A watering hole or waterhole is a geological depression in which a body of water forms, usually a pond or a small lake, where animals tend to gather to obtain water.
A watering hole is a natural geological depression where water collects and animals come to drink
A watering hole is "a sunken area of land that fills with water".[1] Watering holes can form through a number of processes, one being from elephants digging up termite mounds for nutrients in the soil, repeatedly digging at the same location until a depression large enough to hold a substantial amount of water.[2] Watering holes may be ephemeral or seasonal.
A common misconception associated with watering holes is that, due to the common need for water, predator animals will not attack prey animals in the vicinity of the watering hole. This trope was exploited, for example, by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book, which describes a "truce" at the watering hole as a plot point.[3] In fact, it has been observed that "lions usually ambush their prey by hiding in long grass, often in close proximity to a watering hole".[4]
One study noted that watering holes can serve as a locus of disease transmission, and observed that "all animals displayed some degree of increased watering hole use with at least one metric of decreased water availability, suggesting that drying environments may contribute to increased parasite concentration at these hotspots across species".[5]
ReferencesEdit
^Susan Hoe, "Mapping a Watering Hole in Australia", Habitats (2008), p. 18.
^"The Elephant and the Termite". PBS. November 3, 2021.
^Truitt, Brian (April 12, 2016). "Review: CGI animals are the real treat of 'Jungle Book'". USA Today.
^Andrew Ferguson Fraser, Feline Behaviour and Welfare (2012), p. 67.
^Georgia Titcomb, "The role of watering holes as hotspots of disease transmission in changing climates", U.C. Santa Barbara (2020).
External linksEdit
Look up watering hole in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
October 17, 2023
watering, hole, other, uses, disambiguation, watering, hole, waterhole, geological, depression, which, body, water, forms, usually, pond, small, lake, where, animals, tend, gather, obtain, water, watering, hole, natural, geological, depression, where, water, c. For other uses see Watering hole disambiguation A watering hole or waterhole is a geological depression in which a body of water forms usually a pond or a small lake where animals tend to gather to obtain water A watering hole is a natural geological depression where water collects and animals come to drinkA watering hole is a sunken area of land that fills with water 1 Watering holes can form through a number of processes one being from elephants digging up termite mounds for nutrients in the soil repeatedly digging at the same location until a depression large enough to hold a substantial amount of water 2 Watering holes may be ephemeral or seasonal A common misconception associated with watering holes is that due to the common need for water predator animals will not attack prey animals in the vicinity of the watering hole This trope was exploited for example by Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book which describes a truce at the watering hole as a plot point 3 In fact it has been observed that lions usually ambush their prey by hiding in long grass often in close proximity to a watering hole 4 One study noted that watering holes can serve as a locus of disease transmission and observed that all animals displayed some degree of increased watering hole use with at least one metric of decreased water availability suggesting that drying environments may contribute to increased parasite concentration at these hotspots across species 5 References Edit Susan Hoe Mapping a Watering Hole in Australia Habitats 2008 p 18 The Elephant and the Termite PBS November 3 2021 Truitt Brian April 12 2016 Review CGI animals are the real treat of Jungle Book USA Today Andrew Ferguson Fraser Feline Behaviour and Welfare 2012 p 67 Georgia Titcomb The role of watering holes as hotspots of disease transmission in changing climates U C Santa Barbara 2020 External links Edit nbsp Look up watering hole in Wiktionary the free dictionary Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Watering hole amp oldid 1136971189, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
