Tawny Frogmouths – the nocturnal Australian bird often mistaken for an owl… or even a tree branch! 🌲
These fascinating carnivores have evolved specially adapted feathers, giving them incredible camouflage against tree branches, day and night.
Intelligence level: Off the charts! 📈
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Although quite vocal (as he always is), Connor doesn’t mind when we come into his enclosure to clean, feed or health check him and his partner Gigi! ☺️
Connor the Barking owl is a bird of prey, known for his distinctive ‘barking’ call (and plans for world domination). 🌏
Exciting news!!!
Our Brush-tailed Bettong (Woylie), Ella, has given birth to a baby girl! 😍 Meet Daisy, our newest member of the Reptile Encounters family.
Daisy came out of her mum’s pouch earlier this month (February), and is all legs!
Brush-tailed Bettongs can breed all year round if the conditions are favourable in the wild! 🌿
They have a gestation period of around 21 days, and live in the pouch for 3 months.
That’s a long time to be in a little pocket, but not as long as Red kangaroos, which leave the pouch after 8! 😱
Come see the animals at RE this Open Day, Saturday 1st of March!
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Meet Phineas and Ferb, two of our Fat-tailed Dunnarts. 🥺
Did you know, in the wild Dunnarts don’t need to drink water? They get all the water they need from their prey! 💦
What’s in the box? 🧐🐍 New snake-handling tools from Heaths Snake Control have arrived, and Josh is ready to gear up! Let’s take a look at what’s inside… 👀
Thank you so much Heaths Snake Control for the incredible snake tools and gifts.
Sorry about that. The dingoes just had to sniff test you in case you had any food for them!
Dingoes are Australia’s largest terrestrial carnivore, eating kangaroos, wallabies, birds, lizards and small mammals! 😱
Goodnight from our Barking Owls, Connor and Gigi.😴
While our sun sets and our days wind down, theirs are just beginning!
Barking Owls are crepuscular, meaning they’re most active at dawn and dusk. 🌅
What is this marvellous fluffy creature? 😍
It’s a Golden Brushtail Possum! Golden brushies’ coat is the result of a rare genetic mutation called leucism.
Golden Brushtails can be found in forests, woodlands and even heathlands! 🌲🌲🌲
It’s very hard to stay focused while working in a zoo!
This is a Black-headed Monitor!
These guys are relatively small species of monitor lizards and can be found near rivers in forests, scrublands, woodlands, and sometimes deserts. 🏜️
Black-headed Monitors take shelter in tight spaces such as loose bark, tree hollows, and rocky crevices. 🌲
Look what just hatched!! 😍
Our baby Central Bearded Dragons just hatched after 60 days of incubation! Central Bearded Dragons are medium-to-large Aussie lizards that can grow up to 60cm long—with half of that being tail! 😮
Their famous ‘beard’ is what gives them their name! Males have darker beards especially during mating season. 👩🏼🤝👨🏽
At Reptile Encounters our mission is to be a voice for those that don't have one. Our goal is to create a generation of "Better Humans"! Inspiration. Education.
