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15/11/2024

Fun morning with the !!

31/10/2024

This is Sunny, Thelma and Prickles some of our Bearded Dragons.
See the difference between our Central and Easterns.
They really are the Coolest lizards. nbeardeddragon lizard

31/10/2024

The kids and adults at Ashmore Palms Holiday Village had a blast getting up close and spooky with some of our reptiles for Halloween.🐍🎃👻

20/10/2024

An update of Pickles! Turning greener by the day! 💚

17/10/2024

Our Green Tree Python “Pickles” is starting to turn green.
Pickles is around 9 months old and will change from this beautiful yellow colour to a vibrant green.
This process can take up to 2 weeks.
So exciting!

17/10/2024

Meet the Spiny Leaf Insect 🦗🌿— a master of disguise found in the northeast of Australia! These fascinating creatures blend seamlessly with leaves, making them nearly impossible to spot as they hang motionless from foliage. Their diet consists of fresh leaves, with their favorite being eucalyptus gum leaves, but they also feed on a variety of other plants in the wild.

One of their most interesting features is their unique reproductive cycle. Females toss eggs from trees to the forest floor, where they resemble plant seeds. Ants often collect these eggs, protecting them underground until they hatch. When the tiny nymphs emerge, they resemble ants—tricking birds into leaving them alone as they climb back up the trees.

As they grow, Spiny Leaf Insects go through a process called ecdysis, where they shed their exoskeleton to expand. Males developing wings, while females only grow small, unusable wings. Surprisingly, females can reproduce without males through parthenogenesis, creating clones of themselves!

24/09/2024

Some pics from one of our programs yesterday.

We love seeing familiar faces of people who regularly come to our shows.

One of the many amazing (free) events that GCCC put on during the school holidays.

If you’re interested in attending one of the workshops, jump into their website to register.

24/09/2024

Some pics from one of our programs yesterday.

We love seeing familiar faces of people who regularly come to our shows.

One of the many amazing (free) events that GCCC put on during the school holidays.

If you’re interested in attending one of the workshops, jump into their website to register.

31/08/2024

Some signs to watch out for if you think your dog may have been bitten by a snake.
If in doubt, take your pet to the vet as a precaution.

So many people slip up on that false recovery...
They get the she will be right attitude... that time wasted is the time that results in a bad ending

19/08/2024

Spider cleaning day!
Someone’s gotta do it😂

Check out Wild Rangers’s video.

26/05/2024

03/05/2024

What a great day today we had at Gaven State School.

Nothing more rewarding that seeing huge smiles on the kids faces when they meet our animals.🐍🐊🐢🐸

23/04/2024

Just another reminder to those in the Northern Hemisphere that Dandelions are a key source of early nectar to Pollinators, flowering normally begins in a few weeks time but we're already getting reports of Dandelions appearing across the hemisphere, so consider leaving a few plants to flower if you are mowing 🐝

Dandelion (genus Taraxacum) are flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions native to Eurasia and to North America, but the two commonplace species in the wider world, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were also introduced from Europe and now propagate as wildflowers in those regions including North America where they are considered introduced. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion comes from French "dent-de-lion", meaning "lion's tooth". Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. In part due to their abundance along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of pollinators that themselves are critical to pollination of later flowering plants. Although they are appearing earlier, May-June is a peak blooming time critical for Pollinators.

19/04/2024

We don’t only do Wildlife shows here at Wild Rangers. We also have our “Bugs gone Wild” show which as you can see the kids love!