She's just so unique with that white face. Most are browner. And I love how you can see just how long their tails really are in that shot. Great one again Mr. Wrinkly.
A tree kangaroo able to bumble along at ground level is doubtless a tree kangaroo secretly relieved. I can think of no mammal taxon so thoroughly ill-suited for its niche!
A tree kangaroo able to bumble along at ground level is doubtless a tree kangaroo secretly relieved. I can think of no mammal taxon so thoroughly ill-suited for its niche!
What? Have you actually seen their "niche"? It is larger than I have seen at other zoos; there are several perches and quite a few limbs for them to climb around; their meals and snacks are highly placed; they have lived there for many years and bred successfully.
They also eat bark and that's what she was doing on the ground, nibbling on a piece of bark which forms part of the groundcover, and which is refreshed, although I don't know how often.
Unfortunately their outdoor area has been corrupted by nature in recent years and the zoo has not found solutions yet.
I don't have a digital picture showing all of their habitat, but will put up one that shows a little more.
Tree kangaroos are simply not adapted to be arboreal! If a troop of macaques had managed to get from Sulawesi to New Guinea they would have found an ecological niche ready for the taking!
