I suspect many of us wish you could take it all in
that was one of my favourite parts of Tierpark Berlin, and a significantly better reptile house than the vast majority in the UK!Welt der Gifte Greifswald (Closed) Welt der Gifte Greifswald - News and Discussion (2017-2019)
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I suspect many of us wish you could take it all in
that was one of my favourite parts of Tierpark Berlin, and a significantly better reptile house than the vast majority in the UK!
@zoomaniac Two out of five. ^^
Hi Batto. good luck with the new venture. I saw a TV show recently where a Gaboon Viper, being held for fang measurement by a very experienced snake expert, bit through the lower part of its own mouth and the fang stabbed the guy on the hand. He dropped the snake in fright, but luckily it was a dry bite and he soon recovered his composure and carried on. Have you come across or heard of this type of thing.
@dublinlion: yeah, that can happen with big Bitis sp. or Coastal taipan specimens with long fangs.
Updates:
- Both the Kulturnacht and the Halloween Special Tours went really well and were outbooked. For pictures of the events, please take a look at the Facebook page.
- The first Venomous snakes handling course took place on the 22nd of October; the four proud participants did very well and survived without a scratch.
- The BBC Outlook interview on WdG is online. Contact me if you're interested in the link. My apologies for making a few spelling mistakes; I was really excited to present my project on the radio.
- For the collectors of animal figurines among you: I've added a nice array of such for sale to the "Gift Shop", including, among others, Gila monsters, scorpions and stonefish. Oh my! ^^
- Slowly but surely, I'm climbing up the ranks for local sights at Tripadvisor, thanks to great reviews. So far, I've made it from 21st to 8th. Beating the ruins of the Eldena Abbey is one of my goals for 2018.
16x 5* ratings at Facebook - not too shabby. ^^
- I'm trying to obtain some really nasty new poisonous plant seeds for my exhibition. If any of you has access to seeds of Hippomane mancinella, Dendrocnide moroides and Metopium toxiferum - I'm most interested!
Last but not least:
- I'm expecting an adult male Cape cobra (Naja nivea) and two juvenile White-lipped pit vipers (Trimeresurus albolabris) from Tierpark Berlin's defunct Snake Farm this Saturday. Let's cross our fingers that everything goes well.
Too bad Nikola Chavkosk is no longer among us - he would have probably contacted Berlin for more snakes. ^^
- Both the Kulturnacht and the Halloween Special Tours went really well and were outbooked. For pictures of the events, please take a look at the Facebook page.
- The first Venomous snakes handling course took place on the 22nd of October; the four proud participants did very well and survived without a scratch.
- The BBC Outlook interview on WdG is online. Contact me if you're interested in the link. My apologies for making a few spelling mistakes; I was really excited to present my project on the radio.
- For the collectors of animal figurines among you: I've added a nice array of such for sale to the "Gift Shop", including, among others, Gila monsters, scorpions and stonefish. Oh my! ^^
- Slowly but surely, I'm climbing up the ranks for local sights at Tripadvisor, thanks to great reviews. So far, I've made it from 21st to 8th. Beating the ruins of the Eldena Abbey is one of my goals for 2018.
16x 5* ratings at Facebook - not too shabby. ^^- I'm trying to obtain some really nasty new poisonous plant seeds for my exhibition. If any of you has access to seeds of Hippomane mancinella, Dendrocnide moroides and Metopium toxiferum - I'm most interested!
Last but not least:
- I'm expecting an adult male Cape cobra (Naja nivea) and two juvenile White-lipped pit vipers (Trimeresurus albolabris) from Tierpark Berlin's defunct Snake Farm this Saturday. Let's cross our fingers that everything goes well.
Too bad Nikola Chavkosk is no longer among us - he would have probably contacted Berlin for more snakes. ^^
Glad to here everything’s going so well Batto! Venomous snake handling? Could you explain how this works? Is it a class people take on how to mange venomous snakes? Is it just an up close touch and feel experience with the general public?Updates:
- Both the Kulturnacht and the Halloween Special Tours went really well and were outbooked. For pictures of the events, please take a look at the Facebook page.
- The first Venomous snakes handling course took place on the 22nd of October; the four proud participants did very well and survived without a scratch.
- The BBC Outlook interview on WdG is online. Contact me if you're interested in the link. My apologies for making a few spelling mistakes; I was really excited to present my project on the radio.
- For the collectors of animal figurines among you: I've added a nice array of such for sale to the "Gift Shop", including, among others, Gila monsters, scorpions and stonefish. Oh my! ^^
- Slowly but surely, I'm climbing up the ranks for local sights at Tripadvisor, thanks to great reviews. So far, I've made it from 21st to 8th. Beating the ruins of the Eldena Abbey is one of my goals for 2018.
- I'm trying to obtain some really nasty new poisonous plant seeds for my exhibition. If any of you has access to seeds of Hippomane mancinella, Dendrocnide moroides and Metopium toxiferum - I'm most interested!
Last but not least:
- I'm expecting an adult male Cape cobra (Naja nivea) and two juvenile White-lipped pit vipers (Trimeresurus albolabris) from Tierpark Berlin's defunct Snake Farm this Saturday. Let's cross our fingers that everything goes well.
Too bad Nikola Chavkosk is no longer among us - he would have probably contacted Berlin for more snakes. ^^
Quite rightly so. It's a one day course for people interested in the husbandry of venomous critters, with snakes as the main focus. Usually, this involves theoretical presentations as well as some practical exercises.
Sounds intriguing, something I may have to try out. Could you perhaps upload more photos of the facility? I want to get a bit more of an idea on how the place is structured.
Sorry, but no. As previously mentioned, I'm only uploading random animal shots for various reasons. The best and most rewarding way to get an idea of the structure is by visiting me, just as Giant Panda did. ^^
Zygodactyl
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I'm surprised that nobody has commented on the fact that the German word for "poison" is "Gifte." It seems like there's so many pun opportunities there. For example: it means "Greeks bearing giftes" isn't just a typo.
This article is great. Zoos never explaining the taxonomic or ecological relationships between animals and plants in their exhibits (beyond maybe "this animal eats that animal" or "this bird nests in that tree") is one of my pet peeves, but since nobody does what I'd like to see them do, I figured it was something I was unjustified in complaining about. I will no longer feel inhibited in my kvetching. Just because zoos don't do it doesn't mean that's an acceptable state of affairs.
Is the vampire bat "poison" the anticoagulant they use? And if so, have you considered using mosquitos or horse flies for the same purpose.
This article is great. Zoos never explaining the taxonomic or ecological relationships between animals and plants in their exhibits (beyond maybe "this animal eats that animal" or "this bird nests in that tree") is one of my pet peeves, but since nobody does what I'd like to see them do, I figured it was something I was unjustified in complaining about. I will no longer feel inhibited in my kvetching. Just because zoos don't do it doesn't mean that's an acceptable state of affairs.
I can see but you're a bit frustrated with people asking about species you might add, but I'm obsessed with convergent evolution so I still have to ask: do you think you'll be adding mantellas?
I thought the point of the Fantasy Zoo sections was that it's a fantasy. That's why we have zoos with kakapos and velociraptors.
So the skunk's eye-and-nose-irritating spray counts as a poison? It makes sense, but I never considered it from that angle before.
Is the vampire bat "poison" the anticoagulant they use? And if so, have you considered using mosquitos or horse flies for the same purpose.
They have, and in any case the word is right there in the name as well so it seems kind of an obvious thing to point out. Batto even mentioned a pun directly in regards to his gift shop.
Zygodactyl
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Huh, I guess I missed it. What was Batto's pun?
Gifte Shop
Actually, it's just "Gift Shop". ^^
Gift [singular] = poison (but also venoms, toxins etc.)
Gifte = plural
Thanks for the mantella suggestion, but I'm fine with the poison dart frogs.
You mean Draculin? I have a better plan when it comes to showcasing vampire bats: I'll try to get a vampire bat skull from a zoological museum, have it scanned in a 3D printer to make myself an enlarged copy of it (let's say 8-10 times bigger). Vampire Bat Skull, 8:1 Scale - Bone Clones, Inc. - Osteological Reproductions
That should impress most visitors. ^^
The husbandry of mosquitos and horseflies is quite cost- and time-intensive while of little interest for most visitors.
Gift [singular] = poison (but also venoms, toxins etc.)
Gifte = plural
You mean Draculin? I have a better plan when it comes to showcasing vampire bats: I'll try to get a vampire bat skull from a zoological museum, have it scanned in a 3D printer to make myself an enlarged copy of it (let's say 8-10 times bigger). Vampire Bat Skull, 8:1 Scale - Bone Clones, Inc. - Osteological Reproductions
That should impress most visitors. ^^
The husbandry of mosquitos and horseflies is quite cost- and time-intensive while of little interest for most visitors.
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Zygodactyl
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I would never have imagined the first part of that statement.
Opening WdG and offering additional tours during Christmas and the following days till today was a great idea. Not a single day went by without at least one booked tour; sometimes, I did three and more tours / day. The current rainy local weather came in handy, too. Customer feedback has been very positive.
Now I'm a bit tired, but that's Ok; never liked celebrating New Year's Eve anyway. I just hope that no stray rocket is going to burn down the building.
Happy New Year, dear readers.
Now I'm a bit tired, but that's Ok; never liked celebrating New Year's Eve anyway. I just hope that no stray rocket is going to burn down the building.
Happy New Year, dear readers.
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