Species You Haven't Appreciated Until Recently?

Giant Eland said:
Haha yes but there are 5 species available in Europe right now, with a 6th that was around from 2012-2016.. soo get on that haha!
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Visited Cedars a month or two before they got Virginia, BestZoo weeks before they got Western Woolly and Frankfurt weeks before they got Linne's Mouse :p
 
SpinyLiving said:
I've always been a herp guy but recently I've gotten into canines and birds
My favorites are probably the Aardwolf and the Tawny Owl
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Not a canine ;) The aardwolf is actually a species of hyena, and thus is in the feliformia branch of carnivores so closer related to cats than dogs.
 
I never knew that
I always assumed that they were canines
Thank you for clearing that up
Either way I still like Aardwolves
 
I think a lot of people do, they're more dog-like in the face. They're one of my favorites as well :)
 
I am starting to really like Mandarin Ducks , Wood ducks (American and Australian) Rhino Iguanas , Stoats , Possums mainly brushtailed ,
Straw necked bin chicken ;) Blackbuck , Burmese python , leopard geckos , black and white ruffed lemurs , red tailed boas and I’m starting to like sloths.
 
I think that "aard" is Afrikaans for "ground", due to the habit of burrowing digs for search termites and ants. Not related with how hard or soft looks like the animal.
 
You're right, Kakapo. When Christian Gross was the Spurs manager, he kept talking about 'aardvark' and the players wondered why he was so keen on African anteaters.
 
Recently become more interested in rainforest birds- especially turacos, aracaris, spoonbills, oropendulas and tinamous
 
"Recently" is quite a strech, but until about five years ago domestic camelids didn't do it for me, and I guess a lot of zoo enthousiasts still feel that way. But that was before I ever worked with them. Over the past five years or so, I've had the pleasure to work with 3 domestic and one wild camelid species. They are simply great to work with, partly I guess because working with them is like the essence of zookeeping: close to "your" animals that you know individually; cleaning stables and paddocks; lots and lots of sand, hay and straw. But I'm sure it also has to do with their individuality. Camelids, especially bactrian camels, not only have strong characters, but they are not afraid to show that to people. I'm sure creatures like banded mongooses and hedgehog tenrecs have personalities just as colorful as camels have, but they rather not let you know.

And it's not just camels, a lot of creatures have gained a higher level of appreciation after I worked with them. Examples include cranes, red river hogs, caiman lizards and agoutis.
 
Old World vultures have really piqued my interest lately. I now really want to visit that zoo in France with the vulture feeding arena.
 
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