kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 17 2008 | animals, zoos, health
It's just odd when you think that zoos used to not bother finding out what animals actually ate in the wild. And I'm still not sure that Jell-O should be on the menu, even if it IS sugar-free.
Quoted: Gorillas on Weight Watchers? Polar bears slurping sugar-free Jell-O shots? Giraffes nibbling alfalfa biscuits?
The days of letting visitors throw marshmallows to the animals are mostly history at zoos around the country, replaced by a growing focus on diet and nutrition that parallels the fitness craze in humans.
And thanks to mounting research on wild animals' food needs, today's zoo staffers are trying new feeding tricks to keep their lions and tigers and bears healthy and happy.
Avoiding obesity is part of the program.
- kristen | Shared With: Everyone - May 14 2008 | news, animals, zoos
Very strange mass deaths of stingrays ... they said there were no signs that a zoo visitor affected the rays in the touchpool but that seems like the most likely thing if indeed there were no problems with filtration or temperature.
Quoted: Officials at the Calgary Zoo remained baffled on Tuesday as they tried to puzzle out just why 34 of their stingrays suddenly died.
The juvenile cownose stingrays, about the size of a dinner plate, were kept in a "petting" tank where visitors were able to touch them, a common feature in a number of North American zoos and aquariums, according to the zoo officials in the Western Canadian city.
- kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 25 2008 | animals, zoos
So cute!
Quoted: What's black and white and warm all over? A penguin in a wetsuit, naturally.
ShareViewed: 1 Time - kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 29 2008 | animals, environment, zoos
Revolting.
Quoted: Berlin zoo is under pressure to explain the fate of hundreds of its animals which allegedly have disappeared without trace amid accusations that they have been slaughtered and in some cases turned into potency-boosting drugs.
- kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 28 2007 | news, animals, zoos
Ahh ...
Quoted: Images of tiger cubs and orang-utan babies living in harmony in Indonesia - for now.
ShareViewed: 9 Times - kristen | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 25 2007 | news, animals, jaguars, zoos, attack
Another big cat fatality. When will people realize that keeping a big cat in captivity doesn't make it a tame animal ...
Quoted: A zookeeper killed by a jaguar was attacked after she opened the door to its enclosure, and authorities were investigating Sunday why she may have disregarded a ban on entering exhibits when a big cat is inside.
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