Aquarium Welcomes New Tree Kangaroo
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo [BAMZ] has welcomed a new tree kangaroo to their exhibits. Karau [pronounced KUH-row] comes to BAMZ from Lincoln Park Children’s Zoo in Chicago.
Karau is now settled into his enclosure in the Australasia Exhibit. The tree roo which turns two in September, belongs to the Species Survival Plan [SSP], a program run by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to protect the world’s most endangered species.
The World Wildlife website says, “Tree-kangaroos are macropods adapted for life in trees. Unlike their close cousins, their arms and legs are approximately the same length. Tree kangaroos also have much stronger fore-limbs to help in climbing the trees they inhabit.
“Living in the trees, the tree kangaroo eats mostly leaves and fruit, though they’ll eat out of the trees as well as collecting fruit that has fallen to the ground. The animals will also eat other items such as grains, flowers, sap, eggs, young birds, and even bark. Their teeth are adpated for eating and tearing leaves.”
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He/She is the cutest!
please tell me he/she has someone to play with?? i.e. another tree kangaroo? what a lonely existence if not………….
There was one there, so unless that one died or was sent to another zoo overseas there would now be two. Considering there was only one all this time, maybe they’re solitary animals? I don’t know…not all animals want company-I know I sure feel that way a lot of the time. The one that was already there alone always looked pretty happy to me…she ( I think it’s a she) looked like she was literally smiling-especially when she was eating!
Karau is SO cute and cuddly looking! I wish all animals were domesticated. I’d love to have a pet like this instead of a cat who clearly doesn’t like me and looks at me with disdain 99% of the time (with the 1% he’s not being when I feed him, of course)…
That was just… silly.
Being domesticated won’t necessarily means they’re 100% safe, you know.
Take for instance; chimps. Many have attacked their owners. Most notably; the Charla Nash incident. She was brutally mauled by her friend’s chimpanzee.
So be careful what you wish for…
I just knew one fool would make that comment! OH lighten up, will you?! Geesh! I’m not sitting here obsessing over this or analysing this to death…it was a light-hearted comment! I meant I wish they were in abundance and available like cats or dogs are as it would make a nice choice of pet. Chimps can be dangerous but so can dogs…are you saying nobody should own a dog? Anyone who takes on a chimp vs. say a cat as a pet takes that risk that it will attack just like the guy who gets a Rottweiler vs. a Chihuahua…I personally wouldn’t have a Rottweiler as a pet for that reason but some people choose to.
What are the odds that someone will actually own a pet chimp or that it will rip its owner’s friend’s face off? Do you live your life imagining all the possible scenarios that can go wrong regarding the most absurd things? Good grief, I’d hate to be you.
Stop being so type-A, anal or whatever. I think tree roos are cute but know I’ll never own one and again, it was WISTFUL THINKING…don’t be such a loser all your life!
What is this.. Noahs ark? This zoo and aquarium is just driving the captive animal slave trade industry.. Why bring more when there is no where near enough room for the animals that are there!
FREE THE DOCKYARD DOLPHINS!!!!
+1 FOR SURE