Dein Suchergebnis zum Thema: Hand

As their native habitat continues to shrink, wild cheetahs are facing a drought of genetic diversity. This is in direct contrast with the population of cheetahs in zoos, which is as genetically diverse as it was 30 years ago because of cooperative and strategically managed breeding programs.
Females, on the other hand, mature between 24-30 months of age.

Asia Trail is home to the some of the largest continent’s most unique species: sloth bears, red pandas, Asian small-clawed otters, clouded leopards and fishing cats.
Animal care staff have extensive experience with both mother-reared and hand-reared

Training tigers to show their teeth and preening prickly porcupines is all in a day’s work for keeper Dell Guglielmo!
We will hand feed each porcupine his or her leaf-eater biscuits; it is a good opportunity

Two new neighbors have arrived at Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Meet Przewalski’s horse mother-son duo, Barbie and Cooper! 
Barbie’s face briefly, and she has reached out on several occasions to sniff my hand

Does an animal’s personality play a role on whether it will survive in the wild? Researchers are using a surprising clue to find out: poop.
can be a lot less picturesque than sitting in the sagebrush with binoculars in hand

She’s a sweet-natured, eager explorer with a taste for juicy wax worms. Meet Chiquita, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s new tamandua! 
Chiquita was hand-raised, so she is very accustomed to human attention and seems

A family meal among prairie dogs, the soothing sounds of a cheetah’s purr and a Pride cake fit for a giant panda. As summer kicks off at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, we’re sharing some moments from June that sparked joy.
relaxed enough to purr when a human is in close proximity, but 8-year-old Gat was hand-raised

From flamingo courtships to weekly weigh-ins for the African lions, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo is buzzing with beastly activity behind the scenes! 
These outings give Alice, who was hand-raised, a chance to socialize with keepers

Long-billed curlew are shorebirds that spend their summers breeding in the grasslands of Montana. Smithsonian ecologists are equipping them with GPS trackers to learn more about their movements.
Image: With hand motions, they direct us left and right to make sure the net

In March and April, keepers at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia, celebrated the arrival of two male kiwi chicks! Get to know them in this update from the bird team.
Maori, on the other hand, is more relaxed in their presence.