https://www.amazon.co.uk/Focus-Popu...nts=p_28:mammals&s=books&sr=1-90&unfiltered=1 states that the 30 most popular mammals of South America include the red deer, blackbuck, North American beaver and chital
Zoological inaccuracies & mistakes
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Coming back to this topic…
I imagine that X-Ray tetra would be a rather easy animal for the STL Zoo to keep - it’s simply that they didn’t have any in the early 21st century.
I believe I may have seen some X-Ray Tetra in the past possibly at London … though oddly enough I have never seen a tank full of them. As nice that would be to see…
A framed display of crustaceansrecent 50cm high by 39cm wide Non CITES Natural History, Marine
Spot the crustacean
This one has some crustaceans:
A framed display of crustaceansrecent 63cm high by 43cm wide Non CITES Natural History, Marine
This one implies that butterflies aren't insects
Taxidermy interest: Six wall mounted cases of insects and butterflies, largest 42 x 32cm.
Spot the crustacean
This one has some crustaceans:
A framed display of crustaceansrecent 63cm high by 43cm wide Non CITES Natural History, Marine
This one implies that butterflies aren't insects
Taxidermy interest: Six wall mounted cases of insects and butterflies, largest 42 x 32cm.
Well, all of those are invasive species in South America.
The most annoying clickbaity article ever.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/did-we-just-see-this-bird-for-the-last-time-ever/
It talks about the death of a black-necked stork at Zoo Miami, which was granted over 50 years of age..if the article is to be believed. The article itself is about as cohesive as I expect from this website.....which doesn't say much in itself.
But then the article implies that the black-necked stork is in critical danger of extinction - 'almost extinct'.
....and then in the last paragraph of the article it makes a point about how they inch closer to extinction as each living stork dies. Which I guess would be a point worth making if there was some sort of egg disease or something going on.... but nah.. the species in question is near threatened - the point above being much of an every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes sort of thing.
Though I will say that the animal in question may well have been the last one in North America ... so maybe that's how this malformed article came to be.
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/did-we-just-see-this-bird-for-the-last-time-ever/
It talks about the death of a black-necked stork at Zoo Miami, which was granted over 50 years of age..if the article is to be believed. The article itself is about as cohesive as I expect from this website.....which doesn't say much in itself.
But then the article implies that the black-necked stork is in critical danger of extinction - 'almost extinct'.
....and then in the last paragraph of the article it makes a point about how they inch closer to extinction as each living stork dies. Which I guess would be a point worth making if there was some sort of egg disease or something going on.... but nah.. the species in question is near threatened - the point above being much of an every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes sort of thing.
Though I will say that the animal in question may well have been the last one in North America ... so maybe that's how this malformed article came to be.
felis silvestris
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I was watching one of those stupid videos about "Animals that asked for help and kindness" which are extremely stupid because they portray animals in a way they shouldn't- like humans, which irritates me and anthromorphisizes animals. What was quite funny in the video is there was one of the animals was a bobcat stuck in some kind of trap, but the person talking in the background of the video (I'm not even sure if it was a real person or an AI voice) called it a civet. I have no clue how they managed to call a bobcat a civet.
Yep, these annoy me so much too. I have seen on numerous occasions seen such videos captioned "selfless young bird helps feed elderly bird that can't fly anymore" - the "elderly" bird is a cuckoo chick
A strange one I've seen is a video of someone finding a dead parrotfish washed up on a beach, and cutting open it's stomach to "discover" that it is full of fake pearls and plastic imitation gemstones. How people can fall for this BS is beyond me.
And if I had a dollar for every time I've seen a video about deep sea creatures and they include axolotls........
Is that the 20-volume International Animal Encyclopedia?
No, it was a book published as the ‘Kingfisher Animal Encyclopaedia’ at one point, though the contents themselves were written earlier than that
Must just be the style. It reminds me of the Marshall Cavendish set which is from 1969 and which I just saw a price for on Google of US$250.
I think I may have had that book as a child as well - if I recall correctly, the picture accompanying the gorilla section was this photo of London Zoo's 'Guy' eating a coconut.
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/guy-the-gorilla-at-london-zoo.30536/
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I think the caption is correct and in this one he's eating a melon. But on another series of similar photos he's definately eating a coconut..
In Planet Earth (BBC iPlayer - Planet Earth - 1. From Pole to Pole), David Attenborough implied that the Amur leopard is a species.
Prochilodus246
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At The Deep Aquarium in Hull, their photo on a sign of an African penguin is a Humboldt penguin.
You may not agree with the choices of the most beautiful birds in the world, but have a close look at the 'bird of paradise' (10 Most Beautiful Birds In The World)
Osedax
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Oh dear...
Note the species name: Eight Species Declared Extinct But May Still be Out There