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Zookeeper Gabe's Animal Thread V6.0

The Toronto Zoo just had 4 white lion cubs that are finally ready for public viewing. They're pretty awesome

And the zoo has also been experiencing a bit of a baby boom with a baby polar bear recently, and panda's as well

Video is pretty cool, showing the staff caring for the baby polar bear



And the white lions playing with their mom for the public today

 
So I saw something cool on Facebook today and wanted to ask about the validity of it. Below is the picture and the caption.

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A wolf pack: the first 3 are the old or sick, they give the pace to the entire pack. If it was the other way round, they would be left behind, losing contact with the pack. In case of an ambush they would be sacrificed. Then come 5 strong ones, the front line. In the center are the rest of the pack members, then the 5 strongest following. Last is alone, the alpha. He controls everything from the rear. In that position he can see everything, decide the direction. He sees all of the pack. The pack moves according to the elders pace and help each other, watch each other.
 
Anyone been watching BBC's 'The Hunt'? Typically rad, yet again.

I'm not a particularly patriotic fella, but I do feel proud (for want of a better word) when I think of the BBC Natural History department :D
 
I also saw the bear attack scene from The Revenant this week. Made me realise I clearly have an issue with bears. I think I held my breath for the entire scene.

I love them, but they're frightening.
 
Te Huna Matata said:
So I saw something cool on Facebook today and wanted to ask about the validity of it. Below is the picture and the caption.

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A wolf pack: the first 3 are the old or sick, they give the pace to the entire pack. If it was the other way round, they would be left behind, losing contact with the pack. In case of an ambush they would be sacrificed. Then come 5 strong ones, the front line. In the center are the rest of the pack members, then the 5 strongest following. Last is alone, the alpha. He controls everything from the rear. In that position he can see everything, decide the direction. He sees all of the pack. The pack moves according to the elders pace and help each other, watch each other.
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I'd think the alpha leads the way.

I don't see how you can control the direction from the rear. Howl a certain way when you want the ones in front to turn right or something?
 
This ape is baller status. Notice the manly stance, the knot tying ability, the readjustment.

 
Gabe, send me your paypal info, I want one of those polar bear cubs to keep my tree roo company.
 
Lol argon that is a terrible
Photoshop.

Anung-we don't have polar bears so I'll have to pull a lot of strings. So it will cost like $10
 
Hey Gabe, what did you think of those videos I posted of all the newborns at the Toronto Zoo. Damn adorable, do you get attached to the animals? Must be hard when they get sick and frail.

The vet in the first video has a nice accent, I could listen to her talk all day
 
EvilDDS said:
Hey Gabe, what did you think of those videos I posted of all the newborns at the Toronto Zoo. Damn adorable, do you get attached to the animals? Must be hard when they get sick and frail.

The vet in the first video has a nice accent, I could listen to her talk all day
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Yeah it's really hard not to get to attached. I learned my lesson when I worked at a big cat sanctuary in TX and got really close with a Clouded Leopard. When I got laid off and then moved it was really difficult and he died about 6 months after I left and it was brutal. After that I have worked with animals I like a lot and some I have bonded with but never that close again. It's not just sickness, animals can move to another part of the zoo, they can get moved to another zoo etc and you don't work with them again. So it's good I bond with them but I always stay a little guarded.
 
Tish and Fipsy said:
Anyone been watching BBC's 'The Hunt'? Typically rad, yet again.

I'm not a particularly patriotic fella, but I do feel proud (for want of a better word) when I think of the BBC Natural History department :D
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How do you feel about Britain having very little, if any at all, real natural environments?
 
MadSquabbles500 said:
How do you feel about Britain having very little, if any at all, real natural environments?
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I'm not convinced you know what you're talking about, but I know what you mean. I'd certainly prefer that the hospital I work in was based in Yellowstone or somewhere in the Taiga, it's true.
 
$10, huh.... Well it's is a polar bear cub, so okay.
 
Little known animal fact for the day. Opossums practice jazz hands in their sleep.
 
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