theyre close relatives of seahorses ( and seadragons ) and look like a seahorse that someone just kinda stretched out
also like seahorses, the males are the ones who incubate the eggs to hatching after the female transfers em over ( occasionally theres more eggs than can actually fit inside dad, so guess what. sometimes they get eaten )
theyre pretty slow swimmers and rely mainly on camouflage to get by ( and some species prefer to stick with groups of others, like above ! )
theres a few freshwater species, but theyre mostly saltwater - my favorites probably the banded pipefish but its hard to find good photos of it so heres an orange banded pipefish, close enough
Training session with one of our lesser anteaters, also known as tamanduas.
Training in a zoo setting can be very beneficial. It allows us to work closely with the animal without having to be in their physical space, but also without having to anesthetize them. The behaviors are all voluntary, and the animal can choose to leave at any time.
Checkout this unusually large dumbo octopus! The scientists who found him believed him to be almost 1 meter long! On average these guys only grow to be 20 centimeters, so he’s definitely an anomaly.
