Mammals: 2. European hare, Lepus europaeus Birds: 62. Plain-mantled tit-spinetail, Leptasthenura aegithaloides 63. White-browed ground-tyrant,...
Buin Zoo is collecting firms in support of keeping the zoo open; as the Constitutional Convention may vote a norm prohibiting the public display...
Picnic day at an urban park in upper Santiago: Birds: 60. Yellow-winged blackbird, Agelasticus thilius 61. Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps...
Just realized I forgot to highlight my lifers in my previous post. Those would be the Mountain caracara, Creamy-rumped and Rufous-banded miners,...
Solid choices! I'm of the opinion that the bird of paradise deserves habitat status (though it probably wouldn't do its signature courtship...
That's a solid list, and I absolutely approve of having smaller birds (passerines, small parrots, hummingbirds) as exhibits with looped...
I got quite lucky during the course of my holidays, probably because I chose to spend summer in the Maule region, a transition zone between the...
Chile National Zoo currently has white tigers I believe, and long ago it used to breed them. I recall one time where the news went crazy about...
In Chilean zoos I've seen red-eared and painted sliders mixed with at least one of these: Yacare caiman, Spectacled caiman, Dwarf crocodile,...
The Butterfly House has been reopened after having closed early during the pandemic. The Servals and Caracals are now on display. The zoo also got...
Mammals: 6. South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens Birds: 72. Plumbeous rail, Pardirallus sanguinolentus 73. White-cheeked pintail, Anas...
At least in my home zoos many animals have "human" names of variable frequency, tipically those that come from rescues ("human" names and...
Lot of time without sighting new species, had a nice comeback today at my favorite wetland. Birds Black-chinned siskin, Spinus barbatus...
Yes there's the southern vizcacha (Lagidium viscacia) in the Andean slopes. Also seen in the wild :D Reserva Nacional Las Chinchillas in the...
I have a soft spot for Degus, native to my country and also I've seen them in the wild. Same as chinchillas. My favorite exotic rodents would be...
I have a rather outspoken "pro-zoo" stance in social media, and today I had an online discussion with a random person that argued against the...
I have a soft spot for red howlers and Golden lion tamarins, but I'd say my favorite from seeing it so many times it's the red-faced Spider monkey.
Oh I get it. Are there any ways to mitigate these effects in captive populations set for reintroduction?
With genetic domestication do you refer to the perpetuation (selection?) of traits and behaviors that make an individual animal fitter to a...
The musk ox, actually a relative of sheep and goats. Also the Spanish language has a lot of this: The name for bats, murciélago, derives from an...
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