List of the most popular hashtags for theme #ANIMALBEHAVIOUR

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Beautiful capture by @wibkewo showcasing just how wonderful the waterholes at Etosha National park are. We could sit for hours waiting to see which animals come down for a drink, and observing how they interact with each other. See if you can spot the gemsbok/oryx in among this group too! . The @krugerexplorer App is available to download now . We love Etosha National Park in Namibia and wanted to start this #etoshaexplorer community to feature park visitors' photographs and stories. . @etoshaexplorer #etoshaexplorer #etoshanationalpark #etosha #namibia #africanwildlife #africansafari #visitnamibia #namibia#namibiatravel #etoshasightings #zebra #ostrich #springbok #gemsbok #oryx #waterhole #gamedrive #somanyanimals #animalbehaviour

The #WPY54 exhibition at our home, the @natural_history_museum in London, has now closed. Thank you to everyone who visited, and we can’t wait to share the #WPY55 collection with you in the autumn! Image by Isak Pretorius. #WPY #WildlifePhotographerOfTheYear #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #Lion #BigCat #CatsOfInstagram #AnimalBehaviour #Instanature #NaturePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotos #WildlifePhotographer #PhotographyContest #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #PicOfTheDay #Exhibition #London #NaturalHistoryMuseum #NaturalHistoryMuseumLondon

Count the lion cubs ! What a wonderful shot of these young lions playing around in Etosha National Park by @jjvdm_fineart. . The @krugerexplorer App has now launched! See link in profile ☝ for more info . We love Etosha National Park in Namibia and wanted to start this #etoshaexplorer community to feature park visitors' photographs and stories. . @etoshaexplorer #etoshaexplorer #etoshanationalpark #etosha #namibia #africanwildlife #africansafari #visitnamibia #namibia#namibiatravel #etoshasightings #lioncubs #lionlover #thelionking #catlovers #big5 #bigfive #lionlove #animalbehaviour #babyanimals #animalbabies #etoshasightings #cubs

I do not set the rules for animal behaviour. You do not set the rules for animal behaviour. The individual animal will set its own rules for how it behaves. It is the responsibility of every keeper and owner of any animal, to understand what those boundaries are. They will vary and be different from animal to animal. My understanding with Sonny and Cher at this point in time is as long as you don’t hurt or frighten us, anything you do is permissible. They just seem content ‘being’. And then you realise they behave like so many different animal species. Including ourselves. #animalbehaviour #retic #reticulatedpython #platinumindonesiansunfire

HAPPY RHINO FRIDAY this rhino marking territory telling the whole world, including POACHERS, this is his space! We support @spotsconservation PROJECT AIR RANGER in Pilanesberg with their UAV to protect our rhinos #rhino #rhinofriday #saveourrhinos #stoppoaching #rhinoconservation #endangeredspecies #wildandfree #savetherhino #hornsbelongonrhinos #antipoaching #poaching #animallovers #naturelovers #shotoniphone #ivideo #rhinolovers #pilanesberg_ #pilanesbergnationalpark #endangered #big5 #extinction #extinctionrebellion #uav #horns #animalbehaviour #wildanimals #southafrica #africa #territory #onlyafrica

#EarthOnLocation by @tommustill These feeding humpback whales are displaying a behaviour called lunge feeding where, underwater, they herd the fish (often anchovies) into balls and then, in sync with other whales herd them towards the surface. Once trapped there, they suddenly lunge at them and take a big gulp of fish into their mouths. They then push the water out through their baleen plates, which they have instead of teeth, and swallow the fish inside. Birds and sealions throw themselves at the fish as they leap out of the water. Sometimes pelicans and sea-lions have been observed accidentally getting caught inside a whale’s mouth, in which case the whale gently opens its mouth them to let them out. Humpback Whales: A Detective Story is on @bbctwo on Friday 8 February

Throwback to 2016 when conservation photographer @jenguyton was successful in #WPY52 with this picture of meerkats being weighed by scientists. The meerkats co-operate fully, lured by a few drops of water, a precious resource in their desert home. While working with the Kalahari Meerkat Project, Jen wanted to show the other side of academic research and ‘what it’s like to interact closely with these fascinating and beautiful animals’. Researchers studying the evolution of social behaviour had to get the meerkats used to being around people so they could gather essential data. Meerkats’ sophisticated social organisation, where only one pair in the group breed and the others help bring up the young, is teaching us more about co-operation in other mammal species. Image: The collaborators by @jenguyton, Germany/USA. Finalist 2016, The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single Image. #WPY #WildlifePhotographerOfTheYear #PhotographyCompetition #PhotoOfTheDay #PhotographyContest #Photography #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Meerkats #Mammals #Science #Conservation #Nature #NaturePhotography #Competition #Instanature #NaturalHistory #NaturalHistoryMuseum #AnimalBehaviour #KalahariDesert #Meerkat

As you can see from its expression this adorable Dwarf mongoose is performing a very serious job. It's a sentinel on the lookout for enemy forces. When their group is threatened, these mongoose pull together and behave more cooperatively.  : Shannon Wild/University of Bristol