| | S | M | T | W | T | F | S | | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
1
|
2
| |
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
| |
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
| |
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
22
|
23
| |
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
28
|
29
|
30
|  » Stats |
Members: 50,170
Threads: 82,383
Posts: 853,520
Top Poster: glsammy (15,069)
| | Welcome to our newest member, RMTREDSTON | |  | | 
15-03-2011, 02:52 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2,599
| | | What's this common newt up to?
YouTube - Common newt and pond skater
At first I thought the newt was trying to eat the pond skater, but the longer I watched, the more it looked as if the newt was just playing. All it does is nudge the pond skater repeatedly, like those dophins playing football with jellyfish. Is this common behaviour? If I'd stayed to watch longer, would the newt have eaten the skater? |
15-03-2011, 02:54 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2,599
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
Just realisesd it's a water boatman and not a pond skater. |
15-03-2011, 03:41 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Northamptonshire
Posts: 1,651
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
I have no idea why your newt is doing this, but I enjoyed the footage  |
15-03-2011, 04:04 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Near Peterborough
Posts: 7,107
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
Well I notice the water boatman has a leg off so perhaps the newt ate it and is continuing to harrass the animal in the hope of getting another leg?!
__________________
....I love not man the less, but Nature more.... |
15-03-2011, 05:47 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,249
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
Water Boatmen can deliver a painful jab with the rostrum, so maybe the Newt is just being cautious, and looking for the optimal position to grab its prey.
henrya
__________________
Sometimes ice cream just has to take priority over everything. |
15-03-2011, 06:32 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: devon
Posts: 2,176
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
yep sizing dinner up for me  |
15-03-2011, 08:47 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2,599
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
Thanks! |
16-03-2011, 12:40 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Here, There, and Everywhere!
Posts: 1,306
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
Nice vid - Love the Crow in the background!
Seems that your newt was so intent on lunch that it didn't mind your presence. Mine are much more shy and stay hidden during most of the day so far.
__________________
Musician, Wild about Life, Wildlife, and Driving Fast Cars.... |
16-03-2011, 12:52 PM
|  | Knight Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: N.E.SOMERSET
Posts: 9,045
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
Its a Waterboatman and it wants the other leg! I don't think the Newt is doing the nudging, it is the boatman trying to get away.
__________________
Your garden their refuge, a jig-saw of habitats for wildlife under pressure |
16-03-2011, 01:02 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Shropshire
Posts: 2,599
| | | Re: What's this common newt up to?
So the boatman was doomed?
The newts in our pond are fairly bold. I don't know if it's because we spend a lot of time outsode so they just get used to us. | | | |
| Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode |
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
| | |
| » New Wildlife Posts | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | » New Environment Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Activity Posts | | | | | | | | | » New Community Posts | | |  Spammers! Yesterday 01:53 PM 8 Replies, 189 Views | | | | | |
