Baby Tapir Naming Competition

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Everything Else on July 16, 2009 at 8:58 pm

Ever wonder where the zoo critters get their names? Well, most of them are named by the keepers, but if you’ve ever wanted to name one yourself, particularly the baby tapir shown above, here’s your chance. The Belfast Zoo is holding a naming competition for the little babe born on June 22, 2009.

All you have to do is send us your chosen name and up to 100 words explaining why you think it would suit our new tapir to namingcomp@belfastzoo.co.uk

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A Zoo's Message About Pollution

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Travel & Places on June 29, 2009 at 11:57 pm

Artists Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf created this art installation in the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna to show the potential effects our negative actions take on the evironment.

According to the artists, these scenes of ecological nightmares are “experimental set-up[s]” in which “the viewer is forced to reconsider traditional modes of animal presentation and simultaneously to question the authenticity of concepts which are restaging ‘natural’ environments while they are increasingly endangered.”

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Baby Madagascar Lemur

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Pictures, World Records on January 23, 2009 at 1:44 am

This little critter is just too cute. Just look at her sitting there with her teddy bear mama. The best part is how exciting her birth is -she’s one of only 17 of her species in captivity. More pics are available when you click the link.

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How Animals Celebrate Christmas

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Christmas on December 26, 2008 at 12:02 am

The critters out in the Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney, Australia got a special treat for Christmas this year. I know it starts with an ad, but the video is totally worth the wait.

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Zooborns: Cute Baby Animals

Posted by Jill Harness in Animal, Mentalfloss, Pictures on December 15, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Zooborns is a fantastic new niche blog, one of the best I’ve seen in a long time. It’s all about little baby critters born at the zoos across the world. If you love animals as much as I do, it’s a must see!

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