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Please say you have a picture of the snowman!!! Also, does the zoo plan to keep camels forver or will they be going out of them eventually? I just feel like it's a species which may not stay forever. Also when will they make up their mind over those vivs in Monsoon!
 
PaleoMatt said:
Also, does the zoo plan to keep camels forver or will they be going out of them eventually? I just feel like it's a species which may not stay forever.
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I too feel like Chester may probably go out of camels at somepoint in the future (just like Twycross did a few years ago), it will be a shame when they do considering that Bactrians are endangered and Chester is well known for keeping mostly endangered animals.
 
Animallover1998 said:
I too feel like Chester may probably go out of camels at somepoint in the future (just like Twycross did a few years ago), it will be a shame when they do considering that Bactrians are endangered and Chester is well known for keeping mostly endangered animals.
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while the wild Bactrian camel Camelus ferus is critically endangered, the domesticated Camelus bactrianus has no such concerns, contrary to what some zoos publish upon having a camel birth.
 
Swampy said:
while the wild Bactrian camel Camelus ferus is critically endangered, the domesticated Camelus bactrianus has no such concerns, contrary to what some zoos publish upon having a camel birth.
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Ahem, Blackpool...
 
They have been looking for a collection to send a female camel to for mating, but nothing has come of this plan. They can't keep a male camel at Chester in the same paddock as the onager. Male camel v male Onager would not be a good idea
 
Does anyone know if the aardvarks have moved back to their enclosure and if the porcupines are back in with the meerkats.
 
ISOE2012 said:
Very nice to see birds other than penguins on Secret life of the Zoo, especially nice to see their Javan Green Magpies this week and Village Weavers last week.
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The northern bald ibis, southern cassowaries and the philippine cockatoos have both been on the show before in the past.
 
PaleoMatt said:
Can't say I have ever heard "twin-wattled cassowary before" guess I am too young for that :p
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Until relatively recently they were usually labelled as twin-wattled, double wattled or two wattled, probably due to there being single wattled in other zoos in the UK. Southern wasn't used and on zootierliste, the other names are given still!
 
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