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!
That might have something to do with the fact that its not an ABC animal or a cute and fluffy birth!!!!!!!!!
here you go Brum: Bristol Zoo - Giant venomous centipede flies over from Antigua - in Bristo (photo on the link too)
But surely something that unusual with a great origin story would have generated some interest on here! Besides that it has been reported in national media, someone should have posted it! And thanks Chlidonias for doing the link for me, living with a sh*t phone is taking some getting used too!
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
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.
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.
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?
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
I for one find it very surprising that any zoo at all would even "take the trouble" to talk about a "creepy crawly"
It is ways surprising when someone reports a meerkat birth but your right, it does happen . Maybe I've miss-judged the average contributor.
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/
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.