Whats with your "NAME"

[dragon(ele)nerd]

ahaha I love cryptic names, they seem to be more mysterious and draws in question.......

 

[Bele]

Bele - the Welsh for pine marten , a rare and elusive inhabitant of the Welsh woods .

 

[zooman]

Leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) are my latest obsession, I fell in love with them after watching a documentary (they just fascinated me to no end!). Hydrurga just sounded weird...so I went with Leptonyx instead

Wierdo some might say

 

[Steve Robinson]

This has been a popular thread zooman.

You would have had to ask my parents for the reason for my name!

 

[Gigit]

'Gigit' is in memory of a very special orangutan who died far too young.

 

[Pertinax]

Bele - the Welsh for pine marten , a rare and elusive inhabitant of the Welsh woods .

I think I might have asked this before, but is it 100% proven Pine Martens still live in Wales? Most distribution maps I've seen seem a bit sketchy when it comes to Wales, and some have questionmarks for this part of their range.

 

[Pertinax]

'Gigit' is in memory of a very special orangutan who died far too young.

In that case thinking of changing mine to 'Mandrill'....

 

[Bele]

Welsh pine martens

I think I might have asked this before, but is it 100% proven Pine Martens still live in Wales? Most distribution maps I've seen seem a bit sketchy when it comes to Wales, and some have questionmarks for this part of their range.

Yes , apparently fairly recently confirmed by DNA from samples of scats . From reports of sightings I suspect they have quite a wide range throughout the forests of Wales .

 

[Rookeyper]

Rookeyper--my area of the zoo is Australia and I take care of kangaroos.

 

[dragon(ele)nerd]

This has been a popular thread zooman.

You would have had to ask my parents for the reason for my name!

Ahahaha, my parents only can tell me why they picked out my chinese name, my English name it is unclear why they chose it.

 

[Gigit]

In that case thinking of changing mine to 'Mandrill'....

Mmm - it does have a certain 'je ne sais quoi' to it

 

[Zoogoer2000]

Zoogoer is my nickname and 2000 was the year I started school.

 

[zooman]

mine is the name of one of my hawks, went through several to find one not used!!

You have hawks? Why? I want one

You lucky guy

 

[boof]

Boof is the nickname i have had for the last 32 years. When I was 4 my head was far to big for my body or so my brother and his mates thought.

 

[Johnny Morris.]

I'm Johnny Morris because he presented animal magic and came from Newport like me..

 

[JamesB]

mine is after my two favourite animals; lemurs and tigers!

 

[Gorilla Gust]

Obvious... The Famous Belgian Gorilla Gust

 

[Pertinax]

Obvious... The Famous Belgian Gorilla Gust

He was the male of the non-breeding pair of Lowland Gorillas at Antwerp which never went outdoors for about 25 years because their Eastern gorillas took precedence in the outdoor area.:

 

[Gorilla Gust]

When he was young, Gust went outdoors with a Zookeeper. Therefor he is so famous now. Also for his "chest beating" against the visitors...

Here are some pics of the young Gorilla Gust: Zoo Antwerpen And for who wants to see a grown up one? Look at this scan:

I never saw him in real life, but his legacy is still living in Belgium...
Every big thing in Antwerp is called a "big Gust"

 

[zooman]

Great pictures GG are can you add them to the gallery? I love old zoo pics and these are both classic. Right down to the zookeepers hat!