@TeaLovingDave made me aware in this post (Unpopular animals that you like) that there really is such a thing as a “seagull” despite what many...
Like how Aristotle thought that robins turned into redstarts?
Of course, by the phylogenetic metric, axolotls still wouldn’t be any more “fishy” than virtually all terrestrial zoo animals (except for any of...
In fact, the idea of a “studbook” seems to more associated with non-zoo contexts. According to the New Oxford American Dictionary, a studbook is...
This comes to mind: The Birdist: Birds at Large: BBC's Life of Mammals
I don’t think Cladoselache counts either: it was not any more a shark than it was a ray. While there was a hypothesis for a time that selachians...
1/13/2024 Reptiles: 1: Brown Anole 1/14/2024 Birds: 15: Bald Eagle
1/2/2024 Birds: 2: Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Mammals: 1. Feral Cat Felis catus 1/4/2024 Birds: 3: Carolina Chickadee Poecile...
That sounds like a compliment to me. I highly doubt the animal rightists are comparable to cricetids in any way, shape, or form.
1/1/2024 Birds: 1. Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
Trends in European zoo collections in the 21st century by @lintworm American Herping: A Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians in US Zoos by...
Asian Small-clawed Otter
One of my most favorite mammal families has finally entered the thread! From what I’ve learned here, these aren’t doing half as well in American...
Apparently, “Nandinie” is in fact its common name in French.
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