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I'm lucky in that I get to play with all sorts of cool stuff for a living. The museum I work for recently set up a series of exhibits aimed at younger children in an area coined "I explore". In this space we placed 4 living exhibits that highlight different places that animals call "home".
One of the exhibits is a communal group of A.avicularia
I have about 20 avics in here and the enclosure has been occupied for a few months now. They share the space with about 4 African millipedes. The purpose of the exhibit is to highlight how some inverts live up in the canopy while others stay on the ground but the milli's don't seem to understand the signs and spend alot of time up in the branches. I've witnessed alot of interesting interaction between the two species.
The enclosure itself measures 2.5 ft wide, deep, and 4' high. I have placed alot of wood in there to provide plenty of surface area and little nooks and crannies for the avics to hide. It seems that they spend alot of time in conspicuous areas and have made some really cool web retreats.
Some of my favorites are the adults that have webbed up in the canopy and used the artificial foliage in their construction.
So far the numbers seem somewhat stable. There has been a few instances of cannibalization and it seems that it's mostly young males pushing the envelope with females in their secure tube webs. I'm hoping for some fat avic sacs soon!
One of the exhibits is a communal group of A.avicularia
I have about 20 avics in here and the enclosure has been occupied for a few months now. They share the space with about 4 African millipedes. The purpose of the exhibit is to highlight how some inverts live up in the canopy while others stay on the ground but the milli's don't seem to understand the signs and spend alot of time up in the branches. I've witnessed alot of interesting interaction between the two species.
The enclosure itself measures 2.5 ft wide, deep, and 4' high. I have placed alot of wood in there to provide plenty of surface area and little nooks and crannies for the avics to hide. It seems that they spend alot of time in conspicuous areas and have made some really cool web retreats.
Some of my favorites are the adults that have webbed up in the canopy and used the artificial foliage in their construction.
So far the numbers seem somewhat stable. There has been a few instances of cannibalization and it seems that it's mostly young males pushing the envelope with females in their secure tube webs. I'm hoping for some fat avic sacs soon!
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