Studbook: Connecting animals

It seems if you write about one marsupial and you have to write about them all. Only kidding, but it seems odd that last week it was Google’s Kangaroo and this week it’s a Koala trying to find a date online. Killarney the Koala is available and she’s online on a studbook. Sounds like some adults only version of Facebook doesn’t it, but it’s actually something that a lot of Zoo’s around the world are getting involved with in order to find mates for animals held in captivity. 

This post is actually based on a CNN article I read today. My favourite quote from the story talks about the various tricks the Zoo keepers use to get animals to breed: "There are some frogs that you have to simulate rain for or they won't come out and breed"….."Other frogs, they just need to hear the sound of rain and the sound of lightening and thunder. That's what sets off their hormones." Oh, easy then. 

MyTake – An intriguing article that goes to show that the guys at CNN have a sense of humor and are interested in the little guys as well as the bigger stories. I think that the idea of online studbooks that can help breeding efforts is great, I can just see the friend feed now: “Killarney has updated her relationship status”