On the Butterfly-exibition some more Butterflies have hatched : https://www.facebook.com/DeOliemeulen/videos/1078198185581350/
Two-headed Corn snake had its 5th birth ( hatch ? ) day. Article in Durch but with nice videos : Niet één maar twee feesthoedjes voor het eerste lustrum van de tweekoppige slang | Omroep Brabant
A Jungle nymph - a stick-insect species - hatched. Not very special but in this case it was. The egg from which the little female hatched was laid 3 ( ! ) years ago ! Normaly eggs of this species hatch 'already' afther one and a half year but because this egg stayed good, it was left in the incubater and now it has hatched.
Yesterday 2 porcupines were born at de Oliemeulen : https://www.facebook.com/DeOliemeulen/videos/1117918941609274/
Lesser hedghog tenrecs born at Oliemeulen : https://www.facebook.com/DeOliemeulen/videos/1133763336691501/
Article ( in Dutch ) and short video of the Dwarf crocodile-hatching : Nieuws, Sport en Evenementen | Omroep Brabant[VIDEO].aspx
Went today to de Oliemeulen to have a look at the newly hatched African dwarf crocodiles. They are housed in a relative small tank in a seperate room which is normaly used for small exhibitions and this summer it was also the Butterfly-free-flight. Althrough the tank is quite small it has a lot of hidding-places and I could only discover 2 of the 6 babies. Have up-loaded already some pictures of the parents, the nursery and the babies themself in the Dierenpark de Oliemeulen - Gallery.
Noted a few changes today during a short visit : - the few smaller aquariums near the entrance have been replaced by 1 larger one ( see Aquarium | ZooChat ) - Dumeril's boa not longer on display, in the tank now a Reticulated python is kept - Also the Western diamond rattlesnake was not on display anymore. Its tank and that of the Egyptian cobra are now made 1 larger tank and the Egyptian cobra has a larger enclosure.
Visited De Oliemeulen today and again some small changes : - the old ocelot died for a few months and now a new female has been obtained and they are searching for a new male. - the enclosure where first the Dumeril's boas and then a reticulated python was kept, is now home to a pair of Fiji iguanas. - new species : Black tree monitor ( Varanus beccari ) - not completly new because the species has been kept in the past ( see Varanus beccari | ZooChat ). - emu ( see Emu | ZooChat ) - millipede ( unknown species ( see Millipede species | ZooChat ) - Pasco dartfrog ( see Pasco dartfrogs - Ranitomeya lamasi panguana | ZooChat ) - and ( as far as I can remember ) a lifer for me ( ) Anolis gingivinus ( see Anolis gingivinus | ZooChat )
A Large flying fox was born at the Oliemeulen. This park is the only public collection in the Netherlands keeping ( and now breeding ) this species.
Some observations from todays visit : - Red-punckted burrowing frog ( Leptodactylus laticeps ) not any longer on display, their enclosure is now home to a small group of Painted dart frogs. - Womas also not anymore on display, replaced by some Ball pythons. - Former enclosure Fiji iguanas complete empty at the beginning of my visit ( see Former Fiji iguana enclosure | ZooChat ), 2 hours later it was full decorated but without animals and without sign ( see New decorated enclosure | ZooChat ). - Births / hatchlings : - Green water dragon ( see Baby Green water dragon | ZooChat ) - Freckled monitor ( see Young Freckled monitor | ZooChat ) - White-throated ( White-shouldered ) capuchin
Some notes of my short visit today : - New Leopard gecko enclosure : - new enclosure Extatosoma tiaratum : - In the enclosure of the ( 4 ) Boa constrictor Atlas moths have been added - In the old Fiji iguana enclosure a new species can be seen, the Water monitor - Varanus salvator : - Emerald tree monitor - Varanus prasinus has again replaced the 2 Black tree monitors : - Harris's hawk was sitting on the nest - don't know however if they have ( already ) eggs. - In the small Porcupine group one young seen - New in the only aquarium : a nice mutation of the Killifish-species Aphyosemion australe
Again a short visit today and again some notes from this visit : - The Atlas moths were gone from the Boa constrictor-enclosure as was the sign. - The 2 Common marmosets born already in Feb. seen for the first time outside ( was a nice sunny day today ) - New species : in the only pond in the park I discovered Oliemeulen first waterfowl, a single Hottentot teal ( could be that there were more but I only saw this single one ) :
