Category: Animals

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It’s check up time for an owl and croc | Australia Zoo Life

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What happens when a freshwater crocodile needs help with its smile? Robert, Chandler and our amazing team of Zoo vet’s are always ready to jump in and help! Join us as we give you a bit of an insight into the amazing work out zoo vet’s do to make sure all our animals are happy and healthy!

Meet Betty, our Tiny Goeldi’s Monkey

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Last month, the primate keepers at the Houston Zoo found a surprise waiting for them when they approached the Goeldi’s (pronounced “gell-dees”) monkey night house—a tiny baby hanging onto a branch in her enclosure. The team moved swiftly to reintroduce her to her mother, Kylie. In doing so, the animal care professionals found the infant to be significantly smaller than a typical Goeldi’s newborn.

Charadriiformes

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Charadriiformes are an order of birds that consists of 19 families, including; Alcidae(auks, murres, and puffins), Laridae(gulls, terns, and skimmers), and Scolopacidae(sandpipers and allies).

Physical Characteristics

This order is a varied collection of birds linked by similarities in bodily features; including their skeletons, plumage, and developmental patterns. 

A Ring-Billed Gull(Larus delawarensis) standing in water; St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Distribution and Habitat

This order is worldwide in distribution, and are found in almost every terrestrial habitat on earth, and many also occur in marine habitats.

Diet

The birds of the order Charadriiformes eat: snails, mussels, oysters, marine worms, … Continue