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• Oriental Pied Hornbill - breeding in Pulau Ubin

  "There are slightly more than a dozen Oriental Pied Hornbills ( Anthracoceros albirostris ) in Singapore’s offshore island of Pulau Ubin. There they breed regularly, nesting in cavities found high up along the trunks of old trees." See "Oriental Pied Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:37 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: groups, lecture07, pair

• Elephant predation by lions

  Joubert, D., 2006. Hunting behaviour of lions ( Panthera leo ) on elephants ( Loxodonta africana ) in the Chobe National Park, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology, 44(2): 279–281 . Introduction - Megaherbivores like elephants and rhinos have been regarded Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:33 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: groups, lecture07

• Group hunting in Harris' hawks (1988)

  Bednarz, J. C., 1988. Cooperative Hunting Harris' Hawks ( Parabuteo unicinctus ). Science, 239(4847): 1525 - 1527 . Abstract - Coordinated hunting by several individuals directed toward the capture and sharing of one Large prey animal has been documented Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:19 AM by N. Sivasothi | 0 Comments Filed under: groups, lecture07