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Nic Glassock

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As young boy, Nic was fortunate to frequent a bush holiday home just South of the Botswana border. It was in these early years that he developed a great passion and excitement for wildlife and the outdoors. Following the completion of a degree ...

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on A Glimpse into the Wild: Predator and Prey Through Different Eyes

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A great blog, Nick. I think a great number of people will look at animals differently when on a game drive or trail.

Gorgeous picture of a cheetah to open the series! It happened to me to see several documentaries on cheetah lately. They appear to be quite successful in growing cubs and predation. Males often form coalitions like lions… if someone forgets university’s or school ‘s physiology lessons, at Londolozi there’s always a blog reminding us all! I love the impala ram posture, he’s so elegant and fierce. The Senegal Bush male stays the quintessential leopardity for me… what a look! So intense… he’s a real scene stealer! His son is alike. With such parents he couldn’t be less…. all animals have their role in the ecosystem and it’s so nice to see all pictures and different habits. Zebras are always so photogenic and beautiful. I had always liked that picture of the Nkoveni Female among flowers, a romantic appearance for a tenacious mother and hunter… the young lion is a middle way between naive and curious…. very good choice to a detailed and clear explanation.

Brilliant blog, Nic. Next time on a game drive, I’ll remember what you wrote about how seeing the world through the eyes of prey or predator is so completely different. And also so different from our sight.

Dear Nick, what for different impressive eyes. Great blog

Thank you Nic for your information on these vital differences. This will help us realize what the prey see and what the predators see. It is quite alarming to see the fear in the preys eyes as the predators approach.

Great article. Apparently, there’s also evidence that prey animals have special neurons that respond to the outlines of predator-like figures. So, their visual cortex recognizes and distinguishes between threatening and non-threatening shapes.

Terrific blog Nic on this somewhat complicated subject as to how animals see…. Given the majority of predators who utilize the straight on approach, it is fascinating that their prey , given their eye placement, see their world in a totally different way, many times to their advantage. At the end of the day however, sometimes it is just pure luck – if prey escapes or not.

I had no idea there were mammals that could see UV light. I thought it was limited to insects–very cool!

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