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Discussion in 'Zoo Cafe' started by Elephas Maximus, 27 Jul 2020.

  1. Dassie rat

    Dassie rat Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    In Dumbo there are herons instead of storks, with crane sounds.
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    When Brown Rats were still spreading through the United Kingdom, some people considered it to be a shame that the Brown Rat was outcompeting and displacing the "indigenous" Black Rat.

    I think that the Kiore (Rattus exulans) was also considered by early European settlers to be native to New Zealand but I am not certain of that.
     
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    The kiore is an interesting one but I think it is most commonly believed to have arrived with the Maori.

    I mean the term "indigenous species" is one that is often open to interpretation but certainly this rodent wasn't present in NZ until the arrival of the Polynesian peoples.

    I personally don't think it could be classed as a "native species" but then I know that this might be a culturally significant animal to the Maori so it is a tricky one.
     
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    Mmmmmm yeah....:rolleyes: not a good look New England Primate conservancy :confused:
     
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    The origin of the Galah population on Tasmania is controversial and they are not definitely native.
     
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    European White Stork Described as a "resistant and peaceful fish"
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    Wrong labelled elephant
     
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    Russian owl food
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    'Mowgli' sticker book published in 2008, same year as Kung Fu Panda was released.
    So Baloo is a panda here, along with African buffaloes & elephant, and a strange spotted antelope.
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    My fourth grade classroom had a “factual” book on animal fangs that was popular with the other kids. It claimed that “centipedes are the only insects that have fangs”.
     
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    What makes it worse is that it should be tragic, but the mistakes are just overwhelming…

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    I have an animal book that classes a red panda in the bear family.
     
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    That's so inaccurate its quite funny lol
     
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    How would anyone confuse ball with a panda?????
     
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    There was a lot of confusion until a few years ago. Some people placed both pandas in the bear family (Ursidae), the raccoon family (Procyonidae) or the panda family (Ailuridae). Unless the Chi-Chi display at London's Natural History Museum has changed in the last year, it still says the giant panda can be classified as a bear or a raccoon.
     
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    This is so ironic a poem should be written about it:
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    Is the photo still up on this site, or has it been taken down?
    Edit: It even has fossa photos suggested below it :D
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  20. felis silvestris

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    Idiots in a nutshell :p