The Noah's Ark in photos

[Kakapo]

281. Iphiclides feisthamelii (Southern scarce swallowtail)


282. Issoria lathonia (Queen of Spain fritillary)


283. Julidochromis ornatus (Golden julie)


284. Julodis onopordi


285. Kryptopterus minor (Ghost catfish)


Tomorrow fill follow more

 

[gentle lemur]

A few of my photos from the Gallery. I am confident that they are all pairs.

Agile gibbons

• gentle lemur
• 22 May 2021
• 1

Gibbon Island, Bristol, 19th May 2021

African civet pair

• gentle lemur
• 30 Apr 2021
• 2

Exhibit near ruffed lemurs, Exmoor, 27th April 2021

Horseshoe crabs

• gentle lemur
• 19 Nov 2020
• 2

Archer fish tank, National Sea Life Centre, Birmingham, 14th October 2020.

Excited tapirs

• gentle lemur
• 6 Feb 2020
• 1

Tapir pool, Paignton, 4th February 2020

Steller's sea lion feeding time

• gentle lemur
• 8 Nov 2019
• 2

Pool, The Last Frontier, Pairi Daiza, 24th October 2019

Golden-cheeked gibbon pair

• gentle lemur
• 3 Aug 2019
• 1

Enclosure below Viewing Tower, 29th July 2019

Wousan woos Chinta

• gentle lemur
• 11 Apr 2019
• 2

Large orang island, Paignton, April 9th 2019

Smooth otters

• gentle lemur
• 29 Apr 2018
• 1

Otter enclosure, Wingham, 20th April 2018.

Blue-crowned hanging parrots, courtship feeding again

• gentle lemur
• 28 Sep 2017
• 1

RotRA, Chester, 9th September 2017.

Indian rhino pair

• gentle lemur
• 20 Feb 2017
• 1

Asian Plains, Chester, 19th February 2017.

Great hornbills making plans?

• gentle lemur
• 28 Jul 2016
• 2

Crane incubation handover

• gentle lemur
• 9 May 2016
• 2

Sedge checks the eggs as Monty leaves the nest. The Rushy pen, Slimbridge, 8th May 2016.
The...

Owston's palm civets feeding

• gentle lemur
• 30 Sep 2014
• 6

It's well worth staying late to see these civets being fed. More details in the Forum. Newquay...

Chillingham cattle, cow and master bull

• gentle lemur
• 3 Aug 2013
• 6

Chillingham Park, Northumberland, 15th July 2005

Berlanger's tree shrews

• gentle lemur
• 7 Nov 2012
• 8

Pair (?), Elephant House indoor enclosure, Chester, 3rd November 2012

Red-wing starling pair

• gentle lemur
• 14 May 2012
• 1

Tsavo Aviary, these birds like the roof of the viewing shelter in this immersion exhibit...

Giant otter pair

• gentle lemur
• 29 May 2011
• 9

Auditioning as bookends perhaps.
Chester, 28th May 2011

Tuatara

• gentle lemur
• 9 Sep 2007
• 4

Pair, Tropical House, Chester

Greater vasa parrot pair 2005

• gentle lemur
• 4 Apr 2016
• 4

Female sunbathing at the front, note moulted head feathers. They were my favourite birds at the...

Malabar dwarf puffers spawning in Java moss

• gentle lemur
• 28 Jun 2016
• 1

Carinotetraodon travancoricus. The female (left) has the small black spots and a blue sheen. The...

 

[Kakapo]

Woooaaaah, Gentle Lemur, these are absolutely marvelous! They're perfect aesthetically - sharp good photos, with the pair very visible and centered - all of them belongs to species new for the thread and almost all that I don't have photos of pairs (the only one I have as couple is the red-winged starling but my photo is much worst than yours). Some even are very rare - I absolutely DIE of envy for the Owston's palm civet, my favourite member of Viverridae and maybe even my favourite of all carnivorans! The tuatara image also made me jealous, it's soooo beautiful and nice and a so wished species. Congrats for having seen so magnific rare creatures as the ones you post, and for your fantastic photographic skills - unlike mine, these photos are enough good for be shown in a nature photgraphy magazine

I will suppose your photos will have numbers from 286 to 305 - so I will follow with 306th images now!

306. Kyphosus azureus (Zebra-perch sea chub)


307. Larus crassirostris (Black-tailed gull)


308. Larus marinus (Great black-backed gull)


309. Leiothrix argentauris (Silver-eared mesia)


310. Leopardus wiedii (Margay)

 

[Kakapo]

311. Leptotila rufaxilla (Grey-fronted dove)


312. Ligia occidentalis (Western sea roach)


313. Limosa limosa (Black-tailed godwit)


314. Lithosia quadra (Four-spotted footman)



315. Litocranius walleri (Gerenuk)

 

[Kakapo]

316. Lonchura bicolor (Black and white mannikin)


317. Lonchura flaviprymna (Yellow-rumped munia)


318. Longitarsus ochroleucus



319. Lophorina superba (Superb bird of paradise)


320. Lophura nycthemera (Silver pheasant)

 

[Kakapo]

321. Loriculus vernalis (Vernal hanging parrot)


322. Loris lydekkerianus (Grey slender loris)


323. Lucilia sericata (Common greenbottle fly)


324. Lygaeus equestris (Black and red bug)


325. Macaca sylvana (Barbary macaque)

 

[Kakapo]

326. Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Pink-eared duck)


327. Malacosoma neustria (Lackey moth)


328. Mantibaria manticida (I strongly suspect that these are two females and males could be always full winged, but I find zero info regarding this in internet, so let's suppose it's a pair)



329. Mantis religiosa (Common praying mantis)


330. Margaroperdix madagarensis (Madagascar partridge)

 

[Kakapo]

331. Marmaronetta angustirostris (Marbled teal)



332. Marmota marmota (Alpine marmot)


333. Mastigias papua (White-spotted jellyfish)



334. Megalodontes cephalotes



335. Melanotus villosus

 

[Kakapo]

336. Melogale moschata (Chinese ferret-badger)


337. Mephitis mephitis (Striped skunk)


338. Meriones unguiculatus (Mongolian jird)


339. Merops bullockoides (White-fronted bee-eater)



340. Metacanthus meridionalis



More to follow on sunday

 

[Kakapo]

Next batches!

341. Microcebus murinus (Grey mouse lemur)


342. Mimas tiliae (Lime hawk moth)


343. Mino dumontii (Golden-faced mynah)


344. Monilearia phalerata


345. Monodactylus sebae (African moony)

 

[Kakapo]

346. Muntiacus reevesi (Chinese muntjack)


347. Muraena helena (Mediterranean moray)



348. Murgantia histrionica (Harlequin bug)


349. Musculista senhousia (Asian date mussel)


350. Mycterus curculioides

 

[Kakapo]

351. Mylabris varians



352. Mylossoma aureum


353. Myripristis murdjan (Pinecone soldierfish)


354. Nandus nandus (Gangetic leaffish)


355. Nannostomus mortenthaleri (Coral red pencilfish)

 

[Kakapo]

356. Nassarius conspersus


357. Neolamprologus brevis


358. Netta rufina (Red-crested pochard)


359. Nycticebus pygmaeus (Pygmy slow loris)


360. Occidozyga lima (Floating frog)

 

[Kakapo]

361. Ocyphaps lophotes (Crested pigeon)


362. Oedipoda caerulescens (Common blue-winged grasshopper)


363. Oenopia conglobata


364. Ophioderma longicaudum (Smooth brittle star)


365. Oranmorpha guerini

 

[Kakapo]

366. Orcinus orca (Killer whale)


367. Oriolus oriolus (Eurasian golden oriole)


368. Otala punctata


369. Oxyeleotris marmorata (Marbled sleeper)


370. Paederus fuscipes

 

[Kakapo]

371. Paivaea hispida


372. Palinurus elephas (European spiny lobster)


373. Pandinus cavimanus (Tanzanian red-clawed scorpion)

374. Pandinus imperator (Emperor scorpion)


375. Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

 

[Kakapo]

376. Panthera leo (Lion)


377. Panthera tigris (Tiger)


378. Papilio glaucus (Eastern tiger swallowtail)


379. Papilio machaon (Old World swallowtail)


380. Paracentrotus lividus (Common urchin)


Enough for now, more will come later

 

[gentle lemur]

A few more from my contributions to our Gallery. The first 'pair' are both females, but the species is parthenogenetic.

Mangrove rivulus

• gentle lemur
• 15 Dec 2020
• 2

Aquarium, Whipsnade, 16th October 2020

Uaru amphiacanthoides pair

• gentle lemur
• 18 Jul 2019
• 1

Aquarium, London Zoo, 2nd July 2019

Silver-eared mesias

• gentle lemur
• 4 May 2018

Side aviary, Gems of the Jungle, Newquay, 28th April 2018

Duivenbode's lories courtship feeding

• gentle lemur
• 2 May 2018
• 1

Lory & lorikeet aviaries, Birdworld, 19th April 2018

Spotted laughing thrushes

• gentle lemur
• 24 Apr 2018

Aviary near entrance to Madagascar, Burford, 22nd April 2018.

Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles

• gentle lemur
• 7 Mar 2018
• 3

Reptile Tropics, 6th March 2018.

Another case for Holmes

• gentle lemur
• 23 Jul 2017
• 1

Camel and onager paddock, Chester, 9th July 2017.

Hooded parakeet courtship feeding

• gentle lemur
• 2 Jun 2017

Desert House, Paignton, 31st May 2017.

Red-faced liocichla pair

• gentle lemur
• 30 May 2017
• 1

Lobby between Reptile Tropics and Desert House, Paignton, 27th May 2017.

Little black bustard pair 1983

• gentle lemur
• 5 Sep 2016
• 4

Adult pair, posing like bookends. The Square Aviaries, Paignton, 8th March 1983. Scanned from a...

Scissor-billed starlings

• gentle lemur
• 2 Oct 2018
• 5

Monsoon Forest, Chester, 22nd September 2018

 

[Kakapo]

These are absolutely wonderful!!!! Mostly new species for the thread. The silver-eared mesia is infinitely better than my photo!
But I think that the onagers are maybe not acceptable as I avoided photos in just pre-mating, mating or just post-mating couples in species with internal fertilization. Basically this was a measure for avoiding fulfill the thread with photos of mating insects, from which I have too many species

I'm jealous for the black kohraans photo, it's one of my favourite species of Otididae and I think absent from European zoos now You lucky bustard!! (never better said hahahaha)

 

[gentle lemur]

Forget the onagers, I'm sorry I misunderstood the rules as they were not actually mating (the mare being obviously pregnant). Have some hornbills, wild seals and pigeons instead

Have a locust my dear

• gentle lemur
• 18 May 2016
• 1

Von der Decken's hornbill courtship feeding. Tsavo Aviary, Chester, 12th May 2016.

Grey seals

• gentle lemur
• 15 Oct 2018
• 1

Godrevy , Cornwall, 10th October 2018

Pink-necked green pigeon pair

• gentle lemur
• 2 May 2018
• 1

Aviaries near black swans, Birdworld, 19th April 2018