Zookeeper Gabe’s Animal Thread Vol 9.0

[jefferz]

How did they determine the age of the tooth?

Just like fossils found on land, it's based on the sediment around the tooth.

 

[Thai Domi]

Just like fossils found on land, it's based on the sediment around the tooth.

So how did they determine the age of the sediment?

 

[JBSchroeds]

So how did they determine the age of the sediment?

It's generally done via Radiometric dating combined with Stratigraphy. A fossil can be directly dated radiometrically, but it's usually not necessary as long as its host stratographic layer is already identified.

 

[Loiosh]

 

[Loiosh]

 

[JBSchroeds]

And the Oscar goes to...

 

[Bacco]

cool vid, some clips i never seen

 

[JBSchroeds]

Great pic of the Green Heron. Go-go-gadget neck!

 

[jmag]

Gabriel Foundation adopted some birds we had.

 

[hohner]

This anhinga tried to get me to fight it with the classic "come at me, bro" pose, but since it was a lady I had to swallow my pride and walk away.

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[JBSchroeds]

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This anhinga tried to get me to fight it with the classic "come at me, bro" pose, but since it was a lady I had to swallow my pride and walk away.

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I'd walk away too, it's got that look in its eye.

 

[sverre054]

Saw a wild Snowy owl today, here in Washington. Saw a weird-looking white blob on a log, down on the beach here on Puget Sound, and it was a Young Snowy owl. I have actually seen them twice before many years apart. They occasionally winter here. I tried to take a pic, but it was too far away to get a decent pic, and I didn't want to disturb it. Pretty cool.

 

[Mark McMichael]

 

[Thai Domi]

Pic I took of a cottonmouth today at Cypress Gardens

 

[Anung Un Rama]

 

[jefferz]

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

@hohner don’t be dramatic, it’s just drying off. But they are good at going for the eyes

 

[hohner]

@hohner don’t be dramatic, it’s just drying off. But they are good at going for the eyes

Trust me. I've got a couple that live in my back yard. This bitch was aching for a fight.

 

[jefferz]

@Zookeeper Gabe have you seen any feedback on the VivTech UV LED bulbs?

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

@Zookeeper Gabe have you seen any feedback on the VivTech UV LED bulbs?

So far the technology isn’t quite there when it comes to UvB and LeDs, all of the testing I’ve seen is all over the place. Some of them lost all uvb within days and others degraded writhing a few months. It it’s getting closer though, zoomeds product is significantly better and I’m still not sure if I would use it.