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Quincey said:
I have no idea, although I would assume this is the case as I can't really think of any other reason they would be introducing an additional female.

The zoo have confirmed that Binturong cubs have been born and that this spring they will be introducing two new female Natal Dwarf Chameleons to resident male Bradley.
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This is encouraging news. I hope they are successful for both species.
 
Pertinax said:
Thanks. Was she the only Chimp left at BD or was there some other reason for this move if she's not pure?
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BD still have 1:3 pure Western Chimps, I believe the reason for her leaving was because she didn't get on with some of the members of the BD group and had been living separate from the group for a while.
 
RZSS Edinburgh Zoo welcomes first binturong cubs born in Scotland | Edinburgh Zoo

ZSS Edinburgh Zoo are celebrating the birth of the first binturong cubs to be born in Scotland.

It is incredibly difficult to breed the quirky animals, which smell like popcorn and have the appearance of a small cat-like bear, so zoo staff have been delighted by the arrival of triplets.

Native to rainforests in Southeast Asia, binturongs are a member of the civet family, with their distinctive, popcorn scent coming from a chemical compound in their urine.

Alison MacLean, head carnivore keeper at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo, said: “We are very excited about the arrival of our cubs. These are the first binturong to be born in Scotland, so this is a real achievement.

“At first, we thought we had two little ones as our camera outside their den showed four eyes peeking out into the dark so we were very happy to discover we actually had triplets.

“The trio, born at the end of January, have recently started to emerge from their den, though only for small periods of time.

“The cubs are doing well, with their mum Poppy being very attentive,” said Alison.

“We are gradually introducing them to visitors to build up their confidence and they will soon venture outside more regularly during the daytime.”
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To breed eventually, I suppose, although currently there are no facilities in order to do so. Hopefully this will be rectified quite quickly, otherwise I can think of more logical moves that could be made with this potentially viable young female. I don’t mean to be sceptical, but they have been talking for many years now about adding breeding facilities. And I was also told on this forum that this has been blocked previously, outside of the zoo’s control. Hopefully this will be changing now.
 
The zoo has announced new opening times. They will now open at 10am year round, as opposed to previously opening from 9am year round.

Also, childrens entry price has been reduced to £9.95 or £9 without the donation.
 
Quincey said:
The zoo has announced new opening times. They will now open at 10am year round, as opposed to previously opening from 9am year round.

Also, childrens entry price has been reduced to £9.95 or £9 without the donation.
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Interesting. I always thought it was a bit unusual to open so early, and probably of little benefit.

Scottish Wildcat said:
I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of one of the binutorong babies outside today!
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Lucky! I need to go back soon!
 
beccasunbear said:
Interesting. I always thought it was a bit unusual to open so early, and probably of little benefit.
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On a Europe-wide level, actually Edinburgh (along with Bristol) was always the UK collection which followed the general trend the closest :p it's actually pretty damn unusual on the continent for collections to remain closed until 10am as almost all major UK collections do..... and they tend to remain open later than ours do, too!

Of course, given how much this particular collection has declined in recent years - and the fact that pretty much all the species which most benefited from longer opening hours permitting multiple revisits are gone - the extra hour probably didn't make much difference anymore :p when Edinburgh held treasures like Northern Luzon Cloud Rat, Marbled Polecat, Tibetan Golden Cat, Maned Wolf, European Souslik and so forth, it was very useful!
 
TeaLovingDave said:
On a Europe-wide level, actually Edinburgh (along with Bristol) was always the UK collection which followed the general trend the closest :p it's actually pretty damn unusual on the continent for collections to remain closed until 10am as almost all major UK collections do..... and they tend to remain open later than ours do, too!

Of course, given how much this particular collection has declined in recent years - and the fact that pretty much all the species which most benefited from longer opening hours permitting multiple revisits are gone - the extra hour probably didn't make much difference anymore :p when Edinburgh held treasures like Northern Luzon Cloud Rat, Marbled Polecat, Tibetan Golden Cat, Maned Wolf, European Souslik and so forth, it was very useful!
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I guess they’ll also have taken into account things like revenue from shop and restaurant sales between 9am and 10am when making this decision, versus the cost of paying their staff team for this additional hour.
 
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