Animal Behaviors

Discuss interesting animal behaviors here

72 conversations

• Egrets and buffalo

  18 posts / 8 participants

  Last post January 23, 2018 9:24 PM by maricksu

• Great science news in Blog post 'Dynamic Landscape of Fear'

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post September 20, 2017 10:57 AM by maricksu

• Predation upon mixed herds

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post April 26, 2016 2:17 PM by tillydad

• Seeing the same individuals

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post April 22, 2016 10:43 AM by tillydad

• Thompson's gazelle

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post March 26, 2016 9:42 AM by tillydad

• how do we id "young" Tommies? are mature females the same size as males? are the short horns and small stature = to "young"?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post March 21, 2016 3:26 PM by tillydad

• Velociraptor in the Serengeti?

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post March 16, 2016 9:11 AM by aliburchard

• Is chewing cud "eating"?

  12 posts / 7 participants

  Last post March 22, 2015 12:14 PM by gardenmaeve

• Hartebeest rare??

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post March 11, 2015 9:49 AM by tillydad

• predator & prey

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post February 28, 2015 9:01 AM by tillydad

• Gazelle v hyena?

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post February 27, 2015 8:08 PM by tillydad

• 2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post November 6, 2014 12:49 AM by rzkay_

• Why no large herds?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 8, 2014 10:03 PM by pdtucci

• Thomson's vs Grant's gazelles

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post July 10, 2014 5:03 PM by lucycawte

• Hippo interaction?

  2 posts / 1 participants

  Last post June 15, 2014 11:32 AM by craigpacker

• Hybrid Animals

  9 posts / 6 participants

  Last post April 27, 2014 2:45 PM by leece

• Fighting Horned species

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post April 25, 2014 8:50 PM by AowlanCrystal

• how do predators react to prey alarm calls?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post April 25, 2014 8:42 PM by AowlanCrystal

• Wildebeest and Buffalo

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post February 13, 2014 6:38 PM by michele.mks

• Interesting human behaviour

  7 posts / 7 participants

  Last post January 31, 2014 9:45 AM by davidbygott

• Impala/vervet fight

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post September 14, 2013 11:19 PM by davidbygott

• Hyenas with zebra?

  6 posts / 3 participants

  Last post September 2, 2013 1:54 AM by Aznar

• Zebra question

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post September 1, 2013 4:27 AM by julponey

• Guard duty

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post September 1, 2013 4:21 AM by julponey

• Elephant troupes

  7 posts / 3 participants

  Last post August 29, 2013 5:13 AM by inaspin

• bonding

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post August 15, 2013 10:49 AM by Veegee

• Hyena & Hippo?

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post August 12, 2013 6:35 AM by mistyfriday

• Clockwork hippo

  5 posts / 4 participants

  Last post June 22, 2013 6:55 PM by telophase

• dragonflies

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post June 12, 2013 10:37 PM by AowlanCrystal

• Flashes on camera traps

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post June 12, 2013 4:00 PM by davidbygott

• bipedalism

  8 posts / 3 participants

  Last post June 11, 2013 8:43 PM by davidbygott

• I think we see a hunt here

  13 posts / 9 participants

  Last post June 7, 2013 5:40 AM by skampersmom

• Ostrich interaction

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post February 25, 2013 6:44 AM by davidbygott

• elephant clustering

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post February 25, 2013 6:38 AM by davidbygott

• jackals and hyenas coexisting

  6 posts / 4 participants

  Last post February 25, 2013 6:37 AM by davidbygott

• Cool bustard

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post February 25, 2013 6:35 AM by davidbygott

• Is there a snake ?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 20, 2013 11:39 PM by Daphne

• Snake avoidance?

  1 posts / 1 participants

  Last post January 16, 2013 2:27 PM by parsfan

• Gazelle eating her placenta after birth

  4 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 12, 2013 10:04 PM by ajg

• Any ideas?

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 11, 2013 4:28 AM by horkusone

• Surprise!

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post January 9, 2013 9:59 AM by dms246

• Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Lawn Mowing?

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post January 7, 2013 9:50 PM by dms246

• This one looks like a fight to me - yay, finally an interaction!

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 7, 2013 2:31 AM by SimonV2

• mud-bath?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post January 1, 2013 3:51 AM by kosmala

• gazelle impala fawn birth

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 29, 2012 6:03 PM by kosmala

• Not a lot of interaction

  16 posts / 14 participants

  Last post December 27, 2012 12:00 AM by Ohsoalexzy

• Lion v Cheetah on Nat geo and Lion project camera traps.......

  5 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 26, 2012 7:25 PM by AowlanCrystal

• lions

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 24, 2012 12:40 AM by Bennycatgirl

• Do any certain species in particular typically prey on Thomson Gazelles?

  15 posts / 12 participants

  Last post December 23, 2012 1:08 AM by davidbygott

• Cheetah Kill

  9 posts / 5 participants

  Last post December 21, 2012 11:47 AM by dms246

• Very few young

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 21, 2012 3:23 AM by craigpacker

• Zebra's and Wildebeast

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 20, 2012 2:48 AM by craigpacker

• Any guesses?

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 20, 2012 2:45 AM by craigpacker

• Warthog tusks

  7 posts / 6 participants

  Last post December 20, 2012 2:43 AM by craigpacker

• Elephant taking a bath

  3 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 19, 2012 3:20 AM by vindkatte

• Birds

  16 posts / 13 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 8:17 PM by davidbygott

• Where are the warthogs going?

  8 posts / 6 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 4:40 PM by biminibob

• Monkey Business

  7 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 2:09 PM by davidbygott

• two animals

  3 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 18, 2012 1:28 AM by horkusone

• Lion attacking a zebra

  5 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 9:59 PM by davidbygott

• Seems like it might be the moment before the attack.

  6 posts / 5 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 9:59 PM by SimonV2

• Zebras and Wildebeest

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 8:52 PM by rockhyrax

• reedbuck being weird

  6 posts / 5 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 3:52 PM by Ettina

• Nighttime

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 17, 2012 2:52 PM by kosmala

• Just checking

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 15, 2012 8:14 PM by aliburchard

• Bird display

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 14, 2012 1:28 AM by craigpacker

• Baboons... Playing with the camera!

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 9:30 PM by aliburchard

• Was it something I said?

  4 posts / 4 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 7:47 PM by sk001

• Zebra and wildebeest

  9 posts / 9 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 2:47 PM by thowes

• wildebeest more individualist?

  4 posts / 3 participants

  Last post December 13, 2012 1:46 AM by katherines@live.co.uk

• Fighting animals

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 10:27 PM by aliburchard

• Scent marking?

  2 posts / 2 participants

  Last post December 12, 2012 4:10 AM by aliburchard