Old World vultures

The Coquerel’s Sifaka (Propithecus verrauxi coquerii) is a species of lemur found exclusively in Madagascar. Their bodies are covered in thick, coarse fur that is white on their torsos and dark reddish brown on their fore- and hindlimbs, with dark faces and white noses. P. coquerii are a diurnal species of folivorous and frugivorous primates that live in either deciduous or evergreen forests, and typically weigh 3.4-3.6 kg. Females are dominant over males, and they typically congregate in one male-one

Papio vulcanus can only be found in the scorching range of the Sahara. Compared to its relatives mostly found scattered all over Africa as well as East Asia, the Papio vulcanus dwells in the extreme environment due to its specific lifestyle and necessities. The baboon is capable of surviving blazing temperatures. The Fire baboon is a subfamily in the Cercopithecidae family, closely related to the Papio hamadryas or Hamadryas baboon species. The hot, sandy desert offers very limited resources for

in the world today, with all of them being placed in two groups.They fall under either the new world primates who inhabit South and Central America, and the old world primates who populate Asia and Africa ( http://www.arkive.org/ ). The major difference between the two is that have tails of the new world primates can latch onto and clench tree branches and objects whereas the others cannot. Another difference is the opposable thumbs which the old world primates possess, and the new world monkeys

Started to gather the diets when all of the keepers joined me.  We had our meeting just outside of the commissary. Meeting: Alex is doing fine.  We are approved to allow the new male Cotton-top to stay in the back at Tamarin, but we do not know when he is due to arrive.  I showed my new feeders to the group and we will use them this afternoon for Squirrel monkey BE. Made visual rounds and then began cleaning the exhibits.  Since it is the first of the month Philip has to get the weights of all

In conversation with one of the Macaw trainers at the Animal Kingdom exhibit, I was told to be careful in choosing the caging material type and surrounding environment (even a tree) for these Beautiful Macaws. They are known to be very destructive to trees in their aviaries, and are quite capable of biting into a coconut shell with their powerful beaks, so their cage must be heavy duty, typically Zoo Mesh or 1:1 steel mesh. The macaws in the images here were trained to fly in from more than a mile

I gathered the Monkey Village cart while waiting for Philip. Philip showed me how to gather the diets for the Baboon/Mandrill string. All the buckets and bowls are placed on the second shelf. There are buckets for Baboons, Mandrills, Gibbons, Black and White Lemurs and Red ruff lemurs. He told me that Grady gets a banana slice and a melon slice for Skye for medication purposes and that the gibbons and black and white lemurs get a banana. The red ruffs do not get the banana. After that we left

What Should We Do To Reduce The Amount Of Rattus In The Bay Of Plenty? Rattus have been a problem in Bay Of Plenty for many years now. Something should happen to reduce the amount of Rattus to minimum. This report is going to have some solutions to control the population of Rattus in the Bay Of Plenty. The Rattus can be controlled by the pest controllers and the Bay Of Plenty Regional Council. The solutions include putting down a lot of rat traps and using 1080 poison. Rattus? Rattus also known

The Roof rat is common to areas that have standing water as well as heavy vegetation. While they were rare in Nevada at one time, the rats are becoming a familiar occurence like this grocery store featured in November 2015. http://www.ktnv.com/news/contact-13/gross-grocers-rats-at-smiths The Roof rat reaches sexual maturity in 2 to 3 months and can produce up to six litters per year with each litter reaching up to 8 pups. This means that one rat can have up to 48 pups per year. In a few months

of trade and exchange is the period during the time of his reign. These international exchanges continued for more than a millennium after his reign as well (Cline 360). Really significant international relations between the Levant and the outside world began in the second millennium BCE. Some epigraphic and textual documentation exists that complements the material goods and evidence from this period.

The Bronze Age started around 2300 BC in Europe and it consisted of the new found material of bronze. It was an important development in many cities during the time. Bronze was used for a multitude of items including weapons, chariot parts, tools, decorative objects, and ritual vessels. The bronze age eventually came to an end because of four major catastrophes that came around 1200 BC that help shape the first millennium. Climate change, migration, new technology, and administrative innovations