Zookeeper Gabe's Animal Thread V7.0

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

I took a swan into the vet today. He lives on the golf course and got beat up by a dog (we think) over the weekend. There was blood on the ice by their swimmin area and he was just layin innthe hut by the heat lamp. Was weird thpugh cause he didnt have blood on him.

Is he tamed? Swans are usually very aggressive to humans.

 

[El Chimpo]

If i had a different schedule and worked 8 hr shifts, id go adopt a doge and a cat at the shelter

 

[3825 968]

Is he tamed? Swans are usually very aggressive to humans.

Thats the thing. His lady friend bolted into the water when we came ovwr and he just laid there. We picked him up and put em in the carrier with no fight at all.
Theyre clipped but not what id call tamed

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

Thats the thing. His lady friend bolted into the water when we came ovwr and he just laid there. We picked him up and put em in the carrier with no fight at all.
Theyre clipped but not what id call tamed

Is he fine now? I hope he thanked you in his own swanny way.

Do you work for the golf course?

 

[MikeMcMann]

This one's for his boy Steve.

He won't even be able to eat it as Croc's don't bite off pieces and chew food. They rip and tear using torque. Unless it can someway to secure that thing so it can then tear at it, its going to go uneaten. By him, anyway.

 

[3825 968]

Is he fine now? I hope he thanked you in his own swanny way.

Do you work for the golf course?

Yep i work on the grounds. Not sure how he is. Hes at the vet over night. Got his wounds clean an iv and antibiotics.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

He won't even be able to eat it as Croc's don't bite off pieces and chew food. They rip and tear using torque. Unless it can someway to secure that thing so it can then tear at it, its going to go uneaten. By him, anyway.

Nah, crocodilians often hold large chunks of meat and just thrash it until it falls apart. They can generate tons of torque just shaking back and forth, plus they sometimes cache food and wait for it to rot a little.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

@Zookeeper Gabe
Have you ever worked with crocodilians? Is their behavior similar to large lizards? The pets I've seen are extremely docile and they seem to know who their owners are. Not that I have any plans of getting one, nor think it's a good idea. But I am curious about their intelligence level.


this girl rescued an abused gator (hence its stunted size despite being an adult) and it is quite adorably cuddly. She does not advocate gators as pets btw.

 

[D Train]

Yo Gabe, you think the Giant Sloth is still around? I listened to a podcast where a biologist thinks maybe so.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

@Zookeeper Gabe
Have you ever worked with crocodilians? Is their behavior similar to large lizards? The pets I've seen are extremely docile and they seem to know who their owners are. Not that I have any plans of getting one, nor think it's a good idea. But I am curious about their intelligence level.


this girl rescued an abused gator (hence its stunted size despite being an adult) and it is quite adorably cuddly. She does not advocate gators as pets btw.

Yup, I’ve worked with multiple different sized American alligators and some batshit bonkers Chinese alligators. They can be trained, they certainly can recognize different people but I wouldn’t call them Mensa members.

@D Train i don’t think so, an animal of that size would most likely leave more trace. Even in an environment like the amazon.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

Yup, I’ve worked with multiple different sized American alligators and some batshit bonkers Chinese alligators. They can be trained, they certainly can recognize different people but I wouldn’t call them Mensa members.

@D Train i don’t think so, an animal of that size would most likely leave more trace. Even in an environment like the amazon.

how is gator behavior compared to a Komodo? To me, crocodilians always seem like they're in a trance so their reactions to everything feel so alien. Whereas monitor lizards move and interact in a more relatable (to me as a mammal) way.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

"no thanks, I'm good."

 

[jefferz]

A once thought extinct Formosan Clouded Leopard was spotted in Taiwan! It hasn't been spotted since 1983 and was declared extinct in 2013. Outside of native tribes, there has only been 1 other person who has seen one alive.
Picture is of a different subspecies, but still cool.

 

[dissectingaorticaneurysm]

A once thought extinct Formosan Clouded Leopard was spotted in Taiwan! It hasn't been spotted since 1983 and was declared extinct in 2013. Outside of native tribes, there has only been 1 other person who has seen one alive.
Picture is of a different subspecies, but still cool.

There are still native tribes in Taiwan? I thought it was completely urbanized.

 

[jefferz]

Captive Bred Clarion Angelfish for $5k

https://www.liveaquaria.com/divers-den/product/447650/bali-aquarich-captive-bred-clarion-angelfish

There are still native tribes in Taiwan? I thought it was completely urbanized.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/clouded-leopards-confirmed-extinct-taiwan/

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Love cloudeds, they are by far my favorite cat and this is great news. I saw it on my fb feed a couple of days ago and it made me smile.

 

[JBSchroeds]

I just learned about this goofy looking bastard. It's the Gaboon viper, and it looks like a damn overstuffed sausage:

But don't let Mr Chubbs here fool you, he's got the longest fangs and largest venom yield of any snake. Oh, and not everybody realizes it but snakes do have tails, and this is the clearest example I've ever seen of one.

 

[raty tat tat]

World's largest bee rediscovered


Never knew a Tarantula could do this

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

I just learned about this goofy looking bastard. It's the Gaboon viper, and it looks like a damn overstuffed sausage:

But don't let Mr Chubbs here fool you, he's got the longest fangs and largest venom yield of any snake. Oh, and not everybody realizes it but snakes do have tails, and this is the clearest example I've ever seen of one.

The whole Bitis genus is amazing, some really gorgeous snakes. One of my friends who does venom extraction has a few gabbys, you have to be careful while restraining them because they can bite through their lower jaw. Also, the one pictured above is obese

 

[JBSchroeds]

The whole Bitis genus is amazing, some really gorgeous snakes. One of my friends who does venom extraction has a few gabbys, you have to be careful while restraining them because they can bite through their lower jaw. Also, the one pictured above is obese

It is? I'm not at all versed in what they are supposed to look like. Every full-body picture I could find had them looking pretty chonky so I assumed that's just what they look like.

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