Botswana Wildlife Behaviour
Learn about animal behavior and why animals do what they do in the wild - and what signals to look out for while you are on safari in Botswana.
Animal Language. Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide talks about communication patterns of wildlife species - from warning calls to Elephants emitting ultra-sonic s...moreAnimal Senses. Sight - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide about the animal sense of sight shows how the animal's developed eyes are needed for moving, finding food and a...moreAnimal Senses. Smell - Botswana Wildlife Behaviour
The sense of smell is widely used in animal bevaviour. This Botswana Wildlife Guide shows how wildlife can detect food, competitors, sexual ...moreBotswana Safaris - Lions of Northern Botswana
The regions of northern Botswana are the Okavango Delta, Central Kalahari and Savute. Lions living in Savute are known to be Elephant killer...moreScavenging - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide about scavenging in the African wilderness will clear up if Hyenas or Lions are scavengers. Find out on a Botsw...moreHabitats of Botswana Botswana Wildife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide describes the various habitats from the Kalahari Desert to the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans, Linyanti Swamp and Okava...moreArea Species Differences - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide explains area specific differences of species. The differentiation can be made between wildlife living in wetla...moreHuman and Animal Association
Due to human carelessness some species such as Hyena, Baboons and Monkeys begin to associate humans with food and then will become a 'proble...moreMovement of Animals Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide gives ideas about why animals are moving. It explains zebra migrations, nomadism and the role of competition...moreInter-species Relationships - Botswana Wildlife Guide
In this Botswana Wildlife Guide the interaction between specific species, called symbiosis, is described. Animals warn each other or pick pa...moreHow Animals Fight Back - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Inter-species dominance comes into play when food is scarce. This Botswana Wildlife Guide tells of Giraffes fighting back and an interaction...moreDo Animals Talk - Botswana Wildife Guide
This Botswana Guide describes how species communicate with each other, what their alarm or distress calls mean or what their body posture te...morePredator Hunting Techniques - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide explains which of the predator hunting techniques, stamina, stealth, power, speed, patience, smell, sound or si...moreThe Predator Chain Botswana Wildlife Guide
It's interesting that hyenas are dominant over lions. This Botswana guide explains why the king of the beasts is not on top of the predator ...moreAnimal Diets - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Behaviour Guide explains the differences between grazers, browsers or carnivores. It also describes meat-eating herbi...moreHow Animals Learn - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Playing is very important for young wildlife. This Botswana Wildlife Guide explains how cubs learn important survival techniques while playi...moreMating Rituals and Courtship - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana Wildlife Guide explains the different mating rituals and how animals reach dominance. It's interesting that Hyena society is f...moreDo Wild Animals Have Emotions - Botswana Wildlife Guide
This Botswana animal behaviour guide explains that animals show emotion. For example, Elephants mourn their dead or baboons carry their dead...moreAnimal Senses - Hearing Botswana Wildlife Behaviour
If an animal has small or large ears or pinnae depends on its habitat. This Botswana Wildlife Guide about the hearing sense of animals expla...moreElephant Population of Botswana
Botswana is known to have the highest elephant population in Africa, with the Chobe River supporting up to 50 000 in the dry season when the...moreGathering of the Herds - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Botswana is renowned for having the greatest concentration of Elephants in Africa, but what is not mentioned is that other animals also occu...moreMatabele Ants - Botswana Wildlife Guide
The Matabele ants are aptly named after an African tribe that destroyed everything in their path as they swept through south and central Afr...moreAnimal Behavioural Influences
Throughout history animals have been affected by environmental factors, with some species dying out and others adapting to the changes and b...moreHuman Impact on Animal Behaviour
Animal Behaviour changes over time to adapt to changing climatic and situational changes and today the human impact is felt mostly when it c...moreTerritories and Home Ranges - Botswana Wildlife Guide
The Botswana Wildlife explains that most animals have territories or home ranges and the sizes are affected by availability of food and terr...morePels Fishing Owls
The Pel's Fishing Owl is the second largest owl in Africa. It feeds almost exclusively on fish and lives in dense forests near rivers. They ...moreAnimals Using Tools Botswana Wildlife Behaviour
Although once presumed to be only the preserve of a human, animals are now known to use assistance in the form of physical objects such as t...moreAnimal Deformities Botswana Wildlife Guide
The general view of African wildlife is one of healthy animals roaming the plains, with the sick and wounded not surviving, but there are ma...morePatterns and Colouration - Botswana Wildlife Guide
One of the fascinating aspects of the wildlife of Africa is the distinctive colours and patterns on show, and behaviour associated with each...moreAnimal Infanticide Botswana Wildlife Behaviour
Many aspects of wildlife behavior do not fit the African safari beauty of glossy brochures, with animal infanticide being particularly grues...moreProtection of Young - Botswana Wildlife Guide
The African Wilderness, with all its predators, is a place where adapting survival skills is key and many species have adapted unique ways t...moreArt of Animal Dung - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Animal dung, so often overlooked when on safari in Africa, can provide researchers with a great deal of information regarding the feeding ha...moreAnimal Survival Techniques - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Animals adapt various strategies to survive in the wild, and no place showcases the adaptations of wildlife better than in the spectacular w...moreAnimal Survival Techniques to Avoiding Danger - Botswana Wildlife Guide
The African wilderness is a dangerous place for those with limited survival skills, and as such the animals that live there have all develop...moreAnimal Survival Techniques to Birth and Growing
The dangers for animals in Africa begin from the day of their birth and because of this they have to adapt survival techniques from the very...moreSurvival Techniques of Mimicry and Camouflage Botswana Wildlife Behaviour
One of the most common survival techniques animals use is camouflage. They have adapted to their environment. The animals of Africa have ada...moreAbout Snakes in Botswana
Snakes are a huge part of the psyche of humankind, striking irrational fear into the minds of most people. Growing up on a farm where snakes...moreColours of the Kingfishers
The Kingfishers of Africa are some of the most colourful creatures of the African wilderness and despite their name feed on a variety of pre...moreBaboon Sexuality
Baboons are fascinating to watch and on many occasions they have provided a highlight during game drives. I have often wondered at our fasci...moreBaboon Understanding
Are animals capable of thought or are their actions based on instinct? I know many subscribe to the latter but I have seen one incident that...moreBaboons and Water
I studied a troop of baboons in the Okavango Delta for over a year. The troop roosted in the trees on an island across from the lodge and ev...moreKilling for Fun - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Journal Entry, 1997: The lioness got up from the elephant carcass and walked towards the waterhole. She was soon followed by two others. As ...moreUnderstanding Dung - Botswana Wildlife Guide
I have often been ridiculed for my fascination with 'dung and dust'. In today's mindset, a wilderness experience is considered primarily a b...moreCreatures of Change - Botswana Wildlife Guide
Botswana is a wildlife paradise and is home to some very interesting animal behaviour that has evolved through natural forces and through hu...more