Incorrect 'facts' heard at zoos

[Brayden Delashmutt]

Gujarat state used to be home to lions, tigers, leopards, and cheetahs! The cheetahs became extinct in 1940 and tigers in the 1980s.The lions and tigers used to overlap considerably in distribution in Gujarat in the 1800s but hunting rapidly reduced the lions to a remnant population in Kathiawar. I can't actually find any valid references for tigers in Gir, and the article I'll link below specifically says tigers have never been recorded from Kathiawar.

This is a nice little article about Gujarat's tigers (it loads quite slowly for me though): https://roundglasssustain.com/wildvaults/tiger-gujarat

Oh I wasn't denying that they encountered eachother in Gujarat at times, but I was just saying they don't anymore lol

What is your source for the last tiger being seen in Gir "25 years ago"? Tigers became extinct in Gujarat state in the mid-80s (the date for the last animal is variably given as 1983 or 1985) - that's 40 years ago. The only tigers confirmed in the state since then are one straggler which entered from another state in 1992 and one in 2019, neither of which were anywhere close to Gir and both of which were killed or died soon afterwards.

Glimpse of What Lies Ahead? Tiger Makes a Comeback in Gujarat after More than 25 Years

Gir National Park | Gir Safari Booking | Gir Forest | GirLion

 

[Chlidonias]

Oh I wasn't denying that they encountered eachother in Gujarat at times, but I was just saying they don't anymore lol



Glimpse of What Lies Ahead? Tiger Makes a Comeback in Gujarat after More than 25 Years

Gir National Park | Gir Safari Booking | Gir Forest | GirLion

Both of those links are about the 2019 tiger which wandered into Gujarat. It was not in Gir - in fact both articles even include that the forest in which it was seen was 500km away from Gir.

 

[Brayden Delashmutt]

Both of those links are about the 2019 tiger which wandered into Gujarat. It was not in Gir - in fact both articles even include that the forest in which it was seen was 500km away from Gir.

Oh, then when was the last gir sighting?

 

[Chlidonias]

Oh, then when was the last gir sighting?

As I said in my previous post: "I can't actually find any valid references for tigers in Gir, and the article I'll link below specifically says tigers have never been recorded from Kathiawar."

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Oh, then when was the last gir sighting?

He already told you that the species has never been recorded in Gir:

. I can't actually find any valid references for tigers in Gir, and the article I'll link below specifically says tigers have never been recorded from Kathiawar.

So.... there wasn't one

 

[Brayden Delashmutt]

He already told you that the species has never been recorded in Gir:



So.... there wasn't one

Alright, thanks. Now we're on the same page

 

[Bunnyrich]

The facility I work at has some Black Breasted Leaf Turtles on habitat but the sign says Chinese Tree Dragon.

To be fair, we did just recently add the Turtles to the habitat replacing the other reptile. The sign however does not yet reflect the change

 

[bongorob]

I know of a head of education at a zoo who insisted that axolotls were fish because they were housed in the aquarium.

 

[Brayden Delashmutt]

I know of a head of education at a zoo who insisted that axolotls were fish because they were housed in the aquarium.

I mean technically all vertebrates are fish…

 

[Birdsage]

I mean technically all vertebrates are fish…

Of course, by the phylogenetic metric, axolotls still wouldn’t be any more “fishy” than virtually all terrestrial zoo animals (except for any of the inhabitants of an insect house).

By the way, this video now comes to mind: