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**savoche** · 01-26-2018, 03:18 AM - **2 Likes**

Shouldn't a zebra crossing the road use a zebra crossing?

**aslyfox** · 01-26-2018, 04:21 AM

Originally posted by savoche

Shouldn't a zebra crossing the road use a zebra crossing?

I have seen marked crossings designated for pedestrians

but none marked for chickens

and we know that at least one of those have crossed a road so

perhaps, animals don't need a marked crossing?

**WPRESTO** · 01-26-2018, 05:31 AM - **2 Likes**

Originally posted by savoche

Shouldn't a zebra crossing the road use a zebra crossing?

Zebra crossing?! So that is why they paint those patches of road with stripes.

Cuban crocodile.

**savoche** · 01-26-2018, 05:40 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Zebra crossing?! So that is why they paint those patches of road with stripes.

Yep. We have them all over the place - just in case we should get any visiting zebras.

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Cuban crocodile.

Could maybe need some dental baces?

**aslyfox** · 01-26-2018, 05:41 AM

Dik Dik

Madoqua Kirkii

http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/dik-dik

**WPRESTO** · 01-26-2018, 05:44 AM

Originally posted by savoche

Could maybe need some dental braces?

Not sure about that, but he should check the status of his green card.

**savoche** · 01-26-2018, 06:09 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Not sure about that, but he should check the status of his green card.

Then again, who'd argue...?

**noelcmn** · 01-26-2018, 07:26 AM

Cheetah, high up in a tree, having been chased by some Hyena.

**WPRESTO** · 01-26-2018, 07:40 AM

Great Argus Pheasant, zoo specimen

**noelcmn** · 01-26-2018, 08:18 AM - **2 Likes**

Rhino

**WPRESTO** · 01-26-2018, 11:41 AM - **1 Like**

I would welcome help identifying this bird (zoo specimen).

Thanks to noelcmn, confirmed by pete-tarmigan, the bird pictured below is positively identified as a buff-banded rail.

**noelcmn** · 01-26-2018, 01:00 PM

Here you go-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-banded_rail

Eland

**WPRESTO** · 01-26-2018, 01:18 PM

Originally posted by noelcmn

Here you go-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-banded_rail

Cool!

I'll look that up and check the description against multiple images I have of that bird, just to make sure.

A pied imperial pigeon, unless my on-line search landed on the wrong id.

pete-tarmigan · 01-26-2018, 01:33 PM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

I would welcome help identifying this bird (zoo specimen)

It's definitely a member of the Rallidae (rails, gallinules, moorhens, coots) because of long legs and toes, stubby wings, almost non-existent tail, barred flanks, and laterally compressed body shape (the origin of the expression of "thin as a rail"). That chestnut eye-line, pale grey supercilium, and rufous bar on the chest place it in the genus Hypotaenidia. However, the rufous on the chest indicates Roviana Rail (H. rovianae) (Solomon Islands) or Buff-banded Rail (H. philppensis) (parts of Australiasia; extirpated on many islands). The colour of the bill suggests the latter.

That genus includes the recently extirpated in the wild (1987) Guam Rail (H. owstoni), thanks to the introduction of the brown tree snake. History and palaeontology reveals that the arrival of humans and their rats, pigs, dogs, cats, and snakes in Australasia and Polynesia has been disastrous for the Rallidae, causing the extinction of dozens of rail species on Pacific islands. The colonization of Polynesia by Polynesians may have caused the extinction of 25% of the world's bird species, and the later arrival of Europeans didn't help.

---------- Post added 26th Jan 2018 at 17:11 ----------

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Cool!

I'll look that up and check the description against multiple images I have of that bird, just to make sure.

A pied imperial pigeon, unless my on-line search landed on the wrong id.

I think you're right. You're definitely in the right genus (Ducula).

**noelcmn** · 01-27-2018, 12:45 AM

Beautiful pigeon that WPRESTO.
Pied Starling

01-26-2018, 05:31 AM - 2 Likes	#6453
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Originally posted by savoche Shouldn't a zebra crossing the road use a zebra crossing? Zebra crossing?! So that is why they paint those patches of road with stripes. Cuban crocodile. Attached Images

01-26-2018, 07:40 AM	#6459
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Great Argus Pheasant, zoo specimen Attached Images

01-26-2018, 11:41 AM - 1 Like	#6461
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	I would welcome help identifying this bird (zoo specimen). Thanks to noelcmn, confirmed by pete-tarmigan, the bird pictured below is positively identified as a buff-banded rail. Attached Images Last edited by WPRESTO; 01-26-2018 at 02:50 PM.

01-26-2018, 01:18 PM	#6463
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Originally posted by noelcmn Here you go-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-banded_rail Cool! I'll look that up and check the description against multiple images I have of that bird, just to make sure. A pied imperial pigeon, unless my on-line search landed on the wrong id. Attached Images

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01-26-2018, 03:18 AM - 2 Likes	#6451
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Shouldn't a zebra crossing the road use a zebra crossing?

01-26-2018, 04:21 AM	#6452
aslyfox Seeker of Knowledge Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Topeka, Kansas Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 24,576	Originally posted by savoche Shouldn't a zebra crossing the road use a zebra crossing? I have seen marked crossings designated for pedestrians but none marked for chickens and we know that at least one of those have crossed a road so perhaps, animals don't need a marked crossing?

01-26-2018, 05:40 AM	#6454
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by WPRESTO Zebra crossing?! So that is why they paint those patches of road with stripes. Yep. We have them all over the place - just in case we should get any visiting zebras. Originally posted by WPRESTO Cuban crocodile. Could maybe need some dental baces?

01-26-2018, 05:44 AM	#6456
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,084	Originally posted by savoche Could maybe need some dental braces? Not sure about that, but he should check the status of his green card.

01-26-2018, 06:09 AM	#6457
savoche Master of the obvious Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Lowlands of Norway Posts: 18,311	Originally posted by WPRESTO Not sure about that, but he should check the status of his green card. Then again, who'd argue...?

01-26-2018, 07:26 AM	#6458
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,151	Cheetah, high up in a tree, having been chased by some Hyena.

01-26-2018, 08:18 AM - 2 Likes	#6460
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,151	Rhino

01-26-2018, 01:00 PM	#6462
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,151	Here you go-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buff-banded_rail Eland

01-26-2018, 01:33 PM	#6464
pete-tarmigan Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Conception Bay South, New-fun-land Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,272	Originally posted by WPRESTO I would welcome help identifying this bird (zoo specimen) It's definitely a member of the Rallidae (rails, gallinules, moorhens, coots) because of long legs and toes, stubby wings, almost non-existent tail, barred flanks, and laterally compressed body shape (the origin of the expression of "thin as a rail"). That chestnut eye-line, pale grey supercilium, and rufous bar on the chest place it in the genus Hypotaenidia. However, the rufous on the chest indicates Roviana Rail (H. rovianae) (Solomon Islands) or Buff-banded Rail (H. philppensis) (parts of Australiasia; extirpated on many islands). The colour of the bill suggests the latter. That genus includes the recently extirpated in the wild (1987) Guam Rail (H. owstoni), thanks to the introduction of the brown tree snake. History and palaeontology reveals that the arrival of humans and their rats, pigs, dogs, cats, and snakes in Australasia and Polynesia has been disastrous for the Rallidae, causing the extinction of dozens of rail species on Pacific islands. The colonization of Polynesia by Polynesians may have caused the extinction of 25% of the world's bird species, and the later arrival of Europeans didn't help. ---------- Post added 26th Jan 2018 at 17:11 ---------- Originally posted by WPRESTO Cool! I'll look that up and check the description against multiple images I have of that bird, just to make sure. A pied imperial pigeon, unless my on-line search landed on the wrong id. I think you're right. You're definitely in the right genus (Ducula).

01-27-2018, 12:45 AM	#6465
noelcmn Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: South Africa-Johannesburg Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 46,151	Beautiful pigeon that WPRESTO. Pied Starling

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