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AMPHIBIANS:
Pac Man Frog
BIRDS:
Chickens
Cockatoo, Sulfer Crested
Chinese Geese
Ducks
Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Macaw, Blue & Yellow
Miniature Macaw
Parrot, Amazon
MAMMALS:
Black Bear
Bobcat
Capuchin, Black & White
Coati Mundis
Cougar
Deer, Fallow
Ferrets
Goat (Pygmy)
Hedgehog
Lemur, Ringtailed
Leopard, black
Liger
Lion (African)
Lion (Barbary)
Macaque, Java
Macaque, Snow
Marmoset
Pig
Sheep
Tiger (Bengal)
Tiger (Siberian)
Vervet
Wolves
Zebra
REPTILES:
Alligator
Anaconda
Bearded Dragon
Boa, Columbian
California King Snake
Corn Snake
Iguana
Lizard, African Plated
Python, Burmese
Python, Reticulated
Python, Royal
Skink, Blue Tongue
Tortoise, Spurred
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| Sulfur
Crested
Cockatoo |
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| DESCRIPTION: |
A
handsome large white bird with a yellowish crest which it can raise
at will. Some yellow under wings and tail. Yellow marks on cheeks
over ear hole areas. The bill, eyes and legs are black. About 20"
tall.
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| GEOGRAPHICAL
RANGE AND HABITAT: |
New
Guinea, Aru Islands, Northern and Eastern Australia and Tasmania.
Found in forests and savannas. Often forages around farmlands.
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| DIET: |
| Seeds,
fruit, nuts, flowers, leaves, insects and larvae.
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| LIFE
CYCLE/SOCIAL STRUCTURE: |
A
noisy, gregarious bird. During the breeding season, they move in pairs
or family groups; the rest of the year, they move in flocks. They
feed in the open during the day with sentries posted in trees. At
night they return to an habitual roosting site, usually along a watercourse.
Nests are built in holes in trees or cliff sides. Clutch size is 2
to 3. Both parents incubate the eggs for 30 days. Young remain in
the nest for 6 to 9 weeks. Life span is 80 years.
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| SPECIAL
ADAPTATIONS: |
| Flight
is a series of rapid, shallow wing beats interspersed with gliding.
Feathers are cleaned and kept white by crushing down feathers to
a powder and distributing it throughout the feathers. Beak is kept
in trim by attacking wood.
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| INTERPRETIVE
INFORMATION: |
| This
is a very noisy bird. Its call can be heard for great distances.
The crest is raised as a mating display, in aggression and as a
bluff.
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| STATUS
IN WILD: |
| Have
become less common, possibly due to the demand for their feathers
for adornment and the pet trade. Although protected in Australia,
farmers consider them pests since they eat the new grain shoots
and damage crops greatly. Some illegal culling is probably done.
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