Zookeeper Gabe’s Animal Thread Vol 9.0

[Sivo The Ram]

got to work with a 3foot long savannah monitor at work. was very friendly. its body felt like a deflated football lol

 

[Sivo The Ram]

No Cane Corso?

here's my corso. He's a big lug. and yes he loves to protect

 

[Monkadelic]

It's called a "war dance". I saw an Attenbourough narrated clip of it a while back but couldn't find it, so here's a NatGeo version with terrrrrrrrrible music.


EDIT: this is the Attenbourough clip I was thinking of. I misremembered and it's not the war dance.

Thank you! I've described this to people on the past but could never find a clip online to back me up. Wondered if I'd just dreamt it.

I'm sure that NatGeo clip isn't the one I saw though. I do love my American brothers and sisters but holy smokes, your wildlife/natural history docs/shows are awful.

 

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Grisly injuries of man mutilated and killed by pet hippo he swam with and rode like horse - Daily Star

Farmer Marius Els insisted he 'trusted with his heart' that his beloved pet hippo Humphrey would not harm anybody.

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His ripped and mutilated body was discovered floating in a blood-soaked river on his land in South Africa after Humphrey launched a devastating attack, biting his 'master' several times with his huge teeth.

The gruesome scenes came after Marius, 40, had repeatedly boasted about brushing the 1.2 tonne beast's gnashers, swimming with him and riding him like a horse in the water.

Marius, a married former Army Major, had told pals the six-year-old hippo was "like a son" to him and the animal would even come running when he was called for.

He had raised the animal from the age of five-months-old after he was rescued from a flood.

"Humphrey's like a son to me, he's just like a human," he said. "There's a relationship between me and Humphrey and that's what some people don't understand.

"They think you can only have a relationship with dogs, cats and domestic animals. But I have a relationship with the most dangerous animal in Africa."

In fact, hippos are the deadliest land mammal on planet Earth.

Often seen as cute and mistaken for slow, docile animals, they are actually deceptively quick and very aggressive.

They possess incredibly sharp teeth and are thought to kill around 500 people every year - more than lions, elephants, leopards, rhinos and buffalos combined.

Rough way to go but it's really hard to feel sorry for him. I hope they don't euthanize the hippo.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Umm no, I mean 99.999999% of the time and there have been a few people that had somewhat tame hippos. But in reality, no.

@MeatWagon06 I know exactly what video that is just from the screenshot lol.
As far as weasels go, some can be really cute and friendly like that but most don’t make good pets at all.

CHEK DIS HOMEY

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

CHEK DIS HOMEY

Lol. Not the norm at all

 

[Cpt Migraine]

Well now i love white nosed caotis.. at the 3min mark i was absolutely sure i was watching reversed sauropods..

 

[hohner]

I saw this snake today.

That's the end of my story.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

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I saw this snake today.

That's the end of my story.

Beautiful rat snake, thanks for sharing. They are pretty rare here up north

 

[hohner]

Beautiful rat snake, thanks for sharing. They are pretty rare here up north

There was a huge one that lived in my yard for a few years, but I never got a decent picture of it. This one was urban.

 

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[Bacco]

 

[Deleted member 577981]

great white sharks swimming near people.

 

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[raty tat tat]

 

[fungi]

Has sound:


Swipe fo' mo info.

 

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