#buffalo zoo

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Hello. 👋

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"Polar bear" by amerune is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

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Green crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) portrait, Buffalo Zoo. Captive, occurs in Central America.

Photographer: Joel Sartore / Photo Ark

[anthonybialy]

Human Activity Displayed in Zoo

Zoos are great for studying animal behavior.  The beings who live there watch the show.  A scheme overcharging some to make entrance free for others means it’s not those behind fences getting scrutinized.  Recognize behavioral patterns such as never recognizing behavioral patterns.  Those allegedly on exhibit look outward and wonder what those gawky upright creatures are thinking.

Neither workers nor furry friends are being treated like good neighbors.  The Buffalo Zoo provides an inadvertent look at failing to grasp outcomes.  Their program creating complimentary admission sounds nice until realizing the price hike is paid for by those who, well, pay for tickets.  A benefits card also doubles as a zoo pass if you fretted the definition hadn’t been stretched enough.

Why spend on anything?  Free is much cheaper.  There can’t possibly be a catch.  That little bit about how anything is funded is an avaricious conspiracy promoted by heartless capitalists who insist upon payment for provided goods.  Have the compassionate courage to think something can be made to cost as much as shoplifting.  It just takes enough faith to defy sense.

I hate to bust up the fun of seeing giraffes’ antics gratis, but a wealth transfer isn’t going to ease the process.  Charging more for admittance means more money unless fewer prospective visitors hit the turnstiles.  Thinking incentives exist is a bunch of free-market mumbo jumbo.  At least, it better be.

A ripoff spurs smirking amongst accomplices.  Spot them on campaign signs.  The newest type of entitlement means it’s time for a particularly smug style of self-righteousness from sanctimonious politicians who are for some reason involved in decisions regarding an animal enclosure.  If it’s run as poorly as government, the zoo’s dwellers are in trouble.

People who think you’re not generous enough are preening about how indigent children will finally be able to see a zebra in person.  In prototypical governmental fashion, those with collective urges make it more difficult for whippersnappers with parents who pay bills.

Getting punished for paying sums up human conduct.  Scientists observing patterns shake their heads at endless tiresome patterns.  Making just enough over the poverty line means punishment, so don’t knock yourself out working for some promotion.

Can you afford to see other species?  Entering the Buffalo Zoo will run an adult who makes too much money 30 dollars.  It’ll be over a hundred bucks for a family of four, which is a steep price even in the Bidenomics era.  Hungry otters shouldn’t have to deal with shrinkflation.

It took me a whole seven seconds, but I came up with a way to help children see animals other than squirrels.  Start with a lower ticket price.  Offer patrons the chance to donate to an admission stockpile for the less fortunate. There: voluntary help keeps the beast park accessible instead of ironically putting attendance out of reach.

Animals are on the dole.  It’s not their fault.  Like just about every other area institution, the zoo is already subsidized by taxpayers.  The refusal to distinguish between what’s worthwhile and whether involuntary contributions should be used for support is liberalism’s core.

If you really enjoy a cultural institution, feel free to give freely.  You certainly wouldn’t make an enriching shed’s future precarious by draining the economy so messianic dolts who won elections can decide who’s worthy of bestowment.

A zoo simply couldn’t start a GoFundMe for expenses: the monkeys would spend gifts on toy cars and chicken fingers.  Forget cutting out the middle monkey.  The only option is apparently to drive up costs for suckers who work hard enough to not qualify for handouts.

Guilt is the government’s main currency.  A one for the price of two deal may seem like a bit of a ripoff.  But that’s only because you don’t care about ramen consumers.  The problem is that everyone’s eating college snacks for dinner.

Democrats love the underprivileged so much that they they create more of them.  Givers away of money belonging to others can’t figure out why things like a zoo trip are unaffordable.  It must be corporate greed.

Eggs are a luxury.  Forget seeing animals frolic regardless of whether or not they hatch.  Prices have run amok like a stampeding buffalo herd because of the same sort of mentality that concludes you can create a benefit through compulsion.  Every single maneuver to make things inexpensive cheapens results.  Oh, and they make things expensive.

Democrats are so compassionate that they have to force donations.  The pushy part refuses to comprehend assisting voluntarily.  They’re capable of conceiving of helping others unlike those residing in the penned exhibits, which means there’s no excuse.  Conditioning to believe daft things is not in one’s nature.

Beings who live more than 10 miles from a Starbucks learn about cause and effect in a harsh way.  Menagerie proprietors are about to discover a similar lesson.  Consequences are more dire in the wild.  But earners are getting eaten alive.

The entry redistribution scheme will work great as long as ticket-buyers keep doing so.  Can the mayor issue an executive order?  The county needs a law compelling wildlife enthusiasts to keep purchasing, which only sounds silly until you realize that wouldn’t be that much different from coercing taxpayers.

Everything works out except for seeing animals.  Zoo goons just made the place unaffordable for paying customers so they can preen about how much they care.  And attendance is about to plummet, which means the program will be nowhere near financed.  A philosophical and practical disaster sums up the beliefs of humans who don’t understand their own intrinsic traits.

Animals aren’t just cuter, funnier, and cooler than most humans: when it comes to those overseeing their displays, they’re more sensible, too.  Zoology allies who aren’t logical about zoos showed a lack of comprehension regarding their society.  Those who have an excuse to not grasp abstract convepts will look at the empty spaces in front of their enclosures and wonder where their pals went.  The difference between zoo residents and liberals is that the former learn.

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What does a doctors appointment look like for a silverback gorilla?

Koga, a 35 year old western lowland gorilla at New York's Buffalo Zoo undergoes a health exam every other year. At around 400 pounds, this is no small task. A whole team of veterinary professionals check his heart, teeth, eyes, joints and muscles for signs of illness. Multiple exams are performed simultaneously to minimize the amount of time Koga is anesthetized and get him back with his troupe as soon as possible.

Koga is described as being a very good father who loves playing with his kids. Medical exams like this one are what allow gorillas in captivity to live the longest of their natural lifespans, and Koga's vets are dedicated to keeping him healthy and with his family for as long as possible.

[redpandazine]

Red Panda Mogwai Moved to Buffalo Zoo (NY)

[bovineblogger]

do you have more pics of african forest buffalo i am really sick and sad and would like to see them

im so sorry ur sick!!!! here have some more of him and get better soon!!

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Very, very fresh bison calf.

Months and months ago I promised y'all photos of the bison birth I was lucky enough to observe at the Cleveland Zoo last spring. As requested, they'll be under a cut, because unlike this lovely photo from the zoo announcement post, my photos are... goopy.

His name is Tighee, a name which the zoo said is "the name of a Shoshone chief."

We walked up just as things started to get going, and the story is below the cut...

This is Blue, a female bison who arrived at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in fall of 2022 already pregnant. When we got to the habitat, there were a ton of people gathered around, and it wasn't quite clear what was going on.

Then we noticed her full udder and the extra pair of feet.

She was dead-center in the (pretty large) habitat, which was nice - though there was a crowd, she had some good distance from everyone for most of it. The calf came pretty quickly, all things considered (something especially helpful when you're holding a heavy camera up on full manual zoom without a tripod). Because she was at a distance, my friend and I spent a bunch of time showing people near us photos on my camera screen so they could get a good view.

I was honestly really surprised at the number of people who asked why the zoo staff weren't in there with her, helping her give birth. So we explained to folk that zoo staff don't normally go in with bison on a normal day because they're so big and dangerous, and that during a birth (a time of potential stress for the whole herd, the rest of whom were off to the side of that habitat) it would be especially risky to do so. But you could see people in the zoo's uniform colors clustered around the fence, keeping a close eye on her.

And then there was a calf! For folk who haven't seen what a whole amniotic sac looks like, I'm including the next couple photos.

This one is still mid-birth, as you can see. The hooves come out first, with the calf's head laying parallel to them.

Blue immediately moves to break the amniotic sac and clear the calf's airways of mucus. Om nom nom.

We have open eyes and an awake baby! The amniotic sac is full of fluid that helps protect the baby while it's in the uterus, which means once it's broken, the baby is goopy. One of mom's first jobs is to lick all of it away to dry the calf off.

A first attempt at using legs!

Nope, being born was too hard and legs don't work yet. Time to rest and recover from the effort of thinking about standing up.

The first inquisitive member of the herd, another young female, comes to check out the newest addition.

More attempts at legs! Getting better but still not coordinated enough yet.

They're starting to help the baby stand up. In a non-captive setting it would be important for him to be able to walk pretty quickly after being born, and he has to stand up to be able to nurse!

Everyone comes to check him out, now.

We have legs! They work! He hadn't quite figured out where to nurse from yet, though.

And that's your bison birth for the day!

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[julianhuxley]

North American bison herd in Whipsnade Zoological Gardens.

Source: Illustrated London News, May 31, 1952.

[thingstrumperssay]

If you're in Houston right now, I'd leave, period.

Apparently this is all the detail that's public on the gas leak:

The same thing happened in my home town. The radius widened within minutes which is why I'm suggesting you leave Houston for a few hours if you can.

The gas leak in my home town resulted in an explosion that killed one person. That's when the radius widened a lot.

My brother witnessed it. He was about a half a mile away and he was in his truck, which lifted off the ground by "what felt like an inch." He'd probably be seriously injured if he wasn't in that truck.

I'm going to be tagging this with tourist attractions in Houston to make sure that as many people as possible sees this.

[emaadsidiki]

Wild & Wonderful ✾ Queens Zoo

[cryoriku]

took ourself to the zoo today :))

[sabistarphotos]

April 16, 2022

Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Washington, DC

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Bison close up.

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Commerce City, Colorado. 9-22-21.

Canon 7D F/11 1/320s ISO-2500 70-300 @ 300mm.

[animalsinmylife]

African buffalo

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