The term “big cat” is typically used to refer to any of the five living members of the genus Panthera, namely the tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, and snow leopard, as well as the non-pantherine cheetah and cougar. All cats descend from the Felidae family, sharing similar musculature, cardiovascular systems, skeletal frames, and behaviour. Both the READ MORE
Month: May 2023
This was Bauwi
Saturday 13 May another beautiful silverback died. Bauwi was the leader of the group at Burger’s Zoo. Over the years I took a lot of pictures of him. Reason enough for an ode to Bauwi. The first and last photo in this blog have been heavily edited. The last one is a composite. The background READ MORE
Monochrome expressions
Social media is full of pictures of “smiling” dogs, cats, monkeys and many other animals. The shape of the beak then resembles the shape of the human smile. Only, those animals don’t laugh. Their facial features work differently. Even monkeys, closest to humans (we are all primates), don’t have the same facial expressions. The chimpanzees, READ MORE
Born with huge feet.
You see a lot of animals in zoos. Not only captive animals, but also wild animals. They themselves choose a life in the zoo. It is a safe place and they often get a piece of the pie when the animals are fed or when visitors drop food. In Naturzoo Rheine I came across this READ MORE