Animal Ambulance

[den]

I now have in a pouch on the heat pad in the tub a furry little Swamp Wallaby joey. He wieghs 500g and is so tiny and cute. He was found standing beside the body of his mum on the edge of the road. He appears to be uninjured but I'll take him to the vet tomorrow. Poor little bugger.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

We don't have wild primates, but all the zoos have at least 2 species. Taronga and Royal Melbourne do have gorillas.

Did you know baby monotremes (platypus and echidnas) are called "puggles" ?

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

Puggles? Oh my. The name sounds as cute as they look. I also got a big kick out of the marsupials. And the ones that stretch their skin to "fly" from tree to tree. As you can see, I am rather hooked on this particular station. Can't help it. Spent too much time in the wilderness in my lifetime. I was also surprised to learn that in a very sprarce part of the outback that the only thing that thrives there are the termites. Guess no one would want to put up a town in that area, even is they could get a water supply there. *grins*

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

There are several species of possum in the Glider family; the most famous are the greater glider, Sqirrel glider (http://images.google.com.au/images?hs=Lu5&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=squirrel%20glider&btnG=Search&sa=N&tab=wi), sugar glider and the <a href="http://images.google.com.au/images?q=feather-tailed%20glider&sourceid=mozilla-search&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi>feather-tailed glider.</a> I see a few here but they're usually so injured they die 8(

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

feather-tailed glider (http://images.google.com.au/images?q=feather-tailed%20glider&sourceid=mozilla-search&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=N&tab=wi)

[ladyursus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for pictorial. That was GREAT. And I recognized the one I saw as the squirrel glider. Didn't realize there were so many species!! Pretty interesting little critters. Look forward to seeing more of your posts. *grins*

[lijepanena.livejournal.com]

=) That must be where the Enchanted Forest got the names. I love Enchanted Forest.