Feeding A Hungry Barn Owl Chick | Five Owl Farm | BBC Earth
the church tar is ominously quiet but barn owls like most birds tend to keep a low profile when breeding especially when they have young in the nest they are the last owls to hatch on the farm the male will now be kept busy bringing in a regular supply of food field though comes […]
Beavers: Dam Good Engineers | Animal Einsteins | BBC Earth
recent research on beaver dams has shown that the upstream slope beneath the water is a lot shallower than the downstream slope meaning that they can hold back considerably more water something that i can demonstrate using this pair of door stops now if the beavers got it wrong and built their dam with a […]
Tawny Owl Chick’s First Leap | Five Owl Farm | BBC Earth
it’s early may and the tawny isle nest is surprisingly quiet only the youngest member of the family remains the rest are exploring the world outside branch hopping is an essential prelude to flying so is the ability to climb if you fall out of your tree and young tawny isles are experts at both […]
Animals Of The ABC Islands | Wild Caribbean | BBC Earth
a world away from lush volcanic slopes these are the desert islands of the caribbean with no mountains and their southerly position they get very little rain and they are also exposed to strong dry trade winds blowing across the caribbean sea the wind is so strong here that trees like these dividivis all tilt […]
Cuba’s Animal Underworld | Wild Caribbean | BBC Earth
cuba’s caves are home to a much rarer mammal than the bat the houthia a rodent the size of a small dog hutias are found only in the caribbean and cuba is their stronghold they’re nimble climbers and have long whiskers to help them feel their way around the limestone alleys in the dark hold […]
Buzz Words: The Bee Dictionary | Animal Einsteins | BBC Earth
[Music] what we are hearing here isn’t the normal buzz of a bee this is communication bees generate the signals with their wing muscles vibrating them at a certain frequency produces a unique signal in human terms they are producing individual words we are clarifying the repertoire of pulsed vibrations that honeybees use to communicate […]
Exotic Castaways Of Trinidad | Wild Caribbean |BBC Earth
red howler monkeys don’t live on any other caribbean island they howl to defend their territories [Music] red howlers are vegetarians and with both forest and swamp on their doorstep they can choose from a wide selection of fruits and leaves other monkeys have more sophisticated tastes the same swamp is home to capuchins they’ve […]
The Raven Who Solves Puzzles | Animal Einsteins | BBC Earth
meet bran an 11 year old common raven absolutely stunning and as one of the corvid family the crow family famed for his intelligence and on that account i’ve set him a little test he has a favorite s-t-o-n-e when i say that word he’ll start to look for it so come on finish your […]
Bully Bottlenose Dolphins | Wild Caribbean | BBC Earth
[Music] on the northern fringes of the caribbean stretching out into the atlantic are 700 lower lying islands sitting on a vast limestone shelf known as the bahama banks the bahamas were named by the spanish baja ma means shallow sea [Music] these waters offer good visibility and protection from danger Spotted Dolphins ideal for […]
West Indian Flamingos Make Shrimp Soup | Wild Caribbean | BBC Earth
brine shrimps can thrive in water nine times saltier than the sea along with brine flies they provide food for the real treasures of this alien landscape west indian flamingos [Music] each year around 20 000 flamingos fly in from south america to these remote salt ponds to feed and breed the lack of both […]