#zoo borns

[possiblytracker]

courtesy of the enablers in my notes, here is my Flamingo Wisdom gained from the catch today

first of all, a flamingo separated from its flock (as it has to be when you are moving that beast around) is kind of like a horse, in that it will freak the fuck out if a leaf so much as moves in the corner of its eye, and it really really really wants to break its stupid twig legs by any means necessary. and you really cannot let them do this, because they will probably die, but they are stronger than they look and despite their insane 70+yrs captive lifespan they appear pretty fucking determined to spectacularly remove themselves from this mortal coil. if they cannot kill themselves, they will simply attempt to kill something else; if you do not personally clamp their beaks shut using your entire hand they will reach around with their long stupid tube necks and start swinging without hesitation. they bite, and will rip out hair and earrings and whatever else in reach they can get their fucked up beaks on. several of the flamingos were covered in visible blood stains of unknown origin before even picking them up, and half the day was spent wondering if one had been attacked and was doing all this bleeding, but as far as i know nobody ended up finding any which left way more questions than answers

to transport a flamingo is a two-person effort, because they are so long and so desperate to fuck up themselves or whoever is around them that you need at least two sets of hands to pull it off safely. one person holds the flamingo facing backwards tucked under one arm kind of like a set of bagpipes. with the other arm you have to hold both legs apart, because if they are allowed to lash out you get fun accidents like "vet tech pummeled in the balls with full force of both flamingo feet at once, advised to leave premises". you have to hold the legs facing downwards, otherwise the circulation gets cut off, as they are physically incapable of pumping their own blood down there without the effects of gravity. the resulting effect looks kind of like you are holding a guitar wrong, or slow-dancing in a really fucked up way. it is also objectively impossible to place your hands on the bird in a way that you will not get pissed on.

the second person has to stand just behind the first and supervises the head, holding its beak shut as shown and supporting the neck in a comfortable position. some flamingos do not Have a comfortable position and will just spend the entire time wriggling and trying to bite you, which you just kind of have to deal with. you also get direct eye contact with the beast at all times, which is. interesting and unnerving

the only people handling them solo were the vet in charge of weighing the animals, the guy sticking them into the back of a van, and my boss, who stood in the corral chasing groups of them into a smaller pen for catching. every time a pair came to collect their next bird he would open the door to the pen, head in alone, you'd briefly hear the most fucked up cartoon fistfight-esque noises from inside, and about thirty seconds later he would reappear with an entire flamingo tucked casually under one arm like a football and just hand it to you. most baffling part of the entire experience, i think

despite the turbulence however they did make it safely to their new home :)

#THIS IS NOT 100% ACCURATE SOME DETAILS ARE SLIGHTLY EMBELLISHED FOR FUNNY PURPOSES. IF ANYONE AT WORK SEES THIS DONT FIRE ME #i am only Barely exaggerating though like im not Lying #only learning the most vital skills for my resume at my work experience volunteering job. at the Duck Zoo. flamingo holder #most fucked up birds ive ever been up close to i am fascinated and appalled. #the first image is a rambunctious young man (born 2017) the second image is a senior citizen (caught as an adult bird in 1961) #LIKE. some of these birds have been here since the sixties when it was still legal for a guy to just Take Birds from places #isnt that insane. its insane to me #anyway that it thats the post #tw unsanitary #ask to tag

[boy-wonder-oncologist-fan]

Happy 54th birthday, Robert Sean Leonard!!!

Happiest of birthdays, sir! You don't have any idea of how much I appreciate your existence and how much I treasure your work (be it on the theatre, tv movies, tv shows, and films). I've talked extensively before of how characters like Neil, Wilson, Housman, Barry Kempler, Danny, and many others have resonated with me; and how your work has changed my life time and time again. In honor of your birthday, I proudly present:

Robert Sean Leonard on the stage

For the full HD version on YouTube: here

If you want to know more about RSL's stage career, @samnyangie has a very good guide here

PS1: I know he probably won't see this taking into consideration that the man doesn't use social media, and it's almost impossible that he would choose to look at the hellsite, but one can dream

PS2: I chose Elvis Costello's music because he said he liked it on an interview

Tagging my fellow RSL lovers: @greenparadiseperry @deelaundry @house-and-wilson-boyfriends @aedan-mills @giolovesyousm @gustingirl @midsummerperry @scarletblakeney @arthurianarchipelago

#robert sean leonard #theatre #the invention of love #candida #long days journey into night #arcadia #the iceman cometh #to kill a mockingbird #born yesterday #pigmalion #at home at the zoo #romeo and juliet #king lear #the music man #the glass menagerie #tom stoppard #george bernard shaw #william shakespeare #Broadway #elvis costello #rsl birthday

[buumbaby]

ed can be cute with animals... as a treat

#ofmd #edward teach born on a beach #cropping the parts i like #the full version is on twitter if you so desire #our flag means death #zookeeper au #ofmd modern au #ed with an armadillo #ed with a lizard #and the indiana jones hat #he works at a zoo #but a non controversial zoo #where he does not get cancelled #this is a safe space #our flag means fanart #ofmd fanart

[redux-iterum]

so what would tiger claw have done if he managed to escape?

Tigerclaw would've escaped deep into the town, farther than... the scope of certain influences. The cats in that area have only heard of the Clans in third or fourthhand experiences, so if he lived cautiously, he could forge a new identity among the strays and friendly kittypets.

Except they're not a Clan, so what good are they as friends?

...Scrappy, kindhearted kittypets do have a habit of worming their way into his heart, though.

#hed never tell anyone his name tho #theres no honor in giving oneself a name #and the kittypets and strays dont know what to make of him #some names strike a sour chord with him #namely those gifted by the kittypet born in the local zoo #one name suggestion would strike the audience in dramatic irony #lynx #editor #tigerclaw #burning hearts ask #queue

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

Via Born Free USA

Via Center for Great Apes

#mod e #images not described #video not described #orangutan #happy halloween #macaque #born free usa #center for great apes #cameron park zoo

[thatcharmingjerk]

I wonder what's up with Otus........

#otus (literally just a creature) is a bearded vulture born here in Finland at Korkeasaari zoo #they released otus to wild i #*in their natural habitat I don't remember which country #but yeah #i hope they probably she is doing well #my life

[the-steven-multiverse]

Something new!

Hello! I am trying something new out.

Chat fics are surprisingly easy to write and they deposit dopamine quite nicely.

Give me at least two Stevens to chatfic!

I will do another person's Steven, but I will need proof of permission that it's okay for me to write them! (I don't want to plagurise)

#PurpleHeart AU #Summer Fun Buddies AU #momswap au #Zoo-Born AU #Crack Baby Abandonment AU #Captain Steven AU #Diamond Authority 2.0 AU #steven universe au #su au

[mad-raptorzzz]

Mates. I just found a book that is functionally Jurassic Park but with dragons. As in the reference Jurassic Park. But the park has dragons instead. I’m only about 50 ish pages in. Trying to decide if these dragons truly are naturally occurring as the owners of the park state (claiming why’re related to Pterosaurs) or if there’s something more insidious at play.

it’s called The Great Zoo of China if anyone else is interested

#Cool book #Dragon book #the great zoo of china #Ok but like if this existed I would sell my left kidney to get there #Id give my first born child to an evil witch for gold and then use the gold to buy a ticket #I’d sneak in on board a plane and parachute out

[statisticalcats2]

I wonder what size the window of time was between Disney loosening up on acknowledging that the animal residents of Animal Kingdom have names and my first trip to WDW. How close was I to getting confronted by security because I greeted one of the gorillas by name? Because that's a thing that happened to someone else before the loosening up ferfreyguhid

#same gorilla even #i know disney can be weird but finding that out was SUPER weird #''how do you know his name??????'' #idk how to explain to you that this gorilla existed before he moved into your zoo #so like even if you actively kept ANY information about your gorillas off of publicly accessible sources #you'd only be able to possibly do that with gorillas born at your zoo #you might become a black hole for gorillas but there will be evidence of their existence from before they lived with you gferiuhwdij #(i knew this gorilla despite not having met him before because he used to live at my zoo #and some of his children and grandchildren are residents here) #disclaimer that this weird strict control of information is no longer the case #and the ak gorillas are very well cared for and have wonderful homes

[tearlessrain]

ngl I would love zoo tycoon 2-adjacent gameplay with planet zoo graphics/building freedom. I do like planet zoo a lot but it's very fast paced and you can't go down and actually care for the animals, there isn't really any negative space, you have to pause the game to build things or your animals will go through three generations of inbreeding and your zoo descends into chaos. I like orbit mode but never use it because I can't see notifications and there are always notifications.

like in a lot of ways it's the best zoo sim I've ever played I just wish it could like. calm down a little.

also in zoo tycoon when keeper yang couldn't reach the big cat poop I could just go clean it my damn self, if that happens in planet zoo I have to do like half an hour of trial and error with my infrastructure to figure out what's wrong with the pathing. it's just not as personal.

#I also miss zt2 style challenge games #where the challenges are actual events and stuff like a visiting celebrity or earthquake #instead of 'release two habitat animals into the wild' #at least give me a story with it idk #nb4 someone tells me about sandbox and all the settings I know about that #I don't want to turn the features OFF I just don't want half of them to go full chaos in the time it takes to build one simple enclosure #RIP Keeper Yang you were really bad at cleaning up big cat poop #half the time he was just on the other side of the zoo #I DO very much like work zones I owe them my life #so would keeper yang but alas he was born in the wrong console generation

[togekissies]

so, sad news, and good news.

coconut very suddenly became extremely ill and we had to put him down on monday. that was always going to be hard enough on me, but the worst part was i was in california visiting relatives, and the vet did not think he would make it until the next day, when i’d be able to go home. so i had to say goodbye to him over video call. i came home last night to a house without my cat. i know i made the right call because i cannot let my pets suffer, and he lived a long and happy life where i took the best care of him i could, but it still feels awful.

the good news: i got my official hiring docs emailed to me today, and they want me to report to orientation on the 30th! once i sign and return the e-docs (which i will do later since i feel like shit rn) i will be officially employed by a county government 🥳  and i will be getting a good paycheck so i can spoil the shit out of the future cats i’m already planning to adopt! (i hope to get two, a bonded pair of adults preferably, though i’ll take kittens from the same litter or even a single cat if i’m chosen. i just love cats. i am not picky. i would have a dozen cats if it were feasible)

#text please! #pet death // #coconut was 16 btw. i think he was born in late spring so he wasn't 17 yet #he had hyperthyroidism for... four or five years? #and i couldn't get him to gain weight even with medication stabilizing his thyroid levels #so honestly him making it to 16 is impressive. i was very careful to make sure he was not suffering #and up until recently he didn't even look like an old cat. that only started maybe 6 months ago #so i kind of already knew it would be this year... i just didn't think it would be this soon in the year. and when i was across the country. #besides my cat the trip was great tho. the san diego zoo is INCREDIBLE i highly recommend going #i bought my nephews gifts from there and am very excited to give them to them this weekend #...and yes. my icon is still coconut. it has been him for like... seven years? i don't think i could ever change it.

[karometeenk]

!

#the zoo just posted the announcement that the second okapi baby of the year was born last month #it's soooooo cute #both calves have pink tongues which is extremely rare #two unique pink tongued boys!

[brokensticks]

One of the giraffes at my local zoo had a baby and wook at his wittle cast 😭😭😭

#he was born with 'laxity in his tendon' so he has to have a little pegleg to strengthen his leg #zoo #zoos #zoology #giraffe #giraffes #baby animal #baby animals

[todayintokyo]

In 1982, quite by accident, a zookeeper at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Shizuoka Prefecture discovered that capybaras absolutely loved soaking in hot water, and the practice of providing them an onsen, or traditional Japanese hot spring, was born. Source Massimo; video @yu_haradakei.

#ばちん！ #capybara onsen

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

New weird horse just dropped, folks.

A spotless giraffe was recently born at Bright’s Zoo in Limestone, TN and was just announced in the media this morning. They’re starting a public naming contest for her, of course.

I’d love to know what type of mutation causes this lack of of pattern, but I don’t know if we have genetics on that for giraffes the way we do other species. As far as is known, she’s the first spotless giraffe ever documented!

#giraffes #baby giraffe #giraffe morph #spotless giraffe #zoo birth #zoo animal

[reasonsforhope]

"In one of Africa’s last great wildernesses, a remarkable thing has happened—the scimitar-horned oryx, once declared extinct in the wild, is now classified only as endangered.

It’s the first time the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the world’s largest conservation organization, has ever moved a species on its Red List from ‘Extinct in the Wild’ to ‘Endangered.’

The recovery was down to the conservation work of zoos around the world, but also from game breeders in the Texas hill country, who kept the oryx alive while the governments of Abu Dhabi and Chad worked together on a reintroduction program.

Chad... ranks second-lowest on the UN Development Index. Nevertheless, it is within this North African country that can be found the Ouadi Rimé-Ouadi Achim Faunal Reserve, a piece of protected desert and savannah the size of Scotland—around 30,000 square miles, or 10 times the size of Yellowstone.

At a workshop in Chad’s capital of N’Djamena, in 2012, Environment Abu Dhabi, the government of Chad, the Sahara Conservation Fund, and the Zoological Society of London, all secured the support of local landowners and nomadic herders for the reintroduction of the scimitar-horned oryx to the reserve.

Environment Abu Dhabi started the project, assembling captive animals from zoos and private collections the world over to ensure genetic diversity. In March 2016, the first 21 animals from this “world herd” were released over time into a fenced-off part of the reserve where they could acclimatize. Ranging over 30 miles, one female gave birth—the first oryx born into its once-native habitat in over three decades.

In late January 2017, 14 more animals were flown to the reserve in Chad from Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, the rewilded species was officially assessed by the IUCN’s Red List, and determined them to be just ‘Endangered,’ and not ‘Critically Endangered,’ with a population of between 140 and 160 individuals that was increasing, not decreasing.

It’s a tremendous achievement of international scientific and governmental collaboration and a sign that zoological efforts to breed endangered and even extinct animals in captivity can truly work if suitable habitat remains for them to return to."

-via Good News Network, December 13, 2023

#chad #abu dhabi #north africa #rewilding #endangered species #conservation #zoology #conservation biology #oryx #good news #hope #texas #big game #animals #endangered #environmentalism #environmental science #zoo #zoos #zoo animals