Introduction of Moos

Moos

Moos

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Hi there,
I had to be reminded to introduce myself, because I didn't when I joined months ago. My mistake. Forgot all about it, and I did not even had time to check out ZooChat once in a while, due to some other business I had to attend to. Hope I will be able to contribute to the forum and the gallery from now on. I visit zoos on a regular basis, and put reviews of what I see on my website (my hobby). I have been travelling for the job in Europe, but also outside Europe, which gave me the opportunity to visit a variety of zoos in several places on different continents. Nice job isn't it.
Just recently I visited Duisburg Zoo, and I will post some pictures soon.

Carnivores have my special attention, and wild felids conservation, such as tigers and clouded leopards in particular.

Cheers
Moos
 
Welcome, Moos.
Is your website in English? And if so, would you share the link with us?
 
Stefka said:
Welcome, Moos.
Is your website in English? And if so, would you share the link with us?
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Thanks,
My website is in English, indeed (I hope with enough mistakes, so you recognise I am not a native speaker ;)), and if you are interested you may follow this link
 
Welcome aboard Moos; at least officially to ZooChat. Looking forward to your future posts and photo uploads. You seem to have much to share with us in the future.
 
Moos said:
Thanks,
My website is in English, indeed (I hope with enough mistakes, so you recognise I am not a native speaker ;)), and if you are interested you may follow this link
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Thanks for the link, I like it very much, especially the design of your website and the part about evolution. Good job!
 
Stefka said:
Thanks for the link, I like it very much, especially the design of your website and the part about evolution. Good job!
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Well, thank you. It is always good to hear that your efforts are appreciated. Much to my surprise you say you like the evolution issues. I know others regard this as redundant. Personally, I thought right from the start that I should try to create linkage between zoos, conservation and biodiversity via evolutionary issues. It's hard though to address this the right way. Yesterday I added EDGE animals to the part about evolution. This will help I think. EDGE stands for Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered. Greate website of ZSL (EDGE)
 
Moos said:
Well, thank you. It is always good to hear that your efforts are appreciated. Much to my surprise you say you like the evolution issues. I know others regard this as redundant. Personally, I thought right from the start that I should try to create linkage between zoos, conservation and biodiversity via evolutionary issues. It's hard though to address this the right way. Yesterday I added EDGE animals to the part about evolution. This will help I think. EDGE stands for Evolutionarily Distinct & Globally Endangered. Greate website of ZSL (EDGE)
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Who regards this as redundant? Did you get some unpleasant feedback because of that?
I believe that evolution should be directly linked to every conservation issue and I hate when some people are trying to create a controversy where there´s none.
In my opinion, you can´t fully appreciate the value of species and the need to protect every one of them, unless you fully understand the evolutionary process.

I am well familiar with the EDGE website, one of my favourite projects ;)

(And I love their Instant Wild app, I´m identifying the pictures almost every day ;) )

You will probably be familiar with his work, but in case you run into someone, who thinks the evolution part of your website is redundant, let him download Evolution, Ecology and Behavior lectures by Stephen C. Stearns. It´s for free on iTunes U and it could serve as an eye-opener for some people ;-)
 
Stefka said:
Did you get some unpleasant feedback because of that?

In my opinion, you can´t fully appreciate the value of species and the need to protect every one of them, unless you fully understand the evolutionary process.

You will probably be familiar with his work, but in case you run into someone, who thinks the evolution part of your website is redundant, let him download Evolution, Ecology and Behavior lectures by Stephen C. Stearns. It´s for free on iTunes U and it could serve as an eye-opener for some people ;-)
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Not really unpleasant remarks, but more like what's the point to address evolution, what's the value? Of course this is ignorance that is talking, therefore I don't mind a lot. But it is good to see others think along the same line. Earth's resilience depends on biodiversity, but hey...how did this genetic diversity originates?

I wasn't familiar with the lectures of Stephen Stearns, but he really does the job: explaining what is the relevance of evolution regarding biodiversity and conservation (and zoos (good zoos) as contributors to conservation efforts) ; thanks for the tip :)
 
Always happy to run into fellow evolution-enthusiast! :)
 
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