth is enough to force water over the filtering screens of the gill slits.Every summer, hundreds of these sharks gather off the Read more:Sharks
A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican... 2008-04-02 16:54:00 ...His mouth can hold more than his belly can. He can hold it in his beak, enough food for a week! I'm damned if I know how the helican. So wrote Dixon Lanier Merrit in 1910, a Southern newspaper editor and President of the American Press Humorists Association.Like all large sea birds, they sometimes have difficulty taking off, and these Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) are no exception.Pelican
s are gregarious, are quick to exploit any resource, and can live on fresh or salt water. If fed regularly they can become quite tame.I am reminded of Storm Boy the 1977 feature film, where a boy rescues three orphaned pelican chicks. Although he and his father set the adult birds free, one returns to become Mike's pet Mr Percival. All of a sudden there are intruders in Mike Read more:Wonderful
Happy Birthday Linnaeus 2008-04-02 16:53:00 Carl Linnaeus was born 300 years ago, so happy birthday! His lifetime's work discussing and categorising all known plants and animals in the eighteenth century Western world were published in two volumes Species Plantarum (1753) and Natura Systema (1758). He described the binomial nomenclatural system of naming living things in a taxonomic hierarchy which is still in use all these years later. Many creatures described by him still retain their original names, Mus musculus, the common house mouse for instance. The genus name of some have since been changed, as in the Eurasian jays which feature in today's posting. Linneaus called jays Corvus glandarius thus showing their affinity with other corvids like crows, rooks and ravens. Today though they are known as Garrulus glandarius w Read more:Happy
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Feisty Fruit Flies 2008-04-02 16:52:00 On the continental island of New Guinea, there has evolved a quite extraordinary version of fruit flies that over millions of years have colonised the world.A fruit fly with antlers. Only the males have them and the size of these strange extensions of the insect's cuticle has a significant effect on their mating success. Just like a rutting moose or deer this antlered fruit fly must fight with other males for the privilege of mating.It's a pushing contest to decide ownership of a select spot on this fallen mahogany tree. A battle royal over a site where there is a fungus in the wood that will be ideal food for their larvae. One of these males has claimed such a fungus patch, and is determined to win the right to mate here.Even when he's proved his strength and is exercising Read more:Feisty
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Sea Nettles 2008-04-02 16:50:00 Aptly called nettles these jellyfish sting! They hunt by drifting in the open ocean. When small prey items like crustaceans, larval molluscs, fish eggs and other smaller jellyfish are sensed in the tentacles, hundreds of stinging cells (nematocysts)are fired, which paralyse the prey. Other tentacles then pull the item up into the jellyfish mouth area where it is consumedSea nettles swim continuously with tentacles and oral arms extended. They are common of the Californian and Oregon coastlines, and occasionally to British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska northwards, and have been collected as far south as Mexico.The group (Order Semaeostomeae) that contains sea nettles, also contain other large jellyfish including moon jellies and the largest of all the lion's mane (which can grow to more t
Galapagos sharks 2008-04-02 16:50:00 Galapagos sharks are so little studied because they are only found in remote places like the Islands they're named after, the only twist is, this is not the Galapagos Islands, but Midway Atoll.Midway Atoll is a Pacific atoll that lots of us are familiar with, but it's been pretty well off limits to all but government and military personnel for about the last sixty years. Just like you'd guess from its name, Midway Atoll is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, half way between the US mainland and Japan. That geography makes it a strategic outpost.Because public access has been restricted since the war, Midways reefs have grown a healthy population of Galapagos sharks and now that Midway has opened up to tourism, more people are going to meet these sharks than ever before.The Galapagos bel Read more:Galapagos
Black Robin: Back from the Brink of Extinction 2008-04-02 16:46:00 This week no apologies for bringing you a success story which although enacted through the 1970s and 1980s still manages to amaze and awe. I'm talking about the rescue of the black robin from the brink of extinction by the NZ Wildlife Service team led by Don Merton. The still images come from the NHNZ classic film BlackRobin
a Chatham Island Story (1990) - itself a compilation of three documentaries, Black Robin, Seven Black Robins and The Robin's Return which were made during those decades and which were the founding films upon which the formation of NHNZ (formerly TVNZ's Natural History Unit) was based."When Europeans first arrived on the Chatham Islands the black robin (Petroica traversi) was relatively widespread. But in the all too familiar pattern, its numbers dwindled as European Read more:Brink
Debris, Garbage and Rubbish 2008-04-02 16:44:00 This week's posting is not about cute, cuddly or other interesting bits of wildlife. This is the natural history of waste. While filming in waters off the Philippine island of Cebu, the crew encountered a typhoon, a common enough experience for that part of the world, and in itself not very remarkable perhaps. Though it did create some interesting rain drops on sea water effects, as you can see from this still image taken from the film.No, the point of interest in this week's posting lies with the amount of debris which the winds and currents churned up, to produce a long slick of flotsam and jetsam.What astonishes me is the sheer amount of true debris, garbage, and rubbish that you can see, hidden amongst the uprooted and broken bits of seaweed. Most obvious is plastic, plus other unident Read more:Debris
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Moving Images China Footage 2008-04-06 19:09:00 A construction boom has been taking place in China
resulting in the investment in massive building projects, including ports, railways, roads, airports and commercial buildings and residential housing, is all designed to steamroll China's economy into the modern world. NHNZ now offers the first high definition footage from the Shanghai World Financial Center construction project. The building is an architectural marvel able to withstand typhoons, earthquakes and man-made disasters. Footage
is shot either from the ground or the 81st floor showing the latter stages of construction.
Construction of the Shanghai World Financial CenterThe stunning hi-def format conveys the magnitude of the project with non-stop activity 24 hours a day, a multitude of workers and multiple cons Read more:Moving
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NHNZ Moving Images represents HD footage from Gulliver Media 2008-04-06 19:06:00 NHNZ has recently expanded its HD collection through becoming agents for several companies. Although having just recently joined the list of companies we represent, Gulliver Media have been independent film makers since 1981 and specialise in wildlife and natural history projects. Gulliver also produces a wide variety of educational video programs on topic areas such as ecosystems, conservation and sustainability. As well as filming Australian wildlife and landscapes, they have also filmed in China. Australian HD Australia's birds and wildlife are represented amongst the footage: from black necked storks and black cockatoos to wallabies and water buffalo. A wide range of domestic and native wildlife footage is available. Water buffalo were introduced into Australia in the 19th cent Read more:Moving
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NHNZ is agent for HD footage from Greg Hensley Productions 2008-04-06 19:02:00 Greg Hensley
Productions have over 30 years of footage filmed across America. NHNZ has represented Greg Hensley Productions since December 2000 but has only recently signed a contract to represent their HD collections. Hensley Productions are known for their time-lapse cinematography and wildlife footage in the remote areas of the United States. Hensley Productions has provided us with SD and HD 35mm stock footage.North America's celebrated bird of prey, the bald eagle, primarily eats fish and will scavenge from what it finds on river and lake shores in addition to catching it live. Unlike the distinctive adult, the plumage of the immature birds is brown specked with white until usually the fifth year. Hensley has footage of both mature and immature birds going about their daily li
Ultimate storm-chaser 2008-04-27 16:02:00 In 1995 Geoff Mackley rocketed from relative obscurity to cult hero status when he scaled an erupting New Zealand volcano in pitch darkness to capture the action from the crater’s edge. Since then he has photographed countless natural disasters and their aftermath forging a reputation as one of the world's ultimate storm chasers.When it comes to promoting Mackley's collection, unique is an understatement. From the edge of the crater to the eye of the storm his images showcase mother nature at her worst (or best in Geoff's opinion) making adjectives like death-defying, dangerous and downright crazy more apt when it comes to describing his portfolio.Geoff goes to extreme lengths to be first on the scene and is entrusting NHNZ to represent the resulting footage while he gets on Read more:Ultimate
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