Zoologist of the world

11/01/2023

10/28/2023

10/26/2023

Hedgehogs have a really long snout to help them hunt. It is even ahead of their mouths as it makes it easier to forage for their staple diet of insects, worms, caterpillers and berries. 🦔

10/24/2023

09/08/2023

Look at these hedgehogs!

09/06/2023

Clover and Crab Rangoon at Bushy Boar Hedgehogs wants to welcome you to our page! We will be posting about all sorts of hedgehog related topics and content within the next week or so! In the meantime we will also be available to answer any questions that you may have! 🦔

05/30/2023

Varanus Macraei commonly referred to as the Blue Spotted Tree Monitor or the Blue Tree Monitor is a speices a monitor lizard found in the island of Bagtanta. It is named after herpetologist Duncan R. MacRae founder of the reptile park Rimba on Bali. The average size of these monitors as adults is 3-3.6 ft long and weigh around 150-250 grams. In the wild the blue spotted monitors natural diet is unknown. However, if consistent with that of other tree monitor species,it is primarily made with stick insects, orthopterans (Grasshoppers, locusts, and crickets), moth, small beetles, smaller lizards, small eggs, and occasional berries. Spotted blue tree monitors can live roughly anywhere from 10 to 12 years with proper care.  the spotted blue tree monitor inhibits tropical forest, the average temperature that they can be found in is 83-100°F. In the dry season, the humidity is around 65% but it’s makes 100% in the wet season. 🦎


09/01/2022

the Rio Pescado stubfoot toad (Atelopus balios), is a species of toad in the family Bufonidae. It is endemic to southwestern Ecuador, with records from Pacific lowlands in Azuay, Cañar, and Guayas Provinces. It is a rare species that was already suspected to be extinct, but a single specimen was discovered in 2011 by a team from Conservation International during a hunt for missing amphibians. The decline in amphibian populations is well documented. The Atelopus balios is Critically Endangered as a result of the widespread amphibian Chytridiomycosis fungus that has decimated other amphibian populations. There are only 10 known findings of the tadpole, Atelopus balios. 🐸

07/12/2022

The blood parrot cichlid, or parrot cichlid, is a hybrid species of fish in the family Cichlidae. The fish was first bred in Taiwan around 1986. Blood parrots should not be confused with other parrot cichlids or salt water parrotfish. Adult fish grow to a length of about 7 to 8 inches (20 cm) and may reach an age of 10 to 15 years. Males are slightly larger than females. These hybrids are easily recognized by their unique features—a round body and a beak-like head with large eyes. They can indeed act out and display aggressive behaviors. However, most of the time this only occurs when the fish is around other aggressive fish. If you keep these fish in an overcrowded tank they'll tend to be a bit more territorial too. 🧡

07/05/2022

Jackson's climbing salamander is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It’s natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Salamanders eat many small animals, from insects to spiders to worms. They consume several creatures that people consider pests including slugs, mosquito larvae, and flies. They will also sometimes eat other salamanders. The average lifespan of salamanders ranges from 5 to 20 years. ❤️

07/03/2022

The ornate or painted wood turtle is one of nine turtle species of the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae. Central American Wood Turtles are found in wild habitats from northern Costa Rica to southern Nicaragua. Painted wood turtles can grow to a maximum length of 20 cm. It has a dome-shaped carapace and the plastron has a continuous ventral line. It has red stripes on its body and it has webbed feet. The painted wood turtles are long-lived aquatic turtles and can live to be 20 years. The painted wood turtle is an omnivorous species of turtle and will feed fruit, insects, and worms! 🧡🐢

06/27/2022

Phelsuma pronki is a critically endangered diurnal species of gecko, a lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The Pronk's day gecko grows to just a bit over 4 inches (11 cm) in length and that includes the tail. It feeds on insects, other invertebrates, and is also a nectar eater. The species is endemic to central Madagascar, and is threatened by severe habitat loss and collection for the international pet trade. This diminutive species is restricted to a small area of central Madagascar less than 100 km² and is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. It is listed on CITES Appendix II and protected areas must urgently be established to halt the current rate of habitat loss across the range of the species. ❤️🦎

05/11/2022

This is what some Pokémon would look like if they were real! This would be a childhood fantasy come true for most people! ❤️

05/03/2022

A beautiful male Euophrys sulphurea
washing his face. 🕷

04/28/2022

If turtles could talk during a scrub. 🧼

04/26/2022

The zebra pleco is a species of catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Big Bend area of the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon River, and was first described in the early 1990s. It gets its name from its black and white stripes, resembling the colouration of a zebra. The average size of a zebra pleco is between 3 and 4 inches when fully grown. Zebra plecos do eat more meat than other types of catfish. The lifespan of zebra pleco range of 10 and 15 years.🖤

04/24/2022

The sand cat, also known as the sand dune cat, is a small wild cat that inhabits sandy and stony deserts far from water sources. With its sandy to light grey fur, it is well camouflaged in a desert environment. Its head-and-body length ranges from 39–52 cm with a 23–31 cm long tail. 🐈

04/24/2022

This creepy crawler calls South America home. The titan beetle is most commonly found in the Amazon rainforest (when and if it’s found). Just one of these enormous beetles averages about nine inches long, making it the largest beetle known to the Earth. This insect has jaws strong enough to break into human flesh.. 🪲

04/17/2022

Nimbochromis venustus, commonly called venustus hap or giraffe hap, is a Haplochromine cichlid endemid to Lake Malawi in Africa. It prefers the deeper regions of the lake where it hunts smaller juvenile cichlids with a specialised hunting technique. The most commonly observed hunting technique among cichlids is to lurk behind a rock or sunken tree branches until an unsuspecting prey ventures close enough. 🐠

04/16/2022

Check out this piebald snapping turtle! ❤️🐢

04/14/2022

All good cats deserve belly rubs! ❤️🐆
Please no negative comments as this video was taken by a big cat specialist. ❤️🐆

04/11/2022

Madagascar leaf-nosed snake, Langaha madagascariensis:
It’s no surprise that this strange looking snake species is found no other than one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world, Madagascar. This semi-arboreal, rear-fanged species has considerable sexual dimorphism (very obvious differences between the sexes) and unusual behaviors. It’s front appendages are used for feeding and foraging, combined with its body for cryptic camouflage. With its cryptic coloration and unique nasal extensions, this species stalks its prey while hooding like a cobra to perfectly blend it as a vine swaying in the wind. Although not much is understood about the biology of the species, what we do know is that it is truly one of a kind and perfectly adapted to one of the most biologically diverse islands on Earth. 🐍

04/07/2022

The northern hairy-nosed wombat or yaminon is one of three extant species of Australian marsupials known as wombats. Northern hairy-nosed wombats have bodies covered in soft, grey fur; the fur on their noses sets them apart from the common wombat. They have longer, more pointed ears and a much broader muzzle than the other two species. Individuals can be 35 cm high, up to 1 m long and weigh up to 40 kg. It is one of the rarest land mammals in the world and is critically endangered. Northern hairy-nosed wombats are grazing animals, feeding solely on native and introduced grasses. Although their diet is fibrous, tooth wear is not an issue for wombats, as their teeth continue to grow throughout their life. ❤️

04/07/2022

Chersobius signatus is the world's smallest species of tortoise. The species is commonly known as the speckled tortoise and also known locally as the speckled padloper and internationally as the speckled Cape tortoise. These tortoises are found in South Africa, and Namibia, and the region between these two. While specifically talking about their living in South Africa, most of these tortoises are found on the West side of it, and there, they live in dry and arid areas. It lives on rocky outcrops near to the small succulent plant, part of their diet so that it won’t have to go far away for food-searching. Females have a noticeable larger size than males. The carapace length in female species has an average of 10 cm that makes up 3.9 inches. Male species have a carapace length of about 6-8 cm that makes up between 2.4-3.1 inches. Length of hatchlings measures up to a maximum of 1.2 inches. Being herbivorous in nature, these species feed on a large amount of plants and plant like materials such as endive, chicory, fleaworts, plants from the genus Taraxacum and dandelions. There is not any specific data declared about exactly how long this species gets to live, but it is believed that they can live up to 100 years or maybe more than 100 years. ❤️🐢

04/06/2022

Screech owls are adorable! 🦉

03/28/2022

A group of zoologists just released 10
endangered Forest tortoises back
to their natural environment… The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), also known commonly as the Asian brown tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is believed to be among the most primitive of living tortoises, based on molecular and morphological studies. Asian forest tortoises are the largest species of tortoise seen in Asia and the fourth largest tortoise on Earth. The average lifespan of the Asian forest tortoise is estimated to be 150 years. Asian forest tortoises are herbivores. They feed mainly on juicy vegetation including leaves, bamboo shoots, tubers. They also eat fruits and some invertebrates and frogs. ❤️🐢

03/25/2022

Agalychnis lemur, known as the lemur leaf frog or lemur frog, is a species of frog in the family Phyllomedusidae, also treated as the subfamily Phyllomedusinae in the Hylidae. It is found in Costa Rica, Panama, and adjacent northwestern Colombia. Agalychnis lemur is generally found in humid lowland and montane primary forests. It is not associated with degraded habitats. The eggs are usually deposited on leaf surfaces and the larvae are washed off or fall into water below the site of oviposition. In the wild, lemur frogs eat insects and other small invertebrates. Lemur leaf frog lifespan is estimated to be between five and 10 years. 💚🐸

03/24/2022

Talk about beauty! The palmetto corn snakes are a leucistic variety of this species that are white with random colored scales speckled across their bodies. They have white or blue eyes with huge black pupils. When first bred and sold in 2012, these snakes were going for $4,000 each. They are more common now but you will still usually have to pay between $500-$1,000 for one.

03/15/2022

How many tickles does it take does it take to make an octopus laugh? It takes ten tickles. 🐙💙

03/15/2022

Check out these fish! The clown loach, or tiger botia, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the botiid loach family. It is the sole member of the genus Chromobotia. It originates in inland waters in Indonesia on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. In Sentarum, West Borneo that fish named: ulanguli. Most clown loaches accept commercial flake food and sinking pellets as their dietary staple, but thrive with a variety of food: live (worms, brine shrimp, small snails), banana, other plant matter, freeze-dried (tubifex worms, especially if it is fortified) and frozen brine shrimp. Information about the maximum size of the clown loach varies, with some estimates ranging up to 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in), and with typical adult sizes ranging from 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in). The typical Clown Loach lifespan in captivity is at least 10 years. 🧡

03/11/2022

Lygodactylus williamsi is a critically endangered species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. Common names include turquoise dwarf gecko, William's dwarf gecko, and, in the pet trade, electric blue gecko. Lygodactylus williamsi inhabits the tropical forest along the eastern foothills of the Ulu-guru Mountains, at altitudes between 170 and 480 meters (560 - 1,570 feet), where they exclusively reside on the Pandanus rabaiensis plant. This plant only grows in swampy areas or in areas with a limestone substratum. It is estimated that these geckos live for around 8-10 years in captivity. Electric blue day geckos are omnivores, eating both insects and fruit in the wild. In captivity, they will thrive on a diet of gecko diet mix and feeder insects. 💙🦎

03/07/2022

Why couldn’t the Dung beetle go to the party?
He was on duty. 🪲

03/04/2022

Check out the teeth on this triggerfish! 🐠
Please note that this fish was released after this video was taken! 💙🐠

02/25/2022

Turtles, turtles, and more turtles! ❤️🐢

02/24/2022

Our hearts go out to all the people and animals who live in Ukraine… May peace come back to you soon! 🇺🇦

02/24/2022

The time is soon to come where all sorts of species of turtles will soon to be coming out of hibernation, and a little longer after that the next generation of turtles will start to hatch out of their eggs! They will be looking for food, basking in the sun, and will be exploring the big world! So this year we are introducing a new project called the Turtle Wonder Project! We want to here your amazing story’s of turtle encounters, and all the pictures that you have of your pet turtles and local wild turtles in the comments! As a reminder we do not encourage people at all to take wildlife out of the wild as most turtles are protected with local Fish and Wildlife Services! ❤️🐢

02/24/2022

The Qinling panda is a subspecies of the giant panda, discovered in the 1960s but not recognized as a subspecies until 2005. The nominate subspecies, it is the first giant panda subspecies to be recognized in the world
Qinling pandas prefer a terrestrial habitat in a semi-arid climate which can be found in the Qinling Mountains in the Shaanxi province. Qinling pandas differ from the Giant Panda not only in color (although most have the traditional black and white coloring), but also in their slightly smaller skulls and proportionately larger molar teeth. Scientists are still uncertain as to why Qinling Pandas display such unique coloring. 🐼

02/21/2022

We just hit 10,000 followers! We have just completed the biggest milestone that we’ve been working on for last couple of months! We want to thank everyone so much for following our page! We hope you look forward to more awesome animal related content! Tons of new animals facts, cool videos, funny memes, and so much more to come! 💙