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Ragman
 
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Reply Sun 10 Jun, 2012 07:45 am
@snood,
Yeah, as I understand it where they're introduced in non-native environs, they caused more problems than expected with their threat to other (birds) populations. In Hawaii, they're brought in to rid them of the snakes in the pineapple and macadamia(?) plantations.

Here's a cute aside about the question of the plural word form:

Letter from one zoo curator to another:
"Dear Sir, would you be so kind as to send me a pair of mongoose for my collection. No sorry, that must be a pair of mongooses, or is it a pair of mongeese? I tell you what. Please send me one mongoose, and then send me another! Yours thankfully."

(With apologies to Spike Milligan)
Ragman
 
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Reply Sun 10 Jun, 2012 07:47 am
@snood,
Thanks for posting that info about wolverines. Nature is truly amazing!
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snood
 
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Reply Sun 10 Jun, 2012 08:02 am
@Ragman,
When I was there (and its probably still this way), there was a very strictly enforced customs ban on any snakes coming into the islands. I think there was some history of snakes wreaking havoc on the environment in some way, or something.
They control the heck out of any kind of animals coming in, as a mater of fact. When we found out that they would have to quarantine all pets for 4 months upon entry (with a stiff charge to do so), we adopted out all our dogs and cats before we went.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 10 Jun, 2012 04:50 pm
The preferred plural of mongoose is mongooses. However, if you say mongeese, you wouldn't be wrong.

Invasive snakes and lizards are having a devastating effect on the Everglades. It's estimated that there are currently over 150,ooo pythons slithering around. No natural enemies, except maybe alligators. Nile monitor lizards are also showing up in alarming numbers.

http://mongabay.com/images/botswana/nile_monitor.gif
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Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 11 Jun, 2012 02:11 am
Barramundi cod:

http://www.diverosa.com/Lembeh%202010/IL4-085%20juvenile%20Humpback%20grouper%20or%20Barramundi%20cod,%20Cromileptes%20altivelis%20with%20Copepod%20parasite,%20Caligoida%20sp.jpg

Appaloosa:

http://www.petsfoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Appaloosa3.jpg

Dalmatians:

http://www.allanimalsites.com/news/gallery/dalmatian/dalmatian_2.jpg
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msolga
 
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Reply Mon 11 Jun, 2012 02:16 am
Spotty critters! Smile


http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4063292-3x2-700x467.jpg
Quote:
Sri Lanka's main elephant orphanage has staged its biggest mass baptism, naming 15 baby elephants born in captivity. ...<cont>


Sri Lanka holds mass baby elephant baptism:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-10/sri-lanka-holds-mass-baby-elephant-baptism/4063230
Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 11 Jun, 2012 03:35 pm
@msolga,
Wonderful picture, olga. Love dem pachyderms.

Raven:

http://www.schmoker.org/BirdPics/Photos/Corvids/CORA1.jpg
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 12 Jun, 2012 02:40 am
I got the following info from a couple of sites.

Bonobos and chimpanzees diverged from each other around 2 million years ago and differ in morphology, behavior, and perhaps even emotions and cognition in important ways.

The Bonobo
Bonobos are female dominant, with females forming tight bonds against males through same-sex socio-sexual contact that is thought to limit aggression. In the wild, they have not been seen to cooperatively hunt, use tools, or exhibit lethal aggression.

The Chimpanzee
Chimpanzees are male dominant, with intense aggression between different groups that can be lethal. Chimpanzees use tools, cooperatively hunt monkeys, and will even eat the infants of other chimpanzee groups.

Bonobos and Chimpanzees share close to 99% of their genome in common with humans, meaning that their genomes are more similar to that of humans than they are to that of gorillas. However, it may be that Bonobos, whose psychology is virtually unstudied relative to that of chimpanzees, are more similar to humans than are chimpanzees in how they solve various social problems Such similarities may even be partly the result of shared and heritable neurophysiology that potentially regulates the social emotions of humans and Bonobos in similar ways.

Physical differences:
Despite their colloquial name of “pygmy” chimpanzee, bonobos are actually roughly the same size as common chimpanzees, being only slightly shorter and thinner, with smaller heads. Common chimpanzees have shorter limbs than the more gracile bonobo, and a more prominent brow ridge. Bonobos apparently walk upright more often than chimps, and when walking quadrupedally employ a method of knuckle walking more similar to that of the orangutan than the chimpanzee.

Bonobos:

http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/20110428-bonobos.jpg

Chimp:

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5641684436_2549906d8c.jpg
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space007
 
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Reply Tue 12 Jun, 2012 03:26 am
@Roberta,
I like birds but i don't like to appreciate them beside the cages.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Tue 12 Jun, 2012 04:09 pm
Kingfisher diving for a meal:

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01382/kingfisher1_682_1382999a.jpg
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MontereyJack
 
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Reply Wed 13 Jun, 2012 01:18 am
re the baby elephant baptisms,
So elephants are Buddhists, eh? Who knew?

I went looking for the video of Peter the Elephant playing with the Samsung tablet, which is a favorite of mine, and on the way came across this touching video, which I remember seeing as part of a show on elephants on PBS, about the reunion of two elephants, who had been captives together twenty years ago, and hadn't seen each other since--one hadn't seen another elephant in twenty years. Good god, the awful things we do to intelligent animals. There's a sanctuary where they can live out their years unchained.


I hope it's not a repeat.

And here's the backstory to the reunion;

Barry The Mod
 
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Reply Wed 13 Jun, 2012 02:00 am
A couple of Clydesdales sharing a joke....
http://i1001.photobucket.com/albums/af138/barrythemod/To%20Forward/556555_404244409613975_1415842129_n.jpg
Roberta
 
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Reply Wed 13 Jun, 2012 02:39 am
@Barry The Mod,
MJ, I'm blubbering all over the computer. I'm such a softy. Thanks for sharing this. Glad they're at a sanctuary. Glad they have each other.

Barry, Thanks for the great pic. I needed a smile--and I got one.

Stork flying to its nest:

http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/sares/sares1001/sares100100007/6260381-stork-flying-to-the-nest-in-camargue-france.jpg
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dlowan
 
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Reply Wed 13 Jun, 2012 03:41 am
@MontereyJack,
Thank you for that MJ. Made me cry. I love Solomon, too.....I hope he found another animal like Shirley to love. The sight of the elephant friends finding such joy in each other was so moving....thank heavens they found each other.

Such wonderful animals.
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snood
 
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Reply Wed 13 Jun, 2012 05:07 am
Thanks, MJ. Dang that got me.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2012 01:28 am
Red-tailed boa:

http://www.petsdo.com/files/petsdo/imagecache/full/images/2796.jpg
dlowan
 
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Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2012 02:22 am
@Roberta,
Wow! That is some great looking boa!
Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2012 02:36 am
@dlowan,
A stunner, IMO. I entered "red tail" in google and got hawks and boas. Spectacular looking soipent. Glad you like it.
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snood
 
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Reply Thu 14 Jun, 2012 06:16 am
Purple Martin:
http://www.noble.org/global/ag/wildlife/earlybird/martinonwire.jpg
Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 15 Jun, 2012 12:56 am
@snood,
A stunning bird, snood. Thanks mucho.

Juvenile emperor angelfish:

http://www.divearound.com.au/assets/cache/emperor_angelfish_003-800x600.jpg

Adult emperor angelfish:

http://www.starfish.ch/photos/fishes-Fische/angelfishes-Kaiserfische/Pomacanthus-imperator.jpg

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