From my local Zoo. Amur tiger passed.
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Some very big news recently - in March, scientists filmed a live colossal squid in the wild in the South Sandwich Islands for the first time since it was discovered 100 years ago. It was not, however, a full-sized one - it was instead an infant, only thirty centimetres long.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzPoG9H8Hlo&t=7s
Yesterday Pairi Daiza welcomed three Qinling golden snub-nosed monkeys from China. It's the first time ever this subspecies is leaving China (the golden snub nosed monkeys in Beauval belong to a different subspecies).
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Mediterranean Monk Seal once again spotted in Montenegro:
This and last year we have occasional sightings, which is better than none, since we drove it to extinction in our country. I hope they settle here for long time, some time in the future, if we can find a way to protect them. Until them I enjoy these part-time visits.
This and last year we have occasional sightings, which is better than none, since we drove it to extinction in our country. I hope they settle here for long time, some time in the future, if we can find a way to protect them. Until them I enjoy these part-time visits.
This is Dr Saurier, hes a bald Ibis and the first Bald Ibis to return from spain to Lake Constanze in the Alps on his own.
This makes him the first bald Ibis to fly this Migration route on its own since the 17. Century when the bald Ibis population in the alps was erradicated, effectivly reviving this long dead migration route and diversifying the potential migration routes for them, as until his return only the route to northern italy has been reestablished.
So Overall quite the Victory for conservation, as this enanbles genetic exchange between the iberian and central europe population
This makes him the first bald Ibis to fly this Migration route on its own since the 17. Century when the bald Ibis population in the alps was erradicated, effectivly reviving this long dead migration route and diversifying the potential migration routes for them, as until his return only the route to northern italy has been reestablished.
So Overall quite the Victory for conservation, as this enanbles genetic exchange between the iberian and central europe population
Might've already mentioned this, but it's good news nonetheless. Pumas we're practically eradicated along the East Coast (apart from Florida's "panthers")
However, up in East Texas, recently some pumas have been spotted (1 was killed near a highway, which is a mixed blessing. Sad that it died, but good news in the long run). It seems that the pumas have started to return East, just like the black bears are (black bears were also eradicated from the area, but they came back several years ago)
So, yeah, I'm quite happy about that
However, up in East Texas, recently some pumas have been spotted (1 was killed near a highway, which is a mixed blessing. Sad that it died, but good news in the long run). It seems that the pumas have started to return East, just like the black bears are (black bears were also eradicated from the area, but they came back several years ago)
So, yeah, I'm quite happy about that
Well, congrats to Dr Saurier!! In a few years this will become a normal bird migration, I'm confident
Are those new eastern pumas from the tiny Florida population, or have they crossed half the US from the western population?
I'm assuming the western population is moving back east
Yea the Florida population is isolated by urbanization so they can’t really move aroundWell, congrats to Dr Saurier!! In a few years this will become a normal bird migration, I'm confident
Are those new eastern pumas from the tiny Florida population, or have they crossed half the US from the western population?
I think some cougars have been seen far as Connecticut, recently some in the Midwest, most notably in the metro Detroit area.
Translation of the image text: "can you see it? It's an european beaver. It returned to portugal 500 years later, "a symbol of hope for nature".
Doing it cuz i found the text oddly poetic
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Which part of Portugal have the beavers appeared in? I have conflictive views (to say the least) about all those beavers that are been released around the Iberian Peninsula without expert overview from the authorities. Here in Spain they started appearing in some rivers from the wettest part of the country which is fine for them, but also in some other rivers with a very low water level in summer and/or where the tree species community hasn't really evolved for them, and those are bad news for the beavers and the natural habitat.
I don't remember, but it's a river that originates in Spain. There is no evidence that they were released, as opposed to just arriving naturally. Expert overview from our authorities would be the biggest joke was those experts that put a caracal in a basement in a water park resulting in the death of the animal from stress if it was up to those authorities then it would have taken another 500 years
Bronx Zoo have announced that in 2025 they will be reopening the World of Darkness exhibit, a nocturnal house that had closed down in 2009. Its original first opening was in 1969. At the time it closed in 2009, it was home to five species of bat, six nocturnal primate species (fat-tailed dwarf and mouse lemurs, moholi bushbaby, two species of slow loris and night monkey), sand and leopard cats, genets, striped skunks, six species of rodent, two-toed sloth, bay duiker, broad-snouted caiman, two species of snake, cane toads and scorpions.
So far, the announcement graphic has confirmed four species - the return of a species of bat, two-toed sloths and caimans, plus a brand-new species in the form of the aye-aye. The announcement graphic can be found here:
Exhibits - Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo’s world-class exhibits such as Congo Gorilla Forest, the Wild Asia Monorail, Tiger Mountain, and our newest exhibit, Madagascar!, get you eye-to-eye with massive crocodiles, majestic tigers, and inquisitive gorillas.bronxzoo.com
The World of Darkness has recently re-opened for members, and the full list of animal inhabitants has been posted online. The twenty-one enclosures contain, in order:
- Red-rumped agouti, Hoffman's two-toed sloth and Nancy Ma's dourocouli
- Emperor scorpion
- Grey mouse lemur
- Southern lesser galago
- Northern Luzon giant cloud rat
- Pygmy slow loris
- Mexican blind cave fish
- Broad-snouted caiman
- South American pinktoe tarantula
- Ringtail
- Timor python and blood python
- Texas blind salamander
- Egyptian fruit bat
- Aye-aye and fat-tailed dwarf lemur
- Sand cat
- Naked mole-rat
- Guatemalan beaded lizard
- Nine-banded armadillo
- Common vampire bat
- Seba's short-tailed bat
- New Caledonian giant gecko
A few news from the Berlin zoos because there have been happening a lot in the last months.
Tierpark:
Zoo:
-> the grevy's zebras moved to the former enclosure of the grant's zebras and elands and got companion by a pair of Beisa oryx and a male bachelor group of Eastern white-bearded wildebeest
-> the former enclosures for the grevy's zebras and gemsbok now keep Somali wild ass, addax and two female dromedary camels
(If you have been to the Berlin zoos, you will now notice those are the exact same species the Tierpark also keeps. While in the past, they wanted to show more different species in the two zoos to have more variety, it now seems they changed the plans a bit to have more flexibiltiy when it comes to breeding endangered ungulate species: one of the zoos keeps the breeding group, the other one a male bachelor herd.)
Tierpark:
- The park just celebrated it's 70th birthday. A small exhibition with historical posters and wallpapers was created. On social media they have been posting pictures from the history for a few months now, like opening of the Alfred Brehm House (the large carnivore house) in 1963. Quite cool and you should check this out!
- Recently the construction of two new aviaries was started, one for the pelicans and one for the flamingos. It's planned to finish construction end of this year. The construction of the aviaries is necessary because the local veterinary authorities prohibit wing clipping of any bird from 1/1/2026 on.
- The construction of the new elephant house is finally coming along after completion was unsure due to finances.
- On the other hand, the new white rhino complex has not been even started. The difficult financial situation seem to postpone things once again.
- There have been also some changes animal wise: a pair of Souther lesser kudus is a new addition to the park. The dholes moved to the former Iberian wolf enclosure (wolves are not kept anymore) which is a major upgrade as their space approximately doubled and they finally have much more water area which they seem to enjoy a lot. The old dhole enclosure has been refurbished and a mesh tunnel was added to connect it with the neighbouring spotted hyena enclosure. As the hyenas left the park this week to another zoo, a new species will most likely be added here. As both habitats are located in the African section, rumours say African wild dogs will move in here.
Zoo:
- There is finally some progress of the new additional outdoor enclosures for the tigers which are constructed just opposite of the cat house. Unfortunately, the also planned additional outdoor enclosures for the leopards and jaguars have been scrapped because of finances.
- Recently, there have been some major changes in the hoofstock collection:
-> the grevy's zebras moved to the former enclosure of the grant's zebras and elands and got companion by a pair of Beisa oryx and a male bachelor group of Eastern white-bearded wildebeest
-> the former enclosures for the grevy's zebras and gemsbok now keep Somali wild ass, addax and two female dromedary camels
(If you have been to the Berlin zoos, you will now notice those are the exact same species the Tierpark also keeps. While in the past, they wanted to show more different species in the two zoos to have more variety, it now seems they changed the plans a bit to have more flexibiltiy when it comes to breeding endangered ungulate species: one of the zoos keeps the breeding group, the other one a male bachelor herd.)
- More changes regarding ungulates will happen: the okapis will be moved to the historical antelope house next to the giraffes. This will double their indoor space and will give them a proper indoor enclosure (this was a major issue of the old stable). The outdoor enclosure of the giraffes will also be enlarged to combine them with ostrich and two antelope species (no officical information which ones though). The zoo did not post any information what will happen to the sitatungas, lechwes and gerenuk which enclosures will all be removed for the okapis and giraffes. Renovations will start this year already.
- Not that new but I still want to add this: the whole expansion area will be completely changing as the new gorilla house and outdoor habitats will be constructed here. Right now they are still in the phase of funding and the detailed planning. But especially the plans for the changes around the antelope house hint that they soon start to move all the animals from the expansion area to other zoos or other areas of the zoo (like I believe the complete stocking of the Africa habitat will be moved to the enlarged giraffe enclosure).
Honestly i cant wait to see the progress in like 5 years or even 10 years, especially in the tierpark the potential is really insane.
Are the leopards cancelled too? What a shame, I only knew that the plans to expand the jaguar exhibit had been shelved.
AFAIK yes. Recently the zoo posted a small update of the construction site in their Instagram stories and were only talking about a new home for the tigers. No leopards mentioned.
