FLOWER OF INTELLIGENCE

Saya baru tau kalau pertahunnya pempov DKI Jakarta memberi subsidi hingga 40 M untuk operasional Ragunan (sumber), hmm tapi kok keliatannya kebun binatang kebaggaan warga Jakarta ini kurang 'wah' ya dibanding kebun binatang lain.

Setuju juga sih ama pak Ahok, terakhir kesana kondisi kebun binatang Ragunan memang terlihat tidak terawat. Paling terlihat dari kondisi kandangnya. Keliatan udah lama banget, bahkan auranya rada-rada angker. Kaya di tempat macan dan buaya. Meski buaya tinggal di sungai, rawa, ya tapi gak gitu juga.. apa yang mau diliat, yang keliatan cuma kolam dengan air keruh.. bukan cuma soal kandang, kalo diperhatikan binatang-binatangnya juga keliatan lemes2 gimana gitu.

sign di Singapore zoo, kalau diragunan jelek dan karatan

Kebun binatang ragunan sendiri memiliki luas hingga 120 hektar, sebuah hal yang istimewa menurut pak wakil gubernur. Tapi sayang kenyataannya Ragunan semakin tidak terawat. Jika dibanding dengan Singapore zoo yang hanya memiliki luas 28 hektar, ragunan masih tertinggal.

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Apa yang pertama kali  terbesit dibenak anda ketika melihat gambar ini? pernah terpikir menjadikan binatang-binatang itu menjadi peliharaan?

Saya pertama kali mengetahuinya dari sebuah thread di kaskus yang berjudul "peliharaan orang-orang afrika emang greget" saya kira peliharaannya seekor singa, tapi ternyata hyena, dan bukan cuma itu, ada juga baboon dan ular phyton. Ketiga jenis hewan tersebut tak kalah buas dari singa, bahkan hyena sepertinya lebih ganas apalagi ketika mereka sedang berburu dalam kelompok. Terlihat mulut hyena-hyena tersebut ditutup oleh semacam masker buatan.

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Keganasan Praying Mantis, belalang sembah, atau biasa disebut cengcorang ini memang sudah terlihat dari bentuk fisiknya. Coba lihat tangan bagian depannya yang berbentuk layaknya sebuah senjata. Tangan ini befungsi seperti pengait dan pengunci dengan duri-duri lancip yang ada di sana. Bukan hanya itu, serangga ini juga memiliki racun mematikan yang ada di leher panjangnya. Lalu, kepalanya yang berbentuk segitiga dapat berputar hingga 180 derajat guna melacak keberadaan mangsa.

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Siapakah predator tebaik di kerajaan hewan? dibenak anda pasti terbayang singa, harimau, atau predator laut seperti hiu. Tapi ternyata gelar predator terbaik berasal dari  kelompok serangga, ya yang menyandang predator terbaik di kerajaan hewan adalah Capung.

Serangga mungil yang sama sekali terlihat tidak berbahaya ini ternyata mampu menangkap mangsanya dengan tingkat keberhasilan mencapai 95%, sedang hiu hanya 50 % dan harimau hanya 25%.

Capung bisa memakan mangsanya sambil terbang tanpa perlu hinggap di daun atau ranting. Mereka akan merobek-robek tubuh mangsanya lalu mengunyahnya sampai berbentuk gumpalan sebelum menelannya. Selera makan capung pun dinilai tidak ada habisnya, mereka akan terus makan selama masih ada makanan. Dalam suatu penelitian seekor capung mampu menghabiskan 30 ekor lalat buah tanpa henti.


Kemampuan berburu Capung berdasar pada otak, mata dan sayapnya yang menakjubkan. Mereka dapat fokus pada mangsa tunggal yang disasar meski ada di dalam sebuah gerombolan serangga. Capung yang memiliki beragam warna cantik ini dapat melacak sasarannya yang bergerak, lalu menghitung jarak menuju sasaran dan menagkapnya.

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Ke-eksotisan penghuni air tawar tidaklah kalah menarik dari para penghuni lautan. Selain bentuk tubuh yang unik, ukuran yang bisa dikategorikan monster merupakan daya tarik utamanya. Berikut ni adalah daftar ikan air tawar terbesar menurut HowStuffWorks:

White Sturgeon

white sturgeon (src: http://fishingguidebc.ca)

White sturgeon termasuk ikan air tawar terbesar di Amerika Utara, berat tubuhnya bisa mencapai 1.500 pounds, dengan panjang hingga 20 kaki dan dapat hidup sampai 100 tahun.

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Bayi Orang Utan dan Induknya

Di suatu ruang diskusi tanpa akhir, tepatnya di forum diskusi terbesar di Indonesia, Kaskus. Salah seorang member bercerita tentang pengalamannya memelihara kura-kura, ia gagal, semua kura-kuranya mati. Ia heran kenapa hewan peliharaannya bisa mati.

Senada dengan pengalamannya, saya pun ikut bercerita. Saat awal memelihara kura-kura saya selalu gagal, alias mati. Dari pengalaman saya, saya berasumsi kalau bayi kura-kura itu sangat rentan. Sudah banyak terjadi kasus seperti ini. Bahkan saya pernah menemui penjual ikan yang ikut-ikutan menjual kura-kura, tanpa mengatahui seluk beluknya. Alhasil ia merugi, semua daganganya mati.

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Itulah pertanyaan yang terlontar oleh teman saya beberapa waktu lalu. Lantas saya menjawab, "Asiknya itu adalah ketika melihat pertumbuhannya dari kecil hingga besar, ketika kita berhasil memeliharanya dari kecil hingga besar" :-D

Ia heran kenapa saya begitu menyukai kura-kura dan memeliharanya. Dia bilang, "apa menariknya? ajak mainnya gimana? kan jalannya lambat, lu cuma liatin aja gitu?" haha ini nanya apa ngejek :p

Tidak pernah terpikirkan oleh saya sebelumnya pertanyaan tersebut, apa ya asik nya pelihara kura-kura? hehe

Say "hi" to my RES :)

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Sumatran Tiger | img by guardian.co.uk

You must be ever seen a sign said “Save Tiger”, “Save Crocodile”, “Save Orangutan”, “Save Sea Turtle” and many other as a campaign to save those animals from extinction. Some people told that those animals are important identity for its origin, like Orangutan and Komodo which are endemic animal in Indonesia, or just for a commercial reason like in tourism section.

A months ago there was a public awareness spread for saving Javanese Rhino. As long as I follow the issues, the campaign just told about the status of the Rhinos which are endangered and need support for their survival. I’ve rarely seen people tell about the reason ‘why we should save the rhinos?’ is this important? How far?

A beverage TV commercial sponsored to the conservation of the Javan Rhino just told “no Badak (Rhino in Bahasa), not okay” at least that was the words in the ads. It’s terrible. Even for a tagline, what reason is that? Can’t they elaborate more logical reason to tell? It’s so funny. Actually approaches from TV commercial would be very effective in this case but how come people will understand if the reason just unclear? Come on, we need more explanation.

So what is the main reason for us to save endangered animals in the world?

Animals as well as plants are plays an important role to the life of the world. They are contributed for various medicine and food. Moreover, the extinction of one species animal or plant will influence other species. In other words an ecological balance will disturbed.

How bad is it?

Can you imagine when the ecosystem is no longer balance? Do you think there must be no more life in the world? 

Yes, maybe that’s the end of the world.

"Save me for a better life"

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Sebelum mulai gue mau say hi dulu nih buat kalian semua :) haii!
lumayan lama juga gak ngepost hehe

Sebenarnya ide tentang topik ini pernah melintas.. tapi baru sekarang ketulis hha. Kemaren temen gue nge-tweet yang intinya dia mau pelihara binatang.. langsung deh keingetan sama topik ini, kurang lebih tentang persiapan sebelum kita memelihara binatang. Mau tahu? langsung aja yuk :)

berbagai macam pilihan :) -image taken from pet-shop-finder.webs.com

Mau pelihara binatang? pikir lagi..
Kenapa? Karena ketika kamu memutuskan untuk memelihara hewan, kamu berkewajiban untuk merawatnya. Dengan kata lain ada komitmen untuk merawatnya. Mudah? Jangan salah.. pasti ada saja suatu ketika kita malas..bosan dan pada saat itu kita harus tetap memaksa diri untuk merawatnya. Jangan sampai hewan tersebut tak terurus lalu mati. Jadi, yakini diri terlebih dahulu sebelum memutuskan untuk memelihara.

Apakah nanti kamu siap dengan segala konsekuensinya, memberi makan teratur, mengajak bermain, membersihkan kandang yang kotor dan bau dan mau terus merawatnya? 

Jangan sampai kamu memelihara suatu hewan hanya karena sedang tren, contoh seperti hamster, tanpa memikirkan cara merawatnya, atau hanya karena lucu, seperti anjing kecil yang setelah dewasa nanti kamu tak mau lagi merawatnya dan membuangnya begitu saja. Listen, kamu bertanggung jawab penuh terhadap kelangsungan hidup hewan yang kamu pelihara.

Example of good tank for turtles -can't find the source..*

Lalu, bagaimana jika kamu sudah yakin? Jika sudah, mulailah pelajari cara merawat hewan yang akan kamu pelihara. Karena setiap hewan berbeda-beda cara merawatnya. Pengetahuan tentang cara merawat bisa dibilang sebagai syarat utama dalam memelihara hewan. Perhatikan makanan apa saja yang layak diberikan, tempat seperti apa yang layak, serta bagaimana perlakuan khusus yang diperlukan. Jaman sekarang mudah sekali mendapatkan informasi yang kamu butuhkan, bahkan ada beberapa forum khusus yang membahas jenis hewan tertentu.

Salah satu hewan peliharaan temen gue, kura-kura pipi putih

Proses belajar ini juga menjadi salah satu pertanda apa kamu benar-benar yakin untuk memelihara hewan atau tidak. Jika kamu memang yakin maka fase ini akan sangat menyenangkan, fase dimana kamu mengenal lebih dekat hewan yang nantinya kamu pelihara. Tapi kalau kamu malah merasa hal ini gak penting dan berkata “ngapain sih, mau pelihara binatang aja ribet banget.. tinggal beli, taroh kandang kasih makan bla..bla..bla..” buang jauh-jauh keinginan untuk memelihara binatang apapun karena kamu belum layak.

So, coba tanya lagi ke dirimu sendiri, masih mau pelihara binatang? :D



*if you know the pic, or if that is your picture and you want me to remove just ask in the comment box :)

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Badak Jawa [img by WFF]

Badak Jawa (Rhinoceros Sondaicus) merupakan salah satu satwa terlangka di dunia. WWF Indonesia memperkirakan jumlah populasi Badak Jawa di Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon tersisa tak lebih dari 50 ekor. Satwa endemik Indonesia ini masuk dalam daftar satwa paling terancam (critically endangered) menurut Badan Konservasi Dunia IUCN.

Badak Jawa termasuk anggota famili Rhinocerotidae dengan ciri utama hanya memiliki satu cula yang panjangnya kurang dari 20cm. Satwa berkulit mosaik yang menyerupai baju baja ini rata-rata memiliki panjang tubuh 3,1 – 3,2 m dengan tinggi 1,4 – 1,7 m.

Usaha pelestarian Badak Jawa oleh WFF dimulai sejak tahun 1962. Hingga saat ini WFF Indonesia terus menjaga populasi Badak Jawa dengan melakukan manajemen habitat di Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon.

Guna meningkatkan kepedulian terhadap Badak Jawa, Pada 24 Juni mendatang WFF Indonesia bersama komunitas lari Indo Runner mengadakan kegiatan lari lintas alam 10 kilometer bertajuk Run Rhino Run ‘Fun Nature Tracking 10K’. Kegiatan ini akan diikuti oleh 50 pelari utama yang terpilih dari kompetisi online di jejaring sosial.

Kegiatan tersebut diharapkan dapat membangun public awareness (kesadaran publik) terhadap Badak Jawa yang populasinya diambang kepunahan.

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You are not watching the scene of an animated film. This is a real story of unlike friendship by two big cats.

This unique story came from Big Cat Rescue in Tampa, Florida. Two big cats, lion Cameron and white tiger Zabu live together in harmony as companions.

love? :)

A meeting between the two predators would have been impossible in the wild as they hail from different continents.

Male African lion (Cameron) and female white tiger (Zabu)

Play-fighting predators (They looked so fun :-D )

say hi to Zabu :)

They were rescued from a roadside zoo eight years ago.

images taken from animaltalk.us

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Ragunan zoo gate (src: wikimedia)

News about Surabaya zoo recently had just brought my curiosity to the zoo itself. It seems an interesting topic to talk. Several questions came to my mind, how is the story about zoo? (The origin), what is the purpose of the zoo? What the zoo built for? Are the zoos truly harmed the animals in captivating them, placed in a cage while it (animals) should be in a wild nature? Let’s find out!

Zoo has long story history from ancient world to modern times. From ancient Egypt, Chinese Empress, to the Roman Emperor most of the Kings have zoological collection. In Egypt which was known during excavation at Hierakonpolis revealed some animals in collection like hippos, hartebeest, elephants, baboons and wildcats while in Tanki Chinese Empress had a “house of deer”. Not only as a collection, some of the animals also used for study and used in the arena like Roman emperor had done. In Medieval English some of the kings also kept a collection of animals. Henry I of England for example, he kept lions, leopards, and camels at his palace.

Menagerie, a form of keeping common and exotic animals in captivity, preceded the zoological garden. Vienna zoo in Austria was evolved from the Imperial Menagerie at the Schonbrunn Palace in Vienna. Following the oldest zoo in Vienna, others zoo was just founded. It spread all over the world from Madrid, Paris, Russia, London, Melbourne, and so on.

The word ‘zoo’ derived from word zoology, the study of animal. From just a collection zoo was developed into an education and scientific research place. Since it opened to public zoo wasn’t just for entertainment but also an education center. If we looked at the first generation of zoo (around 1752-1831) most of the zoo built in the interest of studying animals. Then since 1970s zoos’ role was moved from just zoological garden became conservation for ecology reason. Following this positive trend some zoos in America stopped animals perform tricks for visitor.

How is it? Zoo looks fine doesn’t it? It created for studying the animals and they seemed treat the animals good in a conservation shape to keep them spread in nature. However some people considered most zoos are just keeping animals in captivity in breed. They questioned the conservation role and argue that zoos make a “minuscule contribution to conservation. “

Furthermore, the fact that some of zoo around the world are in worst condition. They give a bad care. Lot of animals lives in inappropriate cage. Wild animals like tiger and lion are stressed during their captivity. Their lives are changing. If in its nature they can run, walk as far as they can and hunt for prey, now they can’t. Now, they’ve just wait for their food. This condition even worse by the rise of an illegal animal market that involving zoo staff.

Right after this, another question came. Is zoo are good or bad?

Reference:
Conway, William (1995). "The conservation park: A new zoo synthesis for a changed world", in The Ark Evolving: Zoos and Aquariums in Transition, Wemmer, Christen M. (ed.), Smithsonian Institution Conservation and Research Center, Front Royal, Virginia.
Blunt, Wilfrid (1976). The Ark in the Park: The Zoo in the Nineteenth Century, Hamish Hamilton, London. Hyson, Jeffrey (2003). "Zoos," in Encyclopedia of World Environmental History: O-Z, Krech, Shepard, Mc Neill, John Robert and Merchant, Carolyn (ed.), Routledge, London.
Robinson, Michael H. (1987a). "Beyond the zoo: The biopark", Defenders of Wildlife Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 6.
Reichenbach, Herman (2002). "Lost Menageries: Why and How Zoos Disappear (Part 1)",International Zoo News Vol.49/3 (No.316), April–May 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo

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Surabaya zoo entrance -tripadvisor.co.id

The bad condition of Surabaya Zoo has reached its peak. After the death of the last remaining giraffe with 18 kg wad of plastic in its stomach, now turn to the Javanese bull which dead after has wound on its leg. That bull was rammed by others when they’re looking for female bull. This incident occurred by the cage that are too full. This zoo is a nightmare.

Previously 2 years ago, came up a report told 25 from 4000 animals there dead every month, most of them are suddenly dead. They’re African lion, Sumatran tiger, and some of crocodile. And this cruel condition continues till now.

Javanese bull in a treatment before its death

The worst internal management plays an important role here. This is the root of the problems which caused to unfocused handling of the animals. From the uncontrolled breed, lack of funds for the animals, until a probability for an illegal animal market which involved the staff. Surabaya zoo doesn’t have enough places to keep the massive number of animals.

If we look at the situation, this zoo is no longer feasible due to cruel and scandalous conditions. There are only two choices for Surabaya zoo. A shut down or a privatization as Tony Sumampouw, an experienced zoo manager said, this zoo is needed a total renovation. “We need to think about a private management or moving some of animals.” said him.

Rusty sign on Surabaya zoo (photo by AndhikaLiu, Feb 2012 -tripadvisor.co.id)

If there is no one who eager to take the zoo, a shut down can be a good choice. The animals could be spread to others zoo rather than forced to defend this zoo (not seriously) and harmed the animals. However if there is a company who want to take care the zoo would be great. A big whole change must be added to save this zoo.

Unfortunately until this post posted I haven’t yet hear about the response of the government as the authorities to take action then solve this problem.

Source:

http://id.berita.yahoo.com/blogs/newsroom-blog/korban-jatuh-lagi-di-kebun-binatang-surabaya.html http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/15/the-disturbing-state-of-indonesias-zoo-of-death/
more images here http://bit.ly/xKgni1

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note: this is a continued post from This mysterious turtle has been identified

adult black marsh turtle

Following the discussion on reptile forum some enthusiast said that a hybrid between RES and black marsh turtle is impossible. A requirements for a hybrid is on the same family at least.  
more about hybrid or cross breeding go to http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload/index.php?showtopic=108069

red ear slider

So, the case is almost done. If a hybrid is impossible, the egg by Anna's RES is something like empty fertilization.

Case closed! :D

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Identified! Siebenrockiella crassicollis

The investigation for identifying this kind of turtle began by the possibility of hybrid or cross breed between this turtle and RES (Red Ear Slider). Both of the pet are belongs to my friend, Anna. She told me the turtle ever nesting several times but failed to hatch. The question is both of this turtle are different in species. One of the turtles identified as RES but the another one is unknown. Then after discussion in a reptile forum [at] kaskus, they suggest me to upload the picture of the mysterious turtle to identify. So we can conclude if there is a cross bred or not.

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Did you ever see this reptile? it is beautiful isn't it?

This is Frill-necked Lizard. That name comes from large frill around it's neck. The frill is usually folded except when they feel threatened, the frill will open.

This lizard refer to arboreal, spending the majority time in the trees. To survive they usually eats insects, small lizards, spiders, cicadas, termites, and small mammals.



Frill-necked facts

"Their lifespan in the wild is unknown, but specimens in captivity have lived 20 years.- National Geographic."

This reptile included in large lizard that can reach up to 91.4 cm in length.

This species is spread in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.

Threatened Frill-necked lizard

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Turtles are attractive interesting reptile which has unique shape. They have shells that protect the turtle. This is self defense equipment for turtles. Shells are divided into two areas upper (carapace) and lower (plastron). They also have beaks. Their beaks are often as sharp as a knife. Even there are teeth in their beaks they don’t use them to chew but to break up their food.

Galapagos Tortoise (img source:http://library.sandiegozoo.org/)

Turtle facts: “The first turtles are believed to have lived over 200 million years ago!... and their fossils are almost identical to turtles that are alive today!”-Animal-World.

According to their habitat turtle are divided into 4 types, they are land turtles, (semi terrestrial turtles, semi-aquatic turtles), and full-aquatic turtles.
Land turtles are usually called tortoise. They are lived in land/terrestrial and do not hibernate. Most of them are vegetarian. Semi-terrestrial or Terrapins commonly live both in water and the land. They are both carnivorous and vegetarian. There are also Semi-aquatic turtles, spending time most in water but need a sun. They usually bask on the stone or wood in the land. They were also a good swimmer. The most famous semi-aquatic turtle is red ear slider that had been known world wide. Finally there are turtles who actually aquatic, full aquatic turtles. They live in a lake, river, and also in the sea, commonly known as sea turtle.

These are some types that included to the 4 categories of turtles.
Land turtles: Indian star
Semi-terrestrial: Manouria emys, Eastern box turtle
Semi-aquatic: red ear slider, yellow bellied.
Full aquatic: soft shelled, sea turtles.

Reference:
Animal World
PetTurtleCareGuide.com

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What do you think when you see this fish?

Plecos (img source:http://www.mit.edu/~lxs/cichlids/pleco.html)

We Indonesian usually called this fish “ikan sapu-sapu” for their ability to clean the tanks by eat algae and anything inside tanks. In Indonesia Pleco are no more known except a tank cleaner fish. When a fisher got this fish they usually released them or they just throw them because considered interfere fisher to catch their target.

But wait… can’t you see this?

img source (ratemytank.com)

img source (fishinfo.worpress.com)

This fish, Pleco.. are shapely attracted don’t they? Their head, fin, tail are unique, especially their mouth which has ability to suck. They are like a monster underwater. :D beside his scary shape Plecos has a peaceful behavior. .It'll be nice to be a pet. :D. Plecos are also usually skittish and quickly hide when danger approaches.

Plecos will get very large to be almost 18 inches (46 cm).

img source (kuyahejo.wordpress.com)

 Plecos are naturally attractive fish. :D

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