JoeBookman

Ferrets are the domesticated version of polecats. They are considered a subspecies of polecat and hybrids exist. There's also the zorilla, which is also known as the striped polecat in ...

Happy to help. Fun fact: nipples are modified sweat glands. Breast milk is specialized, highly nutritious sweat. Marsupials and monotremes don't have nipples. They directly sweat milk, which collects

@featherstone9086 on cormorants: Cormorant fishing is done by taking cormorants out onto the water, putting a collar or "noose" around their necks, and shaking the raft or boat you're on ...

Thank you all for being patient. @Snoink on getting a hippopotamus for Christmas, Very possibly this . Sadly I've never worked with hippos personally, so I can't give much creative ...

@Snoink on hippopotamus: Let me think about it, but I'll start by saying that it could totally happen. @CoffeeCat on Madagascar movie: Zero. Marty and his friends are dead.

@Megrim Yes! Another animal person! Please, if anyone has their own experiences, add on. I don't know as much about domestics so your post was educational for me.

@Basil on horses: There's several variables to keep in mind, mostly to do with temperature and humidity. Generally, the higher the temperature and higher the humidity, the more physically stressed ...

Lightsong , on dolphin communication: Hooooooo boy. I took a day to think about this because you're actually breaching a young and convoluted area of animal science. I'm going to ...

Don't apologize! This is my bread and butter.

Wolfical , I'll preempt this by saying I'm no expert in osteology. Looking at the skeleton of a horse, the spinous process is shorter and creates a dip in the ...

Basil , on okapi: The gestation period is 15 months on average. Our female was actually suspected to be pregnant. The problem is that it is very difficult to tell ...

I know that they love apple-flavored biscuits and they are one of the softest creatures you'll ever touch. I had the honor to work in a barn with a few ...

I'm Joe, a junior in college studying zoo science and field biology. I have two jobs with animals presently, doing animal care in the natural history area at a museum ...