tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905638301320729729.post8060390361830125726..comments2024-01-09T02:15:16.760-08:00Comments on Zoo Volunteer: Teenage Mutant enemy TurtlesAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413237012527210151noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905638301320729729.post-88841317030235043332009-10-02T01:29:42.244-07:002009-10-02T01:29:42.244-07:00You may see spoonbills near Copenhagen again yet -...You may see spoonbills near Copenhagen again yet - they have bred in Scotland in recent years so they appear to be moving northwards. There are records of pelicans breeding in the UK up until about 400BC, and I have read that in Riman times they were still frequenting North Sea coasts.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14413237012527210151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905638301320729729.post-58951212522759999492009-09-29T11:04:06.796-07:002009-09-29T11:04:06.796-07:00Very interesting article. Some weeks ago I have se...Very interesting article. Some weeks ago I have seen at the zoological museum of Copenhagen a carapace of Emys orbicularis from Denmark which was dated to early holocene. I know also other early holocene relics from the Rosgarten museum of Konstanz (Germany). It is really interesting what "exotic" animals had a much wider range only a comparably short time ago. Besides the turtle carapace there was for example also a holocene spoonbill skeleton exhibited at Copenhagen. It is really sad that terrapins are now so extremely rare in middle Europe. I read in a book about european reptiles that they were once common food during the middleage, and probably already at that time sometimes even introduced to new habitats by humans. But I suppose they are possibly still more widespread than many people think. Several years ago a small population was discovered in the region where I live.Sordeshttp://www.bestiarium.kryptozoologie.netnoreply@blogger.com