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Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Rajang21, 15 Jan 2015.

  1. kiang

    kiang Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Hopefully not the only UK breeding for the next 8 years........
     
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    The Drill baby is a male and has been named Ruan
     
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    Brum Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Has no-one mentioned the strange new invertebrate addition yet? Can't post a link from my phone but they have a new South American centipede on show!
     
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    That might have something to do with the fact that its not an ABC animal or a cute and fluffy birth!!!!!!!!!
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    here you go Brum:

    Bristol Zoo - Giant venomous centipede flies over from Antigua - in Bristo

    (photo on the link too)

     
  9. Brum

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    But surely something that unusual with a great origin story would have generated some interest on here! :p
    Besides that it has been reported in national media, someone should have posted it! ;) :p

    And thanks Chlidonias for doing the link for me, living with a sh*t phone is taking some getting used too! :D
     
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    Look forward to hopefully seeing the centipede in question, down the line.
     
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    Or perhaps no one was aware of it?
     
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    Antiguan born Curtley the Centipede is obviously an ABCC animal. I trust that the person who has to explain its name to a certain tall gentleman from Antigua will wear a helmet, a full set of pads and a reinforced box :)

    Alan
     
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  13. Brum

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    It was in the national press, on social media and reported on their own website. Pretty sure people on here would have seen it and I am amazed that it hasn't been mentioned before now.
    Lesser stories get multiple mentions, this is pretty much unique! I don't think this a species many (any?) Of us will have seen before and warrants attention.
     
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    It certainly warrants attention. I for one only heard about it from your post. I struggle to believe that members of zoochat are only interested in the ABC animals.
     
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    So do I, hence the reason I can't believe it's not been mentioned. On the other hand the Aye-aye birth received a lot of (well deserved) attention and I expected something this unusual to have been picked up.
    A lot of people report births of meerkats and rhino's, why not the arrival of a new species which has had a fair bit of media exposure?
     
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    ThylacineAlive Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I'd say there are probably a surprising amount of ZooChatters who are indeed mainly interested in ABCs. And overall I don't think inverts get the attention they deserve a lot of the time on here.

    ~Thylo:cool:
     
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    I for one find it very surprising that any zoo at all would even "take the trouble" to talk about a "creepy crawly"
     
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    It is ways surprising when someone reports a meerkat birth but your right, it does happen . Maybe I've miss-judged the average contributor.
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    the most attention is always given to ABC zoo inhabitants. SO many posts about tigers and elephants and polar bears! But to assure you that a lot of members are indeed interested in the less cuddly critters: http://www.zoochat.com/2/escape-abcs-94004/
     
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    Thanks! We do the best we can :)

    Curtley is currently offshow as we are looking to develop a special enclosure for him; not only is he insanely fast he's also quite shy, so want to do something that shows him off to the best of his abilities without compromising welfare.