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Despite all the preparations, prior analyses and considerations, I can't foretell whether this is going to work. If it doesn't work out, I will keep most of the animals as part of my private collection and sell the educational items. If I can just even out my expenses, then that's OK, too. And if it turns out to be a good business, a future expansion is the next step.
[Sigh]
Now for those impatient species list nerds, here's a list of the currently kept species.
Just be aware of one thing: once your network works, obtaining specimens often isn't a problem; housing them adequately is. Most of the specimens (even the venomous ones) are donations from private citizens, chummy breeders or reptile shelters.
Snakes:
Agkistrodon contortix and A. taylori
Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus
Bitis gabonica
Cerastes cerastes
Crotalus basilicus (>2m long)
Crotalus cerberus
Crotalus ornatus
Crotalus pyrrhus
Crotalus vegrandis
Vipera ammodytes
Vipera berus
...as well as several species of Lampropeltis, Pantherophis and Euprepiophis mandarinus
Lizards
Heloderma suspectum
Amphibians
Dendrobates leucomelas
Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"
Incilius alvarius
Spiders
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Latrodectus hasselti, mactans & obscurior
Lasiodora parahybana
Loxosceles rufescens
Scorpions
Hadrurus arizonensis
Hadogenes bicolor
Leiurus quinquestriatus
Parabuthus villosus
Centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes
A few more (among others Corydoras sterbai, Phyllobates terribilis and Pleurodeles waltl) will be added soon. I was supposed to have Oxyuranus microlepidotus and a Naja species on show, but unfortunately one specimen died and the others are still in quarantine at another owner.
The species are chosen for their adaptability to captivity, representative qualities, conformation to the local husbandry conditions, available space, expenditure of work and individual characters. That's why I refrain from currently exhibiting species such as kraits, king cobra, freshwater stingrays or slower loris. As for maritime poisonous fish and other poisonous aquatic creatures: the closeby large public aquarium is already exhibiting such animals. Therefore, I utilize models, artefacts and biologics instead.
Despite all the preparations, prior analyses and considerations, I can't foretell whether this is going to work. If it doesn't work out, I will keep most of the animals as part of my private collection and sell the educational items. If I can just even out my expenses, then that's OK, too. And if it turns out to be a good business, a future expansion is the next step.
[Sigh]
Now for those impatient species list nerds, here's a list of the currently kept species.
Just be aware of one thing: once your network works, obtaining specimens often isn't a problem; housing them adequately is. Most of the specimens (even the venomous ones) are donations from private citizens, chummy breeders or reptile shelters.
Snakes:
Agkistrodon contortix and A. taylori
Aspidelaps lubricus lubricus
Bitis gabonica
Cerastes cerastes
Crotalus basilicus (>2m long)
Crotalus cerberus
Crotalus ornatus
Crotalus pyrrhus
Crotalus vegrandis
Vipera ammodytes
Vipera berus
...as well as several species of Lampropeltis, Pantherophis and Euprepiophis mandarinus
Lizards
Heloderma suspectum
Amphibians
Dendrobates leucomelas
Dendrobates tinctorius "azureus"
Incilius alvarius
Spiders
Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens
Latrodectus hasselti, mactans & obscurior
Lasiodora parahybana
Loxosceles rufescens
Scorpions
Hadrurus arizonensis
Hadogenes bicolor
Leiurus quinquestriatus
Parabuthus villosus
Centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes
A few more (among others Corydoras sterbai, Phyllobates terribilis and Pleurodeles waltl) will be added soon. I was supposed to have Oxyuranus microlepidotus and a Naja species on show, but unfortunately one specimen died and the others are still in quarantine at another owner.
The species are chosen for their adaptability to captivity, representative qualities, conformation to the local husbandry conditions, available space, expenditure of work and individual characters. That's why I refrain from currently exhibiting species such as kraits, king cobra, freshwater stingrays or slower loris. As for maritime poisonous fish and other poisonous aquatic creatures: the closeby large public aquarium is already exhibiting such animals. Therefore, I utilize models, artefacts and biologics instead.
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