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• by Bonnie123

  #human, any idea what this guy is doing? is he one of the scientist?

  Posted January 9, 2015 5:45 AM

• by Heracleumzoo

  I've seen somewhere that they often create a fence with a single passage with a scale to get their weight (but not sure this is the case)

  Posted January 9, 2015 1:28 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Wow - that's a neat idea. Thanks for that Heracleumzoo 11. It's good to understand more about it 😃

  Posted January 9, 2015 1:48 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  I think this would be great for the #dailyzoo! Action shot of a real scientist. I think it is an adult - check the head markings 😉

  Posted January 10, 2015 12:52 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Definitely an adult plumage. Moreover, he's much bigger than all the chicks around.)

  Posted January 10, 2015 12:54 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Actually the head markings say 'Arne'. It's great when you get so familiar with the animals that you can name them. 😉

  Posted January 10, 2015 1:36 AM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  To be honest,it looks domesticated,so a name is required here.Never realized before that they can be taught to hold things in their flippers

  Posted January 10, 2015 10:21 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Lol! 😃

  Posted January 10, 2015 12:46 PM

• by Whereizmom

  Love it ! Great comments !

  Posted January 10, 2015 3:17 PM

• by Heracleumzoo

  Ok I finally found a pic of the fencing to get their weight: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3906005/figure/pone-0085291-g002/

  Posted January 12, 2015 1:31 AM

• by Nickypeng moderator

  At first glance I thought those 2 Ps were perching on the wire !!

  Posted January 12, 2015 10:57 AM

• by AvastMH moderator

  Great bit of research Heracleumzoo. Very interesting and a fine photo. It's good to learn more 😃

  Posted January 12, 2015 1:12 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  @Nickypeng Haha, I haven't noticed them before! lol:)

  Posted January 12, 2015 5:07 PM

• by karenwolfbranigin

  Great photo and information. Are there 2 chicks I'm the front that didn't make it?

  Posted January 19, 2015 3:41 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  Yes, there are two corpses in the foreground.

  Posted January 19, 2015 5:28 PM

• by lildillydumpling

  Do we count corpses? #sad

  Posted January 23, 2015 2:43 PM

• by AvastMH moderator

  They are a sad sight. 😦 We do not count corpses.

  Posted January 23, 2015 4:23 PM

• by yshish moderator, translator

  We do not count them only when there's no doubt they're dead. Sometimes there are chicks limply lying on the ground however alive..

  Posted January 23, 2015 5:27 PM