Found this clip of the building of a breeding enclosure for Brush-tailed rock wallabies on the web althrough I had never heared before of "Aussie Ark ". Somebody else with more info about this place ? :
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Some nice photos of animals at Aussie Ark after a fall of snow.
Snow survivors: endangered Australian animals adapt to the chill – in pictures
Snow survivors: endangered Australian animals adapt to the chill – in pictures
I only found out recently that Marsupials in more temperate regions of Australia that experience snowfall e.g. Tasmania, do not grow a winter coat and then moult it again- they don't moult at all but rather raise the guard hairs of the coat in winter to provide insulation, giving them a thicker-furred appearance.
Aussie Ark has brought the Broad-toothed Rat, Mastacomys fuscus into captivity. Six (3.3) wild-caught founders have been settling in at the facility. In the spring the juveniles will be set up for breeding as they have short lifespans.
Incredible news. Two Broad-toothed Rats pups have already been born to a single female - reported on Aussie Ark's page.
@WhistlingKite24 That is fantastic news thankyou for sharing
Of memory smaller species also use torpor/ brumation, the most commonly known is the pygmy mountain possum. However other smaller species of memory will do a sort of brumation or torpor for a couple days when it gets to cold/snowy.
First successful breeding of Broad-headed snake:
A world first!
From newsletter:
We've done it! We've successfully bred the endangered Broad-headed Snake! One of our wild-born females has given birth to four exquisite baby snakes.
This represents success for Aussie Ark's world-first wild-sourced breeding and re-wilding program, and hope for the species which otherwise faces imminent extinction in the wild.
Managing Director Tim Faulkner said he was "beyond excited" by the breeding success.
Last year, Mr Faulkner tirelessly led the five expeditions (clocking over 800 search hours!) which secured the 17 adults that first started the insurance program. He said to get young shows "we've done everything right" in the mission to save this species from extinction. His dream is to one day release captive-born snakes back into the wild where they belong, as part of an ambitious holistic conservation project.
A world first!
From newsletter:
We've done it! We've successfully bred the endangered Broad-headed Snake! One of our wild-born females has given birth to four exquisite baby snakes.
This represents success for Aussie Ark's world-first wild-sourced breeding and re-wilding program, and hope for the species which otherwise faces imminent extinction in the wild.
Managing Director Tim Faulkner said he was "beyond excited" by the breeding success.
Last year, Mr Faulkner tirelessly led the five expeditions (clocking over 800 search hours!) which secured the 17 adults that first started the insurance program. He said to get young shows "we've done everything right" in the mission to save this species from extinction. His dream is to one day release captive-born snakes back into the wild where they belong, as part of an ambitious holistic conservation project.
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This year, the park has had great success with breeding endangered freshwater turtles, with 48 Hunter River Turtle eggs, 39 Bell's Turtle eggs and 85 Manning River Turtle eggs!
Source:
Successful breeding season turns the tide on endangered turtle numbers | SBS News
Source:
Successful breeding season turns the tide on endangered turtle numbers | SBS News
Two Broad-toothed rat pups have been born:
From Aussie Ark:
Wild-sourced Dot, one of our founding females caught last year, has birthed two more babies!
And her previous two youngsters (the world's first captive-bred Broad-Toothed Rats born last Christmas) are now teenagers and have moved into their own rooms!
Meanwhile we're thrilled to reveal that Dot's teenagers are two males, named Uno and Hulk. They will join the breeding program one day.
From Aussie Ark:
Wild-sourced Dot, one of our founding females caught last year, has birthed two more babies!
And her previous two youngsters (the world's first captive-bred Broad-Toothed Rats born last Christmas) are now teenagers and have moved into their own rooms!
Meanwhile we're thrilled to reveal that Dot's teenagers are two males, named Uno and Hulk. They will join the breeding program one day.