MetaFilter posts tagged with zoo

Bye, Bye Butterstick.

grapefruitmoon — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:25:10 -0800

Tai Shan the panda more commonly known as Butterstick is being deported to China. His parents will be joining him at the end of 2010.

Nonja

fontophilic — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:54:25 -0800

Nonja, like many 33 year old Austrians, has been taking dozens of photos of herself, her friends, and her surroundings and posting them to facebook. She's got 41,000+ friends. What makes her special? She's an orangutan. Nonja has tried her hand at painting, and now takes photos with a wi-fi enabled camera. Each shot is rewarded with a raisin. A few favorites: Vladimir the alpha male, some wrinkly orangutan skin, licking the camera, a self portrait.

One small step.

MaryDellamorte — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:26:54 -0800

Zoos and circuses in India will no longer be allowed to keep elephants. Elephants in captivity and PTSD. [previously]

The Saddest Swine of Them All.

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:56:38 -0800

Khanzir is the only pig in Afghanistan. An already lonely existence has been made sadder as fears of swine-flu have caused zoo officials to place him in quarantine, depriving him of contact with his best friend - a nearby goat.

It's the New Zoo Review, coming right at you.

GrammarMoses — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:37:25 -0800

Cute Overload is so yesterday. Go see Zooborns.

Where the Wild Things Aren't

punkbitch — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:15:16 -0800

Detroit's abandoned Belle Isle Zoo, beautiful disaster. I've never been to Detroit, but it sounds like the epicenter of decay.

NATIONAL ZOO: Mei Xiang and Tian Tian tried to mate

kliuless — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:09:24 -0800

"Because competent mating did not occur," the zoo statement said, veterinarians anesthetized both pandas on Saturday, collected semen from Tian Tian and inserted it into Mei Xiang's uterus. [previously 1 2 3]

snow play

nickyskye — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:33:01 -0800

Snow day at the zoo. Even the baby elephant has fun. Seals, tigers, wolf, elephants. Teh cute starts at 2:36. Samudra, the baby Asian elephant, playing in the water and in the snow.

A gay penguin couple, after trying to steal eggs from other penguins, have become the best parents in the zoo to their newly adopted babies.

easy_being_green — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:18:25 -0800

Parenting for the birds. Also here and here.

Oy, oy, oy...

educatedslacker — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:31:00 -0800

Boy goes on "rampage" at Aussie zoo, killing rare reptiles and feeding them to a crocodile. From the article: A turtle, four Western blue-tongued lizards, two bearded dragons, two thorny devil lizards and the zoo's 20-year-old goanna were among those killed. Gallery here.

Ecoda dobutsuen

Artw — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:58:46 -0800

The Eco Zoo - some amazing Japanese 3D Flash. If you take a close look at the animals there... you might be able to get some tips to live in a more environmentally friendly way!

its a small world after all

infini — Wed, 21 May 2008 01:29:46 -0800

Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience - “massive American-style amusement park that will feature a skateboard park, rides, a concert theatre and a museum. It is being designed by the firm that developed Disneyland.” Here's a quick roundup of some commentary. (last link with concept design sketches)

Spying on our animal friends

nax — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:08:16 -0800

We're all used to animal cams at the zoo. You can watch animals in the wild or in captivity. But how about a live animal cam at...the library!

Helsinki Zoo violence finally comes to an end

Lord_Pall — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:44:05 -0800

Helsinki is home to a new baby camel, Snufkin. He is the son of 13 year old Voodoo and his partner, Selma. His birth brings a sense of closure to a city in strife, torn apart by a senseless Ruminant/Ungulant feud over the past 15 months. In other news, Turre the Octopus can open a jar with his tentacles.

Panthera tigris altaica

desjardins — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:49:11 -0800

The Plight of the Amur Tiger (aka Siberian Tiger), the largest living cat in the world. Only 330-370 are left in the wild, but the situation is showing improvement, and they may even be repopulating previous strongholds in China. China is doing its part to repopulate the species - but for what purpose? The park's director admits the park made money from selling parts of dead tigers and wants China to lift the ban on the trade of tiger parts. They're considering it. Meanwhile, captive tigers are illegally skinned and beheaded, and 5000 tigers are kept in farms.

Cheers, Big Ears!

chuckdarwin — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:25:15 -0800

The first known film of the long-eared jerboa, an endangered Mongolian rodent with legs like a kangaroo, was released today by the owners of London Zoo. Previously

Where the wild things are

FunkyHelix — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:28:29 -0800

Build your wild self using a flash game from the New York zoos and aquarium and the wildlife conservation society. Just something cute for Tuesday.

"We realised what a fascinating archive of images we were sitting on."

amyms — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:23:50 -0800

The London Zoo's historic photographic archive went online today. According to news reports, the pictures will be offered for sale to fund conservation programs. Via.

My Pet Goat? Scarier Than You Might Have Imagined.

amyms — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:58:57 -0800

Were you psychologically damaged at a petting zoo?. The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation was created in 1982 by a small group that originally came together as an informal support group for problems that were the result of traumatic experiences at petting zoos as children. This group realized that there were many others out there who were afraid to come forward with their horrific stories and wanted to find some way to help as many people as they could. The Childhood Goat Trauma Foundation is the result of their dream.

Zoo babies!

cerebus19 — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:06:18 -0800

Zoo Babies from around the world. Probably the cutest photo gallery you'll see this week.

Autopsy may show that Yan Yan died of an accidental overdose

phaedon — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:59:02 -0800

After twelve years of not getting laid, Yan Yan the Chinese panda finally kicked the bucket late Monday at the Berlin Zoo. Officials admits she died alone and nobody immediately noticed. Now the media is running with the story that the popularity of Knut the polar bear cub may be the reason behind the death of his neighbor. In other news, the European Union celebrated its 50th birthday in Berlin. Nobody noticed.

Hairless monkeys on display

dg — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 19:06:39 -0800

Hey, Mum, look at the hairless monkeys! A group of hairless monkeys are the latest exhibit at Adelaide Zoo. Some background information on the project is available here (you may wonder, as I did, why it took a news site to provide the background to the project) and a live stream from the enclosure here. [more inside]

The Elephant in a living-room-sized space

soyjoy — Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:55:43 -0800

Philadelphia Zoo will close Elephant Exhibit, America's "Oldest Zoo" announced Thursday - becoming the 11th zoo in the US to stop displaying elephants since the Detroit Zoo made such a decision two years ago. Is this officially a trend yet?

serpens sit

owhydididoit — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:49:28 -0800

Scott Petersen, aka "reptileman", opens his Serpentarium to visitors 365 days a year. Have a look at some of his snakes, lizards, invertebrates, crocodilians, and turtles, and kids blythely handling them. reptileman recommends that you also visit Zach's Lizard Land, where you can meet Jerky, Buddy, and Cola, all of whom are lizards.

America's teaching zoo.

By The Grace of God — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 15:29:04 -0800

He describes how the birds’ wings flutter, the small black eyes blink, and the head pops off in your palm... A riveting inside look at the Exotic Animal Training program at Moorpark College, which offers America's only college degree in animal training.