Nature & Animals Zookeeper Gabe’s Animal Thread Vol 10.0

[Aegon Spengler]

The sounds he makes when eating the fish is like a cartoon lol

I love it

 

[JBSchroeds]

Gotta be quicker than that!

 

[MacGregor]

 

[Bacco]

 

[Bacco]

 

[Bacco]

 

[Bacco]

 

[Bacco]

This is why it ever crack me up when people put elephants, rhino and hippos in same HW class, one is SHW lol

 

[jefferz]

 

[650lb Sumo]

During the siege of Leningrad in 1943, Belle the Hippo survived the war thanks to her caretaker, Yevdokia Dashina. When the city’s water supply was cut off in 1941 Belle’s pool dried up, causing her skin to crack. Every day Dashina hauled a nine-gallon barrel of water from the Neva River to bathe Belle and rubbed her with camphor oil. This dedication eventually healed Belle’s skin, allowing her to take refuge underwater during air raids.

 

[jefferz]

Found a guy that's breeding Altum angelfish, and it appears he's one of the first in the hobby. I haven't seen them for sale anywhere else. I'm surprised he's only charging $140 for F1's.
Altum's are notoriously fragile fish. They'll be fine all the way from collection, to the wholesalers, etc, even to the customer's house. They show no signs of stress, or disease, and they'll just die out of the blue. If they survive to 6 months from collection, they'll be fine, and don't drop dead mysteriously. A lot of the "good" stores will hang onto them for 6 months before they sell them.

I'm not even a fan of angelfish, but this one of the most beautiful tanks I've seen.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Found a guy that's breeding Altum angelfish, and it appears he's one of the first in the hobby. I haven't seen them for sale anywhere else. I'm surprised he's only charging $140 for F1's.
Altum's are notoriously fragile fish. They'll be fine all the way from collection, to the wholesalers, etc, even to the customer's house. They show no signs of stress, or disease, and they'll just die out of the blue. If they survive to 6 months from collection, they'll be fine, and don't drop dead mysteriously. A lot of the "good" stores will hang onto them for 6 months before they sell them.

I'm not even a fan of angelfish, but this one of the most beautiful tanks I've seen.

That looks immense.

 

[fungi]

 

[nonoob]

 

[DougieJones]

 

[650lb Sumo]

Rare butterfly spotted near Newcastle for first time since 1850

The Silver-washed Fritillary has been growing in numbers in County Durham and Teesside.

www.bbc.co.uk

A butterfly has been spotted on the edge of a county for the first time in nearly 200 years.

The Silver-washed Fritillary was recorded at Havannah and Three Hills Nature Reserve in Hazlerigg, near Newcastle's border with Northumberland, by local Chris Barlow in August.

The Natural History Society of Northumbria said the butterfly had not been seen in the county since 1850.

Stephen Kirtley, from charity Butterfly Conservation, said the species had become extinct in the North East in the 19th Century, but its numbers were growing again, especially in County Durham and Teesside.

Mr Kirtley said he hoped the Silver-washed Fritillary would grow its presence in south Northumberland and start spreading further north.

The Silver-washed Fritillary is more widespread in Wales and southern England.

Its last sightings in the North East were in the 1850s.

It was not spotted again until 2017, when it was recorded in Wynyard Country Park, near Stockton.

The species has since been seen near Durham City and Castle Eden, with about 14 sightings recorded this year so far, up from 10 in 2024.

[Quotation does not imply endorsement of the post-'74 county changes.]

 

[DougieJones]

 

[JBSchroeds]

Alright, I'm convinced little dude, I'll let you be

 

[DougieJones]

Alright, I'm convinced little dude, I'll let you be

mesmerizing

 

[Conrad Veidt]

Hey @Pittie Petey …that doggo looks like a baby eater…