Nephrurus
Very Well-Known Member
G'day All,
I've been away for the past week, and seeing as i caught a reptile, my trip could be put in the exotics/other reptiles forum.
First stop was my friends place of work, Monarto Zoo. I didn't see much, but i got to see a bit behind the scenes.
Heres a few critters i got to meet.
Mala!
Giraffe
Devils (note the lack of facial tumour)
Black Flanked Rock Wallaby
ring tailed lemur
Baby spotted hyena
Purple gaped honeyeater (i've never seen one before)
After visiting Monarto, we headed out to the Yorke Peninsula to actually do some real work (the purpose of my trip)
All soldier settlements, not much bushland left.... lots of barley though.
We were carrying out a survey for sarcoptic mange in the southern hairy nosed wombat population. To do this, we had to catch 'em!
First capture!
They have to be sedated for handling... they become very easy to handle.
RELEASE!
Off he goes. Note the small patch of hair missing on the shoulder... that was where we'd taken a small skin scraping to search for mange mites.
These guys spend a fair bit of time outside during the day. Apparently their burrow needs aerating from time to time (too much CO2 builds up) so they sit at the top of the burrow while that happens. They also seem to like to bask when the suns out.
Although the land i was on was fairly denuded, i still managed to find a nice thick tail gecko Underwoodisaurus milli. He was much paler than the ones i'm used to (Sydney type).
All the best,
-H
I've been away for the past week, and seeing as i caught a reptile, my trip could be put in the exotics/other reptiles forum.
First stop was my friends place of work, Monarto Zoo. I didn't see much, but i got to see a bit behind the scenes.
Heres a few critters i got to meet.
Mala!
Giraffe
Devils (note the lack of facial tumour)
Black Flanked Rock Wallaby
ring tailed lemur
Baby spotted hyena
Purple gaped honeyeater (i've never seen one before)
After visiting Monarto, we headed out to the Yorke Peninsula to actually do some real work (the purpose of my trip)
All soldier settlements, not much bushland left.... lots of barley though.
We were carrying out a survey for sarcoptic mange in the southern hairy nosed wombat population. To do this, we had to catch 'em!
First capture!
They have to be sedated for handling... they become very easy to handle.
RELEASE!
Off he goes. Note the small patch of hair missing on the shoulder... that was where we'd taken a small skin scraping to search for mange mites.
These guys spend a fair bit of time outside during the day. Apparently their burrow needs aerating from time to time (too much CO2 builds up) so they sit at the top of the burrow while that happens. They also seem to like to bask when the suns out.
Although the land i was on was fairly denuded, i still managed to find a nice thick tail gecko Underwoodisaurus milli. He was much paler than the ones i'm used to (Sydney type).
All the best,
-H