Zookeeper Gabe's Animal Thread V6.0

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Wow, that would be nerve-wracking indeed. Such beautiful animals, yet potentially so deadly

They really are. They have a habit of hanging back and watching you and waiting for you to fuck up. One of my defining macho-keeper moments was with a jag. A super hot female keeper had been hosing and the jag ended up getting the hose. We needed to get it back and due to being in a tight space only one person could grab the hose (cat wasn't dropping it). I dragged that fucker across his two stalls until we were both right up against the mesh. I was wicked pumped afterwards.

 

[thoughtsone]

jesus christ

That shark gotta be preggers, right? RIGHT?

 

[seatea]

This cat is quite young, yes?

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Yup, 8 months ish. As a leopard, they will probably stop interacting with it a little over a year. That's when they get nasty. Once in a while you get a good leopard. But most are way to rough for people.

 

[Sivo The Ram]

leopards are badass. i think my favorite animal might actually be the clouded leopard. such a cool look to them. a shame that so little remain. one day id really like to help them and the gray wolf population

 

[fightingrabbit]

This cat is quite young, yes?

Who cares about the cat, whos the chick.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

leopards are badass. i think my favorite animal might actually be the clouded leopard. such a cool look to them. a shame that so little remain. one day id really like to help them and the gray wolf population

Clouded Leopards are by far my favorite animal. They aren't actually closely related to the regular leopards. Pretty much only by name.

 

[Sivo The Ram]

Clouded Leopards are by far my favorite animal. They aren't actually closely related to the regular leopards. Pretty much only by name.

another clouded leopard fan?...*virtual high five!*

 

[Graves The Elder]

cool gif.
big happy kitty.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

another clouded leopard fan?...*virtual high five!*

This was Goliath. Favorite animal I ever worked with.

 

[sleepwalk]

Spoiler

This was Goliath. Favorite animal I ever worked with.

Who's a buddy? Huh? Who wants a treat? Huh? Huh? Who's gonna be a good boy and sit for a treat? Good buoy! God buooyy!

 

[Sivo The Ram]

@ gabe, very cool dude. always thought they had the coolest mask and coat pattern. would love to get to work with them. did your zoo try to breed them? unfortunate how the male will sometimes try to kill the female.

another cat i really like is the ocelot and jaguarundi (its like a mongoose mixed with a wild cat lol)

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Holy shit. African Rock python eats 30lb porcupine and both die.
Gnarly pictures
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-an...n-found-dead-after-swallowing-plump-porcupine

 

[MusterX]

Holy shit. African Rock python eats 30lb porcupine and both die.
Gnarly pictures
http://www.iflscience.com/plants-an...n-found-dead-after-swallowing-plump-porcupine

Reptiles must be stupid, even lions know what's up with porcupine's.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

@Sivo-I worked with a Goliath at a big cat sanctuary in Tx. The males are super prone to killing mates but they have figured out if they pair the animals very young. It almost eliminates aggression totally.

@Muster- it seems like the snake found the porcupine deceased and went for an easy meal.

 

[Serana]

Gabe, which would win in a fight, a pack of timber wolves or hyenas?

 

[Stranger Come Knocking]

@Mooshy- sounds like the bird is fighting his reflection. Probably thinks it's a rival male and he's trying to scare it off. Pretty common this time of year.

Awesome about working on the organic farm. Hell, it could be Ask an Organic Farmer Anything type of a thread.

@Slick-an Australian zoologist sounds dreamy. And orangs are cool but really the only great apes I enjoy.

I'm off the dubbs and making my thread soon. Thanks for the good words Gabe my friend. I've never started a thread before. I think it'll have the potential to be good. Not just about farming but also how I fucked up in the meantime and got a DUI. So now its just me my bike and the windy country road to the farm from my house. I think it has potential.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Gabe, which would win in a fight, a pack of timber wolves or hyenas?

Hyenas. They battle leopards and lions on the regular. Wolves are no joke but they can't hang for the most
Part with hyenas.

 

[squeezewax]

i think hyena are very overrated. i actually really like them and watch anything that shows them on the tv. but i think people get carried away by their jaw strength.
what i've seen over and over again, is in a confrontation a hyena drops to its back in submission. they don't seem to stand upright and fight. mind you wolves do the whole submission laying on the back thing too don't they?

my all-time favourite animal documentary would be the three episodes of this. i'd really not seen anything like it before.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozQnDPdSqBg

then theres that one about a guy and his fully grown crocodile mate. he actually swam with the thing each night. that seems even more amazing than the lions interacting with a person.

 

[mrsenor]

Hyenas. They battle leopards and lions on the regular. Wolves are no joke but they can't hang for the most
Part with hyenas.

i think a mountain lion would fare better against hyena

a jaguar might kill a hyena