Saturday, March 19, 2011
Exotic Experience: Let's talk about lemurs
Exotic Experience: Let's talk about lemurs: "Truth be told , if you have ever met a lemur in person , your life will never be the same! I can say this because I have a pet ringtai..."
Let's talk about lemurs
Truth be told , if you have ever met a lemur in person , your life will never be the same! I can say this because I have a pet ringtail named Liam, who is my best buddy. So let's talk a bit about lemurs.
Did you know there are over 50 different species of lemurs, with the smallest being the pygmy mouse lemur, weighing in at a whopping one ounce, and the largest being the sifaka, weighing in at 15 lbs! Out of the 50 species, 17 are endangered, 10 critically endangered, and 19 are considered vulnerable. Wow! This is a shame that we humans, so closely related to lemurs, have allowed ( better stated, CAUSED) this to happen. The people of Madagascar are now working to conserve the endangered species, let's hope we are not to late.
Most lemurs are arboreal and spend their time high in trees and bushes, with the ringtail being the only species that spends the majority of his time on the ground. Some lemurs are nocturnal, and some diurnal. A group of lemurs is called a troop, and females are the boss.. go girls!
While lemurs are primates, they are prosimian primates, which are the most primative primate. What a wonderful, silly, funny and lovable animal! If you would like to meet a lemur up close and in your lap.. come visit us at Exotic Experience, I guarantee you will not forget your experience with Liam the ringtail lemur!
Did you know there are over 50 different species of lemurs, with the smallest being the pygmy mouse lemur, weighing in at a whopping one ounce, and the largest being the sifaka, weighing in at 15 lbs! Out of the 50 species, 17 are endangered, 10 critically endangered, and 19 are considered vulnerable. Wow! This is a shame that we humans, so closely related to lemurs, have allowed ( better stated, CAUSED) this to happen. The people of Madagascar are now working to conserve the endangered species, let's hope we are not to late.
Most lemurs are arboreal and spend their time high in trees and bushes, with the ringtail being the only species that spends the majority of his time on the ground. Some lemurs are nocturnal, and some diurnal. A group of lemurs is called a troop, and females are the boss.. go girls!
While lemurs are primates, they are prosimian primates, which are the most primative primate. What a wonderful, silly, funny and lovable animal! If you would like to meet a lemur up close and in your lap.. come visit us at Exotic Experience, I guarantee you will not forget your experience with Liam the ringtail lemur!
Friday, March 11, 2011
Exotic Experience
Everyone has some interest in exotic animals. Some people love them, some are afraid of them, some are passionate and want to save them.. but mostly we all are intrigued. I am one of the passionate people.. I am blessed to be able to own a few as pets, and run a small petting zoo doing tours, parties and summer camps. I thought it would be cool to start a blog giving details and info about certain breeds of exotics on a daily or weekly basis..
This is my first.. My neice was visiting, and since I own two kangaroos.. she asked my the question .. how many different kinds of kangaroos are there? I said 25.. HOWEVER.. when I reasearched this I found there are actually about 63 different species of kangaroos, ranging from the largest.. red kangaroo to the smallest pademelons which weigh only a couple of kilograms full grown. My two boys haere are of the larger variety.. The big guy Owen is an Eastern gray, and the little guy Rooster is a young ( 3 years old) western gray who is still growing. Neither have pouches, as only the females have pouches for carrying their young. http://www.exoticexperience.net/
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