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Who's a Good Puppy?
Image by e_monk
I'm pretty sure he wold bite me for saying that.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: C. lupus
Binomial name: Canis rufus
Subspecies: C. l. rufus
Trinomial name: Canis lupus rufus
London Zoo 11-03-2013
Image by Karen Roe
Two-Toed Sloth
Leander the two-toed sloth enjoys a tasty platter of his favourite foods at ZSL London Zoo.
Joining the Zoo's Rainforest Life exhibit, which is already home to a female sloth, Marilyn, Leander moved to ZSL London Zoo from Germany as part of a conservation breeding programme.
Leander’s name originates from the Greek word for ‘lion’, but keepers have noticed he’s a little shyer than his moniker would suggest.
Welcoming the new addition with a tasty dish, keeper Tegan McPhail has high hopes for his future at the Zoo: “We’re really hoping that Leander will hit it off with our female sloth Marilyn.
“Although he’s a bit shy at the moment, he’s a young and handsome chap, so we’re hoping she’ll fall for his charms and we’ll be celebrating some more new arrivals in the future.”
London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was opened in London on 27 April 1828 and was originally intended to be used as a collection for scientific study. It was eventually opened to the public in 1847. Today it houses a collection of 755 species of animals, with 16,802 individuals, making it one of the largest collections in the United Kingdom. The zoo is sometimes called Regent's Zoo.
It is managed under the aegis of the Zoological Society of London (established in 1826) and is situated at the northern edge of Regent's Park, on the boundary line between City of Westminster and Camden (the Regent's Canal runs through it). The Society also has a more spacious site at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire to which the larger animals such as elephants and rhinos have been moved. As well as being the first scientific zoo, ZSL London Zoo also opened the first Reptile house (1849), first public Aquarium (1853), first insect house (1881) and the first children's zoo (1938).
ZSL receives no state funding and relies on 'Fellows', 'Friends', 'Members', entrance fees and sponsorship to generate income.
Kaisa, 26
Image by pni
This is one image of six from a series about identities online and in real life, exhibited in 2003 under the name Personatus together with Minna Grönstrand at two locations in Helsinki companied by a website (not available anymore).
The animal figures used in this series are something I originally designed when I was a children's camp counsellor, in the mid 1990's, for the kids to print on t-shirts. The figures became popular also among grown-ups and I just republished them on Redbubble: ANIMAL t-shirts.
