Some species would never think to invent the baseball cap.
Tag Archives: Durrell Wildlife Park – Jersey
Duck
Disappointed because it’s only been a month and you’ve already given up on your New Year’s resolutions.
Meerkat performing Edward II
“Edward, unfold thy paws, and let their lives’-blood slake thy fury’s hunger.
If I be cruel and grow tyrannous, now let them thank themselves, and rue too late.”
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
I don’t always face extinction due to poaching and slash and burn agriculture, but when I do, I place relatives in zoos the world over, keeping them safe until humans stop being idiots.
White-handed Gibbon (Hylobates lar)
The term “brachiation”, from “brachium”, the Latin for “arm”, is used to describe the tendency of some apes to swing from tree limb to tree limb using only their arms.
This term is used because “wheeeeeeee” was deemed insufficiently scientific for publication.
Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
How to reduce those unsightly under-eye wrinkles:
1) Wear sunscreen
2) Don’t smoke
3) Get enough sleep
4) Avoid becoming a gorilla
Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)
When you look closely, most animals aren’t actually grey.
Ring-tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
That is a leaf.
There are many like it.
But that one will be mine!
Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra)
“You’re not going to entire cookie by yourself, are you?”
Pied Tamarin (Saguinus bicolor)
Everyone gets itchy sometimes.
Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii)
The orangutan’s biggest threats come from humans destroying their habitat, kidnapping them for the pet trade, and occasionally eating them (and in at least one particularly horrifying case, the sex trade).
Alas, they can’t do anything about any of this, so they defend themselves against the bogyman instead.
Golfodulcean Poison Frog (Phyllobates vittatus)
Sometimes I wonder if animals like frogs look at us and wonder how we can possibly survive without having sticky pads all over our hands and feet. I mean, we must get caught by ground-based predators all the time, right?
Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
It’s rare, but some geese possess the ability to swim through malachite.
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur (Varecia variegata)
The lemur grows to meet the size of its post.
Madagascar giant jumping rat (Hypogeomys antimena)
You don’t see Madagascar giant jumping rats in many places.
As you can see, they ran out of the proper sized eyes.
Black and Gold Howler Monkey (Alouatta caraya)
What’s black and white and green all over … inside?
Meerkats performing Tamburlaine Part 1
He that with shepherds and a little spoil
Durst, in disdain of wrong and tyranny,
Defend his freedom ‘gainst a monarchy,
What will he do supported by a king,
Leading a troop of gentlemen and lords,
And stuff’d with treasure for his highest thoughts!
Dodo
This is one of three complete dodo skeletons remaining in the world.
This is largely an item of note because they’re not making any more.
Snail
The snails over in Europe are much more serious about their work than the dinky little critters we have in the U.S.
Palawan peacock pheasant (Polyplectron emphanum)
They’re masked so it’s harder to identify which sort of pheasant just committed the robbery.