Tag Archives: Exotics
Weekly News Round Up 8/13/10
It’s Friday the 13th of August (watch out for black cats hanging out under ladders!) and here’s the rest of the news from the animal world…
The extra set of ears on this kitten give it a rakish look, kind of like wearing a tilted fedora . . . We’ve all heard about the cab driver who [...]
Great White Shark Spotted Off Massachusetts Coast
This last Saturday a tuna fishing boat snared a great white shark off the Massachusetts coast. The shark was tagged with a simple identification tag and put back into the water. It is the first confirmed sighting for this area this summer.
The shark, a juvenile that was about 6 to 7 feet in length and weighed around 150 pounds, [...]
123 New Species Discovered in Borneo
A lungless frog, a flame colored snake, a 22 inch long stick insect believed to be the longest in the world, and a “ninja” slug that shoots “love darts” full of hormones into its mate during courtship — these are just a few of the new species discovered in Borneo by the Heart of Borneo project led [...]
Anjana, Chimp and Surrogate Mother
During a hurricane a couple of years ago, two white tiger cubs were born. Their sanctuary was flooded and their mother became stressed to the point of being a danger to her cubs. The cubs were brought to TIGERS, The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species, in South Carolina. TIGERS cares for a number [...]
National Zoo’s Panda Possibly Pregnant
Over the weekend the giant pandas of the DC’s National Zoo attempted to mate. Female giant pandas only have one period of time during the year when it is possible to become pregnant and it only lasts from two to three days. Because, as zoo officials reported, “competent mating did not occur”, Mei Xiang was [...]
Face to Face with a Leopard Seal: Paul Nicklen (Video)
Photographer Paul Nicklen describes himself as a nature photojournalist. His work has been featured in hundreds of publications, most notably National Geographic where he has had seven of his photo-stories published. In this amazing video, Paul narrates his experience with a leopard seal – known to be a vicious predator – while getting material for [...]
Rare Brown Giant Panda Born in China Preserve
An extremely rare brown giant panda cub was found in the Foping Giant Panda Reserve in the Shaanxi Province of China at the beginning of the month.
The Giant Panda is exceptionally rare and endangered species on the planet and is only found in China. Scientists don’t know why some cubs appear with brown fur [...]
BBC “Battle to Save the Tiger” (Video)
Part of the “Natural World” documentary series produced by the BBC, “Battle to Save the Tiger” spotlights the plight of the Indian tiger and its struggle for continued existence.
From 1850 to 1950, over 100,000 Indian tigers were killed by man. In counts of 2001-02 the Indian tiger population was 3,642 tigers. The Wildlife Institute of [...]
Whatssa Fossa?
Thatssa fossa . . .
Still don’t have much of a grasp on what a fossa is? Cat? Bear? Face like a weasel and tail like a monkey, the fossa is one odd duck.
(No, no, no, it’s really not a duck at all. . .)
Oh, and the pronunciation is foo-sa, emphasis on the first syllable. Not [...]
Meet Bert the Camel Deputy
Only in Los Angeles . . . a phrase that gets said in response to a lot of crazy things. Well, only in L.A., specifically San Dimas, would there be a World Record holding deputized camel named Bert.
Bert the camel became an official Reserve Deputy Sheriff for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on April [...]