Given Jon Hall’s new interest in snowy owls: ornithologist Joe Smith on the lemmings behind the snowy owl invasion. Check out the lemmings lining the nest…
-
Bat species? – Zanzibar
kelvinaardvark, , General Mammal Watching, 0
Whilst staying in Zanzibar (main island – Unguja), each evening we watched hundreds of large bats leaving Prison Island...
-
Are Przewalski’s horses truly a wild species?
Mattia from Italy, , General Mammal Watching, Horses Genetic, 11
Are Przewalski’s Horses truly a wild species, or just an escaped ancient breed? Here a recent research that (maybe)...
-
A Mammalwatcher’s Code of Conduct
Jon Hall, , General Mammal Watching, 6
A little over a year ago Richard Webb triggered a lively discussion around a mammalwatching code of conduct. Although...
-
New Trip Reports: Northern Colombia and Transylvanian Lynxes (again…same trip, different author)
Jon Hall, , Central and South America, Europe and the Palearctic, General Mammal Watching, Colombia, Romania, 2
And another two nice reports. They are coming thick and fast! Parque Tayrona and El Dorado, 2022: Cheryl Antonucci,...
-
news bits
vdinets, , General Mammal Watching, 0
Camas pocket gophers are easy to see right now below the NE overlook in Ankeny NWR, Oregon. The best...
-
2012 in review – some WordPress Statistics
Jon Hall, , General Mammal Watching, 2
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 4,329 films were...
-
Podcast Episode 12: Russ Mittermeier
Jon Hall, , General Mammal Watching, 1
Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen on Stithr The new episode of the mammalwatching podcast has Charles Foley and...
-
Shepherd’s beaked whale
mattinidaho, , General Mammal Watching, 1
Scientists capture Shepherd’s beaked whale on video for first time.
Subscribe to mammalwatching.com
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
- Jon Hall on Advertising: Costa Rican Bioblitzes with Fiona Reid
- Chris fenner on Advertising: Costa Rican Bioblitzes with Fiona Reid
- Jurek on Italy Mammal Watching
- Michaël Dagnelie on Italy Mammal Watching
- Michaël Dagnelie on RFI – mid Italy mammals
ha ha … I will say no more about the whole Owlgate controversy. It was a moment of weakness on my part 🙂 Great post Matt – I often wondered where this idea had come from. So did Disney stage the footage to fit the myth, or did this start the myth?
The myth of lemmings jumping over cliffs has been around for centuries, but Disney popularized it and brought it to the masses!