Birgus latro, the robber crab.

Here are a few videos of the Birgus latro that recently arrived at Chessington World of Adventure Zoo.

The first video shows him being removed from his temporary quarters for him to be checked (and for me to get excited over!) He has been housed offshow while his main enclosure is re-themed and "crab proofed"!

                                                                                  

The next video Keith talks about trying to reward the crab when it's taken out of its enclosure, the aim to be making it a pleasurable experience not a stressful one.

                                                                              

The final video has an even shakier camera while I move to stroke the crab, Keith's observations make me love this species even more (even if it hates me...)

What can you say? One of "The list"..

:)

Budgetts frog, Lepidobatrachus laevis.

This is my male budgetts frog, which I am about to brumate. This is his last meal, a small trout.

As mentioned in the YouTube info, he normally gets fed fresh water fish or insects, very rarely mammalian prey items. This is because I doubt he would eat many mice in the wild.
But who knows?
Look at the way he uses his hands to manipulate food, what an amazing animal!
:)