Zookeeper Gabe’s Animal Thread V8.0

[Estemachine]

@Zookeeper Gabe Can you please help me identify this animal? I recorded it today in Miami. Thank you very much in advance!

 

[squeezewax]

Wow, this looks amazing!

 

[fungi]

 

[fungi]

Has sound

 

[fungi]

 

[MikeMcMann]

oh ya

 

[JBSchroeds]

oh ya

Bobbit worms?

 

[TheNinja]

LOL - That's awesome!! Pet rats will sometimes do that as well. People mistake the nips and pulls as rats "biting" them or something but it's how animals like that pull each other towards areas they want them to be in. They don't have thumbs to grab you so they use their mouths to pull you towards them. It's amazing really!

 

[MikeMcMann]

Bobbit worms?

Sarlacc.

Spoiler

oh ya and Bobbit worms too.

 

[jefferz]

oh ya

Liveaquaria has a medusa for sale.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/divers-den/product/477835/orange-medusa-worm


Here's a video of a guy talking about how how much his corals are worth now vs what he paid


Here's a video that follows how fish go from being collected in the ocean to a hobbyists tank.

 

[MikeMcMann]

LOL - That's awesome!! Pet rats will sometimes do that as well. People mistake the nips and pulls as rats "biting" them or something but it's how animals like that pull each other towards areas they want them to be in. They don't have thumbs to grab you so they use their mouths to pull you towards them. It's amazing really!

I would been like...

 

[fungi]

LOL - That's awesome!! Pet rats will sometimes do that as well. People mistake the nips and pulls as rats "biting" them or something but it's how animals like that pull each other towards areas they want them to be in. They don't have thumbs to grab you so they use their mouths to pull you towards them. It's amazing really!

The ultimate trust to bring the owner to the newborns. Amazing.

 

[MikeMcMann]

The ultimate trust to bring the owner to the newborns. Amazing.

It's a recognition that the animal recognizes the human as its alpha in the hierarchy of the family and wants the human to acknowledge the birth and new 'family' or 'pack' members.

Liveaquaria has a medusa for sale.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/divers-den/product/477835/orange-medusa-worm


Here's a video of a guy talking about how how much his corals are worth now vs what he paid


Here's a video that follows how fish go from being collected in the ocean to a hobbyists tank.

'The 1.5M Bobbit worm went undetected...

.. but once caught it self divided into three parts (broke itself in 3)'







Obviously some type of survival technique hoping at least one part can escape and continue living like a lizard leaving its tail behind. I guess my only question would be would any one part be totally viable on its own as it seems or are they more akin to a lizard tail and just distractions?

 

[fungi]

It's a recognition that the animal recognizes the human as its alpha in the hierarchy of the family and wants the human to acknowledge the birth and new 'family' or 'pack' members.




'The 1.5M Bobbit worm went undetected...

.. but once caught it self divided into three parts (broke itself in 3)'







Obviously some type of survival technique hoping at least one part can escape and continue living like a lizard leaving its tail behind. I guess my only question would be would any one part be totally viable on its own as it seems or are they more akin to a lizard tail and just distractions?

I think it's beyond recognition/submission. Animals have a certain level of intelligence, imho, when we can separate recognition/submission and trust.

 

[jefferz]

It's a recognition that the animal recognizes the human as its alpha in the hierarchy of the family and wants the human to acknowledge the birth and new 'family' or 'pack' members.




'The 1.5M Bobbit worm went undetected...

.. but once caught it self divided into three parts (broke itself in 3)'







Obviously some type of survival technique hoping at least one part can escape and continue living like a lizard leaving its tail behind. I guess my only question would be would any one part be totally viable on its own as it seems or are they more akin to a lizard tail and just distractions?

They found one in Japan over 9 feet long.

iirc the tail part in that video died shortly after that video. I never seen anything else about what happened to the middle part.

 

[MikeMcMann]

They found one in Japan over 9 feet long.

iirc the tail part in that video died shortly after that video. I never seen anything else about what happened to the middle part.

Ya I am guessing its a self defense mechanism much like the lizards tail dropping off and yet still wiggling to attract any predator attention to it while the host escapes.

 

[fungi]

 

[Bacco]

 

[MikeMcMann]

haha love this escape artist. Amazing how much complex thought he shows often putting together numerous variables and steps to get to a solution.


You can't keep a good badger down bitches!

 

[Cpt Migraine]

That's trust..

"Hey man, come see my baby!!!"