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Big News!
Its only been a wonderful 4 and a half months, but our @huxley-paleozoo blog finally has 500 followers! 500 people, all united by a love of the past and our goal of bringing it into the present, for science! We would’ve had a bigger celebration, but...
One of our Kulindas bolted during a routine medical check and stole the banner... Thank you, all 500 of you, for following! See you at 1000! ~Jameson Moss
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A Lesson on Camel Behavior
Or, “Why we hand out safety goggles on the Pleistocene plains tour”. All was going swimmingly on our tours as usual, when Carlos, one of our Megacamelus, decided he was having a bad day. Of course, it didn't help that some of the guests were yelling at him (not too provokingly, mostly to see if they could get his attention. It didn’t seem to be a problem. One guest was particularly rowdy, and had called Carlos’s name several times. Carlos is a proud camel, standing 12 feet or more tall, and he does not like his authority questioned. Carlos promptly walked over to the loud and obnoxious jeep and did something this guest would never forget: hawked a big Loogie all over him. Now, a normal size camel, when spitting, brings up parts of its stomach to make the spit that much extra nauseating. A standard dromedary can cover half a man in spit in one go. Carlos, being twice this size, covered one half of the jeep in saliva and half-digested grass. It was green, nasty, and worst of all, according to the jeep guy, it stung his eyes. He’s fine, but now every time we tour past our Megacamelus we ask the guests to wear goggles unless they want to be spit on. I just feel bad for the intern who had to wash the jeep... ~Head of Pleistocene Plains, Keeper Moss
How dangerous are ceratopsians and large sauropods? Seems they could get cranky when breeding.
Trust me, they can be. Sauropods are liable to break things and Brontosaurus in particular can get moody but otherwise things go fairly smoothly. Ceratopsians (as well as the large mammals I take care of) on the other hand can be very… tricky. Without proper training, handling, and care from zookeepers, these creatures can prove incredibly dangerous. However, we take care of them well and have had no incidents as of yet. ~Keeper Moss.
Are any of your animals particularly troublesome or mischievous? Absolutely love this by the way, this zoo sounds like my dream job.
Glad to hear! We asked the mods for their picks:
Rohan: I’d have to say the Chaoyangopterus trio. They have a habit of eating food that isn’t theirs, especially the berries that are supposed to go to the Sapeornis and juvenile Sinopterus, and getting in places they aren’t supposed to be. Once one of them followed me out of the exhibit and to the nearest staff lounge!Jameson: Our Glyptotherium are a real handful. They block roads, get in the way, eat things they shouldn’t, and occasionally eat so much that they can’t move. We have to spread food out so they work some energy off between eating. During the breeding season all the males get rowdy and start attacking each other; sometimes it scares the guests. And there is NO stopping a literal ton of armored flesh from doing anything it wants. I’m just glad we chose to reconstruct a small species…
Erick: Ever try to train a sauropod for veterinary checkups? They’re denser than a collapsed star.
Anastasia: I’d say that any animal, especially moms, with babies can be really difficult for veterinary checkups! I need to make sure their babies are good and healthy, but also really don’t want to be spiked by an angry mama ceratopsian ‘protecting’ her young from the nice veterinarian who, okay, might stick a thermometer you-know-where into their child… BUT is just doing it to check their health! Not really their fault for being so protective, but still tricky.
I'd like to cast my vote for Kirk!
Thank you for voting! I would like to use this as a reminder that voting for the first Animal of the Week closes at 7pm Pacific tonight! ~ Jameson Moss
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