Spectacled bear 'Franka'

Javan Rhino said:

Elephant shrew, but because I tend to use it few times and far between admittedly the odd use of sengi has come up in the past but not as often.

I still usually use flying lemur over culago as well

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You might make an old fogey yet...

gentle lemur said:

...... my pet hate is 'Philippine eagle'.

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I entirely agree; Pithecophaga jefferyi will always be the monkey-eating eagle to me, I’ll never start calling this species Philippine eagle.

Several of my other pet hates have already been mentioned in earlier posts in this thread. Others that irritate me are:-

• "Philippine spotted deer" instead of "Prince Alfred's deer"
• "black wildebeest" instead of "white-tailed gnu"

Getting back to the topic of the thread; that's a lovely photograph of a spectacled bear.

ISIS calls it a spectacled bear. I rest my case!

Actually ISIS also uses some damn silly names for other species, so I reserve the right to pick and choose

Alan

Whatever you want to call it, it's still a damn good photo!

Pertinax said:

Do you know if Chester do a postcard of 'Franka'?

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Yesterday zoogiraffe and I toured the shop at Chester ('Traders of the Lost Ark' (sic) ). We couldn't find any postcards at all!

Alan

gentle lemur said:

Yesterday zoogiraffe and I toured the shop at Chester ('Traders of the Lost Ark' (sic) ). We couldn't find any postcards at all!

Alan

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I think it's about time we started seeing new postcards, I don't think the old sea lion and veiled chameleon ones are that relevant any more

gentle lemur said:

Yesterday zoogiraffe and I toured the shop at Chester ('Traders of the Lost Ark' (sic) ). We couldn't find any postcards at all!

Alan

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Why not submit this one with the suggestion of them using it for a postcard? It's certinley good enough and I'm sure you'd be able to retain copyright...

Javan Rhino said:

I think it's about time we started seeing new postcards, I don't think the old sea lion and veiled chameleon ones are that relevant any more

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Last time I went to Chester(several years ago unfortunately) they still had a good range of postcards on sale. I wonder if they've now decided they aren't worth(financially) producing them anymore, compared to the more expensive goods you get in Gift shops?

gentle lemur said:

Yesterday zoogiraffe and I toured the shop at Chester ('Traders of the Lost Ark' (sic) ). We couldn't find any postcards at all!

Alan

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there is a collectors tin of old 'collectable' postcards in there as I got one!

Incredible markings that she has !