Zookeeper Gabe’s Animal Thread Vol 9.0


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Local news said this was just found in italy few days ago, they called it "pesce porco" (fish pig), is not a new species but first time i seem it
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Is that a stoat?
I believe it is a Least Weasel, but I'm no weasel expert.

EDIT: looked on wikipedia and it looks like stoats are bigger, have compartively longer tails, and have black tips of their tails in comparison to the least weasel. Given the small size, short tail, and lack of black on the tail (as far as I could see, dude doesn't sit in one place for long) I think I'm correct in my identification.
 
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I believe it is a Least Weasel, but I'm no weasel expert.

EDIT: looked on wikipedia and it looks like stoats are bigger, have compartively longer tails, and have black tips of their tails in comparison to the least weasel. Given the small size, short tail, and lack of black on the tail (as far as I could see, dude doesn't sit in one place for long) I think I'm correct in my identification.
I always loved that name: Least Weasel
"Hello. I am weasel!"
"No. No, that similar but larger animal is 'weasel.' You're... something else."
"I can't be 'weasel' and he can be 'giant weasel?'"
*blank stare*
"Fine. I am lesser weasel."
"Yeah... about that... We're gonna hafta go ahead and call you 'least weasel.' In case we find a weasel in between you guys."
"What if you find one smaller than me?"
*condescending chuckle* "Oh you..."
 
The big dog @the ambush said I should say hello. This is Pimpik.

She likes blankets, walks and sleep:



Davette is her friend
 


I love this. Though I'm sure it's all fun and games until the li'l bastid is bigger than your fore finger.

I'm sure I saw a clip in a British nature doc years back of a weasel or stoat 'hypnotising' a rabbit, but I've never been able to find it since so may well have just imagined it. The weasel just flipped about like it does in the above clip, gradually getting closer and closer while the rabbit just sat there. Eventually the weasel was closer enough to strike.
 
I love this. Though I'm sure it's all fun and games until the li'l bastid is bigger than your fore finger.

I'm sure I saw a clip in a British nature doc years back of a weasel or stoat 'hypnotising' a rabbit, but I've never been able to find it since so may well have just imagined it. The weasel just flipped about like it does in the above clip, gradually getting closer and closer while the rabbit just sat there. Eventually the weasel was closer enough to strike.
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.
 
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Can humans be friends with hippos @Zookeeper Gabe
Grisly injuries of man mutilated and killed by pet hippo he swam with and rode like horse - Daily Star

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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.

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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.
 
Can humans be friends with hippos @Zookeeper Gabe
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.
 
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