I believe prince from Denmark married someone from Australia so devils are being sent as gifts since then.
Someone allowed them to breed now i guess.
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Someone allowed them to breed now i guess.
They have been breeding there in the past, but as far as I have understood they are no longer allowed to do so. This is why they are instead getting animals in from Australia to spread out to other parts of Europe.
The Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle recently unveiled the final stage of their seven year fundraising campaign to add new exhibits and overall improve animal welfare. The Forests for All Experience will include Matschie's Tree Kangaroos, which have been in the zoo but off-exhibit for multiple years, a new habitat for the zoo's Red Pandas, an aviary for Keas, and a brand new reptile house, replacing the old Day and Night Exhibits which burned down in 2016.
Forests for All Exhibit Experience - Woodland Park Zoo Seattle WA
Join the movement to protect forests for animals, for people and for climate action. Help Woodland Park Zoo create the Forests for All exhibit experience.
www.zoo.org
that's really sad..
Yeah, but from what I hear, almost all of the animals were able to be rescued. Some silver lining I guess.
im happy to hear that.. do you have some pics of the old exhibits?
I have this pic of a Tamandua that I believe to be from the old Night Exhibit, but I really can't say for sure. To my knowledge the zoo no longer keeps them.
There's also this shot of a Matschie's Tree Kangaroo that I know was taken in the Day Exhibit. They still have them in the zoo, but they haven't been viewable to the public since 2016.
Can't wait to add this to my woodland park recreation
A herd of ten Przewalski's wild horses have been reintroduced to the Iberian Highlands in Spain, an area where they disappeared from 4,000 years ago. The release is unique in Western Europe, in that the horses are not contained by any fencing and are free to roam wherever they wish. The nearest unfenced population of these horses lives in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
rewildingeurope.com
Western Europe’s first free-roaming herd of Przewalski’s horses to enhance Iberian Highland rewilding | Rewilding Europe
A herd of 10 Przewalski's horses – the last truly wild horse – has been released in the Iberian Highlands rewilding landscape in Spain. They arrived last June and will soon roam free across an…
rewildingeurope.com
One of the two zoos in Paris has received two male Tasmanian devils. The European population is spreadingCopenhagen zoo has received 21 (21!) Tasmanian devils from Australia. They are keeping 9 and the others will be sent to other European zoos for breeding. That's exciting news and hopefully the European population starts growing.
Zoologisk Have København on Instagram: "Tasmanske pungdjævle er kendt som nogle rigtige brokkehoveder. Det lyder voldsomt, men sådan er deres kommunikationsstil bare 🤷 Og det kommer vi alle til at høre meget mere på det næste stykke tid. Vi har neml
971 likes, 14 comments - copenhagenzoo on June 13, 2023: "Tasmanske pungdjævle er kendt som nogle rigtige brokkehoveder. Det lyder voldsomt, men sådan er deres kommunikationsstil bare 🤷 Og det kommer vi alle til at høre meget mere på det næste stykke tid. Vi har nemlig lige modtaget 21 djævle...www.instagram.com
The Terra Australis house at Wilhelma has now opened. As well as the animals mentioned above, the following species are also included:Another bit of 'Australian animals in Europe' news - the Australia House at Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany, will be opening in just over a month's time (24th July). The house is dedicated entirely to mammals, and the following species have been confirmed:
There is also an outdoor enclosure for a species that hasn't been confirmed, and will not be announced until the house opens, which will be imported with the koalas - some plans in the early stages mentioned quokka, but it remains to be seen if they are the species. Also when greater bilby are finally imported to Europe, some will go here.
- 4 koalas (2 males and 2 females imported from Australia)
- A male Goodfellow's tree kangaroo
- A pair of kowari
- A colony of spinifex hopping mice
- Eastern quoll
- Sugar gliders
- Rufous bettong
- A pair of common brushtail possums
There are some photographs of the new indoor and outdoor koala enclosures and the nocturnal section of house in this link:
Terra Australis fertig: Wann die Koalas in der Wilhelma besucht werden können - Nachrichten aus Stuttgart - Zeitungsverlag Waiblingen
Terra Australis fertig: Wann die Koalas in der Wilhelma besucht werden können - Nachrichten aus Stuttgart - Zeitungsverlag Waiblingenwww.zvw.de
- Blue-tongued skink (I had previously heard that the house was only going to be mammals - obviously not)
- Brush-tailed bettong
- Quokka (three individuals imported from Australia - the only ones of their kind in Europe)
Terra Australis in der Wilhelma eröffnet
In der Stuttgarter Wilhelma ist die Terra Australis eröffnet worden. Hier leben künftig elf Tiere aus Australien, darunter Koalas und kleine Kängurus.
www.baden-wuerttemberg.de
i love your posts.. you keep us up to date with stuff, thank youThe Terra Australis house at Wilhelma has now opened. As well as the animals mentioned above, the following species are also included:
- Blue-tongued skink (I had previously heard that the house was only going to be mammals - obviously not)
- Brush-tailed bettong
- Quokka (three individuals imported from Australia - the only ones of their kind in Europe)
Terra Australis in der Wilhelma eröffnet
In der Stuttgarter Wilhelma ist die Terra Australis eröffnet worden. Hier leben künftig elf Tiere aus Australien, darunter Koalas und kleine Kängurus.
A bit more info about the recent quokka import to Germany - while the three arrivals are a male and two females, the plan is for a second group to arrive later this year to build up their numbers. The species will be allowed to breed more before the offspring are moved to new zoos in Europe.
www.gea.de
Stuttgarter Wilhelma hat jetzt die fröhlichsten Tiere der Welt - Land Baden-Württemberg - Reutlinger General-Anzeiger - gea.de
Sie gelten als die fröhlichsten Tiere der Welt: Quokkas begeistern mit ihrem Dauergrinsen. Dadurch wurden die Tiere aus Australien zum Internet-Hit. ...
www.gea.de
I dont know if paleontology news are allowed, but it kinda effects a modern day animal
A new early extinct whale species will probably dethrone the blue whale as the heaviest animal of all time.
Perucetus colossus is known from 13 vertebra, 1 rib and a bit of the hind legs (yeah its such an early whale that it still had hind legs) that were found in, you guessed it, peru.
The bones are so thick and massive that they make other whale bones look grazile in comparisson. Through algorithms and comparissons with modern whales the researchers estimated a average weight of 180 tons and a maximum of 340 tons, which is considerably heavier than the 100-180 tons of blue whales. But the skeleton also indicates a shorter more stocky body of 20 meters in comparisson to blue whales usual 25+ meters. And the most fascinating thing for me is that this guy is about 40 million years old, way before the filter feeding baleen whales and our modern really plankton rich oceans showed up, something that was previously thought of as the reasons whales got so big. And since no head material was recovered, the diet of perucetus is still a mystery, although their weight and heavy build makes them rather unlikely to have been active predators. Ive seen multiple ideas for the lifestyle from a sand sifter feeding on crabs and clams to a kelp eating herbivore since their bones apperently show alot of similarities to sirenians (seacows and relatives), which one can definetely see from this reconstructions.
A new early extinct whale species will probably dethrone the blue whale as the heaviest animal of all time.
Perucetus colossus is known from 13 vertebra, 1 rib and a bit of the hind legs (yeah its such an early whale that it still had hind legs) that were found in, you guessed it, peru.
The bones are so thick and massive that they make other whale bones look grazile in comparisson. Through algorithms and comparissons with modern whales the researchers estimated a average weight of 180 tons and a maximum of 340 tons, which is considerably heavier than the 100-180 tons of blue whales. But the skeleton also indicates a shorter more stocky body of 20 meters in comparisson to blue whales usual 25+ meters. And the most fascinating thing for me is that this guy is about 40 million years old, way before the filter feeding baleen whales and our modern really plankton rich oceans showed up, something that was previously thought of as the reasons whales got so big. And since no head material was recovered, the diet of perucetus is still a mystery, although their weight and heavy build makes them rather unlikely to have been active predators. Ive seen multiple ideas for the lifestyle from a sand sifter feeding on crabs and clams to a kelp eating herbivore since their bones apperently show alot of similarities to sirenians (seacows and relatives), which one can definetely see from this reconstructions.
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I didn't think I'd ever had a reason to share any local news here, but I'm glad to be wrong 
Endangered and elusive Mediterranean Monk Seal, which was thought to be extinct in my country, was filmed couple of days ago, off the shores of Montenegro, for the first time after 5 decades:
Source: https://youtu.be/Eo4dPx58eLM
Endangered and elusive Mediterranean Monk Seal, which was thought to be extinct in my country, was filmed couple of days ago, off the shores of Montenegro, for the first time after 5 decades:
A spotless Giraffe was just born!! She is supposedly the only one of her kind, so naturally we need this mutation in Planet Zoo <3
LOOKIE:
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Oh my!A spotless Giraffe was just born!! She is supposedly the only one of her kind, so naturally we need this mutation in Planet Zoo <3
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