Hmmmm, let's see... Eat or play....?
Play of course!
Check out the Mail Online to see more pics about three Cheetahs who became friends with an Impala...
1/30/10
Cheetahs vs Impala
Hmmmm, let's see... Eat or play....?
Play of course!
Check out the Mail Online to see more pics about three Cheetahs who became friends with an Impala...
1/28/10
1/26/10
Panda family enjoying the snow...
As it is a cold winter in lots of parts in the world, we decided to post some cold snowy pictures...
(via damncoolpics.blogspot.com)
1/24/10
Baby dik-dik born at the Chester Zoo
This tiny baby antelope was recently born at the Chester Zoo. She's only a few centimeres tall and is being hand-reared by keepers after cold weather apparently put paid to her mother's maternal instincts...
More pictures at Sky News.
1/23/10
Bear with yoyo tongue...
This Sun Bear is using his tongue as a yoyo.
His tongue is also perfectly designed for foraging for food, especially honey...
1/21/10
Animals with casts
Cute newly discovered site: animalswithcasts.com. Yes, we know, we know, poor animals...
But they just look so cute with their casts...!
1/20/10
1/19/10
A true Aussie love story...
The following story was send to us in a forward mail by Cyndi W.
A Story of Love, Compassion, Friendship & Loyalty
About eight years ago a wild Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo flew into a car and broke its wing. The motorist took it to the Vet in Nerang , Queensland , who had to amputate the wing.
We adopted her - for which we needed a National Parks and Wildlife permit -
and kept her in a cage outside where she was often visited by wild Cockatoos.
One of the things that impressed us was how she would push lettuce leaves through the bars of the cage, offering food to visitors.
Last Sunday 23 July 2006, she again had a visitor.
As usual he spent a lot of time sitting on the cage with a tamper proof latch.
There was a lot of talking and grooming.
A bloke has to look presentable when courting a bird!
Things got interesting when he approached the front door. . . ....
The clever fellow figured out how to undo the tamper proof latch!
He opened the door for a lot of mutual grooming and food sharing...
Oooh that's nice! Scratch a bit more on that side, dear...
He was not shy to get into the cage and would go in and out a number of times.
They mated! We are looking forward to beautiful baby cockatoos.
Will keep you posted.
Later on, the whole extended family came visiting
but the special mate was back every day so far.
We leave the door open during the day but if we forget, it doesn't matter -
cockatoos have intelligence that rival primates.
Because she has only one wing, she stays inside or just sits on top. Guess what happened next...
The Babies
At first it seemed as though he was annoyed because she did not fly off with him and he would squawk a lot. He soon came to understand that she could not fly so he just stayed. However, she was no longer returning to her cage. The two of them would stay in the trees in our garden and because the yard is well fenced, they were safe from dogs but the neighbor�s cat is not kept indoors at night and we often have to chase it away. Chances are the cat would come off second best in a confrontation with a Cockatoo but at night cats remain a danger because they could stalk a sleeping bird on the ground.
Cockatoos make their nests in hollow logs but we noticed the male hard at work
digging a hole under a clump of Lilly Pilly trees. We put down a hollow log for them but they just ignored us. The nest he dug was a hole with a short tunnel leading off to where she laid her eggs. Once there were eggs in the nest, the male became extremely aggressive. You better not get near the nest or he will take chunks of flesh from your foot. It was difficult to take these pictures because I literally had to steal them while running away from the male.
We kept a vigil to see how things were progressing.
They took turns incubating the eggs and covering the tunnel.
After about three weeks, the eggs hatched.
Have a careful look at this picture and try to spot the bit of yellow fluff.
Whenever Mum & Dad Cockatoo leave the nest, we try to get a look
but you have to do it while running because Dad Cockatoo is chasing you!
Second lap running around the Lilly Pilly trees!
Well l, I hope his mother thinks he is pretty and eventually I might think so too
but at the moment, both of them just look like pink balls with a bit of yellow fluff.
How's that for a true Aussie Love Story????
Definitely has the aaawwwww factor!
A Story of Love, Compassion, Friendship & Loyalty
About eight years ago a wild Australian Sulphur Crested Cockatoo flew into a car and broke its wing. The motorist took it to the Vet in Nerang , Queensland , who had to amputate the wing.
We adopted her - for which we needed a National Parks and Wildlife permit -
and kept her in a cage outside where she was often visited by wild Cockatoos.
One of the things that impressed us was how she would push lettuce leaves through the bars of the cage, offering food to visitors.
Last Sunday 23 July 2006, she again had a visitor.
As usual he spent a lot of time sitting on the cage with a tamper proof latch.
There was a lot of talking and grooming.
A bloke has to look presentable when courting a bird!
Things got interesting when he approached the front door. . . ....
The clever fellow figured out how to undo the tamper proof latch!
He opened the door for a lot of mutual grooming and food sharing...
Oooh that's nice! Scratch a bit more on that side, dear...
He was not shy to get into the cage and would go in and out a number of times.
They mated! We are looking forward to beautiful baby cockatoos.
Will keep you posted.
Later on, the whole extended family came visiting
but the special mate was back every day so far.
We leave the door open during the day but if we forget, it doesn't matter -
cockatoos have intelligence that rival primates.
Because she has only one wing, she stays inside or just sits on top. Guess what happened next...
The Babies
At first it seemed as though he was annoyed because she did not fly off with him and he would squawk a lot. He soon came to understand that she could not fly so he just stayed. However, she was no longer returning to her cage. The two of them would stay in the trees in our garden and because the yard is well fenced, they were safe from dogs but the neighbor�s cat is not kept indoors at night and we often have to chase it away. Chances are the cat would come off second best in a confrontation with a Cockatoo but at night cats remain a danger because they could stalk a sleeping bird on the ground.
Cockatoos make their nests in hollow logs but we noticed the male hard at work
digging a hole under a clump of Lilly Pilly trees. We put down a hollow log for them but they just ignored us. The nest he dug was a hole with a short tunnel leading off to where she laid her eggs. Once there were eggs in the nest, the male became extremely aggressive. You better not get near the nest or he will take chunks of flesh from your foot. It was difficult to take these pictures because I literally had to steal them while running away from the male.
We kept a vigil to see how things were progressing.
They took turns incubating the eggs and covering the tunnel.
After about three weeks, the eggs hatched.
Have a careful look at this picture and try to spot the bit of yellow fluff.
Whenever Mum & Dad Cockatoo leave the nest, we try to get a look
but you have to do it while running because Dad Cockatoo is chasing you!
Second lap running around the Lilly Pilly trees!
Well l, I hope his mother thinks he is pretty and eventually I might think so too
but at the moment, both of them just look like pink balls with a bit of yellow fluff.
How's that for a true Aussie Love Story????
Definitely has the aaawwwww factor!
1/18/10
Snow monkeys in a hot tub
Watch how these Japanese Snow Monkeys are enjoying the steaming hot spring baths and play in deep snow. It is filmed in the Jigokudani Monkey Park near Nagano.
The look of ultimate satisfaction...?
1/16/10
Dillie the pet deer...
A family in Canal Fulton, Ohio is raising a deer they nurtured back to health several years ago. It lives in the house and even has a private bedroom... Crazy?
1/13/10
Meet Lulu
Picture by Ross Parry Agency
Check out the article about mirco-chihuahua Lulu at the Mail Online. She is only four inches long...
1/11/10
National Zoo giant panda enjoys area's first snow
National Zoo giant panda enjoys area's first snow , originally uploaded by Smithsonian's National Zoo
Mei Xiang, an 10-year-old female giant panda rolls down the snow-covered hill at the National Zoo's Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat...
1/10/10
Cold stunned turtles warm up at SeaWorld
Pictures by SeaWorld Orlando
SeaWorld aquarist Jenny Albert covers up a “cold stunned” endangered green turtle to keep the animal warm at SeaWorld’s Rescue and Rehabilitation Center. The Arctic blast that has affected most of the country has forced more than two dozen green sea turtles to take shelter after being rescued January 6 from the Mosquito Lagoon by wildlife rangers. Aquarists are using heat lamps, blankets and warm fluids to nurse the reptilian refugees back to health. This influx of turtles gives the park’s Sea Turtle Rescue Program more than 1,000 turtles rescued since its inception in 1980.
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