Are These in Captivity?

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Have these been in captivity?
Deep sea pram bug
Copper shark
Hose's civet
Commerce's dolphin
Mugger crocodile
Pebble toad
Demidoff's bushbaby
Flapjack octopus
Giraffe necked weaval
Sri lanka tree crab
 
So if you search up "Mexican mole lizard" on Google, this is what the Wikipedia description says.

"The Mexican mole lizard, commonly known as the five-toed worm lizard, or simply as Bipes, is a species of amphisbaenian, which is endemic to the Baja California Peninsula. It is one of four species of amphisbaenians that have legs. It is commonly found in Baja California."

Huh. If they meant the state Baja California there was no link listed.

You didn't look hard enough Ebirah

Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus)

Mexican Mole Lizard (Bipes biporus) - a photo on Flickriver
 
Also a few in the USA. Memphis, Denver, and St. Louis are the ones i remember.
Detroit, Brookfield.

Nashville, Forth Worth. One odd and possibly worrying thing about the captive population is that none of the animals bred in captivity have actually grown to adult size. They're all healthy and they reproduce just fine, but they're all dwarfs!

~Thylo
 
Have these been in captivity?
Deep sea pram bug
Copper shark
Hose's civet
Commerce's dolphin
Mugger crocodile

Pebble toad
Demidoff's bushbaby
Flapjack octopus
Giraffe necked weaval
Sri lanka tree crab

Commerson's Dolphin? Aquatica in Orlando still has a few I believe.

Mugger are around here and there, though the only place in the US I know for sure has them is St. Augustine.

~Thylo
 
Nashville, Forth Worth. One odd and possibly worrying thing about the captive population is that none of the animals bred in captivity have actually grown to adult size. They're all healthy and they reproduce just fine, but they're all dwarfs!

~Thylo
That explains why they were so small when I saw them at Detroit, then. Does anyone know what caused this?
 
Have these been in captivity?
Deep sea pram bug
Copper shark
Hose's civet
Commerce's dolphin
Mugger crocodile
Pebble toad
Demidoff's bushbaby
Flapjack octopus
Giraffe necked weaval
Sri lanka tree crab

I think a few Commerson's Dolphin in Japan as well?

Flapjack Octopus has been kept by Monterey Bay Aquarium once or twice, maybe one of the Japanese deep-sea aquariums has as well?

I recall hearing Giraffe-necked Weevils don't do well in captivity, I don't recall why that was though.
 
Are these in captivity:

1) Portuguese man-o'-war
2) Box jellyfish
3) Potoo
4) Oilbird
5) Any nightjar, really
6) Southern Chinese giant salamander
7) The new species of electric eels
8) Suwanee aligator snapping turtle

6,7, and 8 are probably kept, but because they were recently split from existing species, I don't think anyone's particularly identified zoo specimens as being these newly split species.
 
2) Yes, in the laboratory tanks of Prof. Jamie Seymour at the James Cook University.
 
Have these been in captivity?
Deep sea pram bug
Copper shark
Hose's civet
Commerce's dolphin
Mugger crocodile
Pebble toad
Demidoff's bushbaby
Flapjack octopus
Giraffe necked weaval
Sri lanka tree crab
If you mean Commerson's dolphin they are held in Toba Aquarium.
Flapjack octopus is held in Numazu deep sea aquarium and in some other Japanese aquarium.
 
What about hose's palm civets? I know they are pretty elusive, but I wonder if they are in some asian zoo. According to zooterliste they were originally kept at Antwerpen zoo for a while.
 
A few more animals to add to the list:
African black bellied pangolin
Woodlark cuscus
Niligiri marten
Bloody belly comb jelly
Firefly squid
Blue button (Siphonophore)
Giant freshwater stingray
Kayan river slow loris
 
Have these been in captivity?
Deep sea pram bug
Copper shark
Hose's civet
Commerce's dolphin
Mugger crocodile
Pebble toad
Demidoff's bushbaby
Flapjack octopus
Giraffe necked weaval
Sri lanka tree crab
Demidoff's Bushbaby I'm pretty sure used to be in the pet trade, and certainly in zoos.
 
I recall hearing Giraffe-necked Weevils don't do well in captivity, I don't recall why that was though.

In Madagascar they feed on leaves of one particular tall bush/small tree, which is quite common, as are the weevils. Growing a whole tree for a little insect might be a hassle, so I guess a botanist would need to be consulted to find a related foreign tree.
 
A few more animals to add to the list:
African black bellied pangolin
Woodlark cuscus
Niligiri marten
Bloody belly comb jelly
Firefly squid
Blue button (Siphonophore)
Giant freshwater stingray
Kayan river slow loris

Giant freshwater stingray is at Singapore River Safari, and the aquarium in Bangkok, I think.
 
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