Over the past few weeks we have been trialing new things to add to the many daily activities at the Dome. In the past we regularly prepared behavioral enrichment for all the animals behind the scenes, but recently the idea of putting this task on display was suggested to Management. We have now been trialing [...]
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Hercules Moths – 7 of them.
by admin on December 30, 2011 | Comments Off
Hercules Moths – 7 of them all emerged in the last coupled of days. This is a good indication that we are probably in for some rain, as the moths and butterflies often link their emergence from the chrysalis stage to coincide with low pressure systems. The extra rain means plants send out tender young [...]
Koala’s to the rescue
by admin on December 7, 2011 | Comments Off
Australia’s Wildlife Habitat Having worked as a volunteer after a Tsunami ( 2005 in Sri lanka) I have witnessed personally what human good will can do, and this is why we have decided to send 150 Koalas to some of the kids in Japan, not just as a toy but more a reminder to them, [...]
Meet ‘Glen’ the Koala
by admin on November 11, 2011 | Comments Off
Glen the Koala at Australia’s Wildlife Habitat Cameron Graham of the Wildlife Habitat Port Douglas, Australia, introduces Glen one of four Koalas in his care. Glen is a northern Koala and the northern variants are smaller than their southern counterparts. Koalas sleep for most of the day & are generally arboreal & nocturnal (live in [...]
OUR SILK MOTHS ARE MATING!
by admin on October 26, 2011 | Comments Off
October 13th at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary – Kuranda This morning, four of our silk moths emerged, and wasting no time, (they haven’t got much – around 5 days), two of them have already mated and the female has laid eggs, and two of them are in the process of mating (which can take quite [...]
The different types of silks that caterpillars produce.
by admin on September 16, 2011 | Comments Off
The different types of silks that caterpillars produce. All moth and butterfly caterpillars produce silk. It’s usually used to attach themselves to plants or leaves, and also utilized during the chrysalis stage for caterpillars to tie themselves on to the object they will pupate on, or in the case of moths, to bind together leaves [...]
Hatching Eggs In A Restaurant.
by admin on September 13, 2011 | Comments Off
Best job in the world blog. Our shy and elusive Bush Curlews have decided to take up residence in the wild Café at the Wildlife Habitat. They have laid two eggs only about three feet away from where diners go about their business of having breakfast and lunch on a daily basis. These Bush Curlews [...]
Tags: Silk Moth caterpillars soon arriving
by admin on August 30, 2011 | Comments Off
The reason we are planning to display silk moth caterpillars at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, is that these insects are truly fascinating. Already, from the research I have done so far, I can see my main problem will be deciding what facts to include in our display, and what to leave out. For instance, the [...]
Gliders Everywhere
by admin on August 10, 2011 | Comments Off
The Dome’s second time parents, Cedar & Wattle have welcomed us with two new bundles of fluff; Grevillea and Hoya – twin girl baby sugar gliders. They are around 80-90 days old now. In the wild this is when the young are deposited from the mother’s pouch into the group for a further 40-50 days. [...]
Yellow Orioles – Late Breeders
by admin on June 6, 2011 | Comments Off
Due to having a very wet summer, and dry winter the year before, these strange weather patterns have brought some of our birds to confusion on when breeding season is. One of these bird species are our yellow orioles. Breeding season for this particular species normally ranges from October through to March, however from keeping [...]
