The Desertas Wolf Spiders have bred - a captive first and a major achievement for the inverts team
Rare baby Desertas wolf spiders hatch at Bristol Zoo - BBC News
Rare baby Desertas wolf spiders hatch at Bristol Zoo - BBC News
Bristol Zoo (Closed) Bristol Zoo news 2017
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giant_anteater
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Excellent news. With this, and their work with the Lord Howe Island stick, the BZ invert team really are doing some great work.
Also the current studbook holders for the critically endangered Poecilotheria metallica, I believe. An amazing amount of invertebrate conservation work going on.
This is why I list Bristol as the best invert section in the UK in my opinion!
Another article about this rare breeding-archievement :
Bristol Zoo Gardens First to Breed Rare Spider
Have the pudu left now? Aren't there anymore of them around the zoo?
Yes unfortunately they have now left the collection and replaced with the Mara
That is just a shame, like why can't they keep them in with the Mara? What's wrong with having both of these species in the same zoo? Am I the only one who thinks it's ridiculous that every zoo in the UK has to have either Mara or Pudu and not both?
More Lygodactylus williamsi have hatched:
Critically endangered electric blue geckos hatch
Critically endangered electric blue geckos hatch
Johnny Morris.
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I visted early today and had my first experience of a luminated nocturnal house. I haven't seen it mentioned elswhere but i saw five baby Quolls. They were under the nesting box in the front right hand corner.
I do hope you got photographs - this will be a first UK breeding once they hit 30 days old.
you should try saying that to someone who has just had a baby. "Pfft, doesn't count until it's thirty days old".
Johnny Morris.
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I tried but only had my phone and couldn't get an angle on them against the glass. They were very active and were able to climb onto the mothers (i assume, because it was the only adult animal.) back
Johnny Morris.
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I don't know bugger all about them, but i'm assuming that being Marsupials and out of the pouch, they'd be older than 30 days. They were bigger than a mouse but smaller than a rat.
Funny thing is, there is evidence in the Old Testament that this *was* deemed to be the case by the Israelites - in the book of Numbers there is reference made to a census of all male members of the tribe of Levi, whereupon only those over the age of a month old were counted.
More like about 12-16 weeks I think.
maybe they just didn't know how to sex them yet...
Visited today and had a great first hour in the illuminated nocturnal house. The Cuscus were on fine form and a bit of patience paid off with the Quoll and Aye Aye. Half the reptile area is closed off for maintenance which was a bit disappointing but we did see the multitude of desertas wolf spiderlings (is that the correct term?) and the Lord Howe stick insect so that cheered me up!!
Also got a good view of the baby gorilla - she looks to be doing well.
The one big downer of the day though was the restaurant. We were going to give it a go - went in and were seated - but frankly the place was a bit tatty / dirty and the menu was uninspiring for the price. We ended up leaving without ordering anything and just grabbed a roll at the only other eatery. Not impressed.
Also got a good view of the baby gorilla - she looks to be doing well.
The one big downer of the day though was the restaurant. We were going to give it a go - went in and were seated - but frankly the place was a bit tatty / dirty and the menu was uninspiring for the price. We ended up leaving without ordering anything and just grabbed a roll at the only other eatery. Not impressed.
Another breeding first, Cuora mouhotii, keeled box turtles!
European first as keeled box turtles hatch
European first as keeled box turtles hatch