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Mixed species exhibit ideas
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Egyptian Geese will kill the shelduckOkay, here are several ideas. It’s quite the variety and I’m not sure if any have been done before, most aren’t very over the top either. Nevertheless, here we go!
1: Black Sable Antelope, Masai Giraffe, Cape Mountain Zebra, Ostrich, Nile Lechwe, Springbok.
2: Lowland Bongo, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Saddle Billed Stork
3: Cape Tree Hyrax, Baya Weaver
4: American Bison, Rocky Mountain Elk
5: Crowned Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur, Coquerel’s Sifiaka, Ring Tailed Lemur
6: Bactrian Camel, Persian Onager
7: Rhea, Southern Screamer, Guanaco
8: Warthog, Colobus Monkey
9: Wood Stork, Cattle Egret, Roseate Spoonbill, Glossy Ibis, Green Heron, Reddish Egret
10: Masked Bobwhite, Western Scrub Jay, Roadrunner, Thick Billed Parrot
11: Shoebill, Egyptian Goose, Pink Backed Pelican, South African Shelduck
12: Palm Nut Vulture, Yellow Mongoose
Will they? I've seen a fair amount of mixed with these species.
Cheetah and Rhinos is always a good one.
It's been done a few times, but I would like to see Maned Wolves mixed with other pampas species more often (Anteaters, tapirs etc).
Common Hippos with Sitatunga and waterfowl (I've seen this once, can't remember where).
Secretary Bird, White Stork, Egyptian Vulture
Warthogs alongside the common savannah species. (maybe all females).
Asian Elephants (male separated),Blackbuck, Axis Deer, Greater One Horned Rhino (likely won't work).
It's been done a few times, but I would like to see Maned Wolves mixed with other pampas species more often (Anteaters, tapirs etc).
Common Hippos with Sitatunga and waterfowl (I've seen this once, can't remember where).
Secretary Bird, White Stork, Egyptian Vulture
Warthogs alongside the common savannah species. (maybe all females).
Asian Elephants (male separated),Blackbuck, Axis Deer, Greater One Horned Rhino (likely won't work).
Not sure how these will work, but here are a few I would like to see tried-
1. Indian gharial, Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Rodrigues Fruit Bat, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Nicobar Pigeon
2. Red Panda, Himalayan Monal
3. Saurus Crane, Chinese Central Goral
4. Squirrel Monkey, Red-rumped Agouti, Southern Tamandua (only a singular Agouti so scent-masking is not a problem)
5. Queensland Koala, Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, Bennett's Wallaby
6. Pygmy Hippo, Debrazza's Monkey
7. Giant Anteater, Black and Gold Howler Monkey
1. Indian gharial, Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Rodrigues Fruit Bat, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Nicobar Pigeon
2. Red Panda, Himalayan Monal
3. Saurus Crane, Chinese Central Goral
4. Squirrel Monkey, Red-rumped Agouti, Southern Tamandua (only a singular Agouti so scent-masking is not a problem)
5. Queensland Koala, Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, Bennett's Wallaby
6. Pygmy Hippo, Debrazza's Monkey
7. Giant Anteater, Black and Gold Howler Monkey
Also-
8. Giant Anteater, White-faced Whistling Duck, Southern Screamer, Ringed Teal, Brazilian Teal
@Neil chace
1. Should work as long as there is lots of space away from the water, not quite sure though
2. No reason why it shouldn't
3. Would work, although more and more people are starting to dislike pinioning cranes so be careful with that one
4. Will work
5. I'm not a marsupial expert so someone might have to help me here, but I don't think I've ever seen Koalas mixed with anything else, does anyone know why?
6. Will work
7. Not sure, it depends on the individuals
8. No reason why it shouldn't
1. Should work as long as there is lots of space away from the water, not quite sure though
2. No reason why it shouldn't
3. Would work, although more and more people are starting to dislike pinioning cranes so be careful with that one
4. Will work
5. I'm not a marsupial expert so someone might have to help me here, but I don't think I've ever seen Koalas mixed with anything else, does anyone know why?
6. Will work
7. Not sure, it depends on the individuals
8. No reason why it shouldn't
For the marsupial one, I have seen koalas and tree kangaroos together at Cleveland Zoo, and both species pretty much ignore the other. I also know that wallabies and koalas have been mixed at San Diego Zoo, although I have not seen the mix personally.
Even in a very large area, Egyptian Geese in breeding condition are not to be trusted.
Seems like an interesting idea. Disease is really the only reason it might not work. I know regular kangaroos are prone to just about every disease, and I believe most other marsupials are the same way. Maybe there are some zoos that have this mix? If not, it probably is a disease mix.
The Philadelphia Zoo has some interesting ones. They have monkeys with sloths and monkeys with sengis. I can't remember the exact monkey species off the top of my head though.
Zoo D'Amneville and zoo Basel Zoo Basel do this mix with meerkats and Oregon Zoo and Tiergarten Nurnberg do this mix with dwarf mongooses. Apparently, several zoos mix dwarf mongooses with Von der Decken's hornbill
Monkeys and sloths is not unusual, in Europe multiple zoos house their sloths with one or more species of (as far as I know always new-world) monkeys.
With meerkats looks risky to me for the birds, mostly depending on the room available for the birds. A large greenhouse with a small exhibit for the meerkats (like Burgers' bush and the otters) does seem rather safe to me.
1: depends mostly on the space not accessible to the gharials, with enough space just fo the birds this might work fine as there are no wading birds or ducks in the mix.
2: Might work, though caution is needed as red pandas are actually known to eat small mammals and birds. Especially with chicks this would seem dangerous. I would also never recommend this mix with pinioned birds, especially because in that case the pheasant cannot fly away from the panda to escape.
3: Trampling would be a risk and breeding would be very difficult (and in general pinioned birds have many problems already mentioned often enough). In a large aviary with several spaces exclusively for the cranes this might be a fine mix.
4: Might work, though this would depend a lot on the male squirrel monkeys.
5: I know that koala's have been combined with terrestrial marsupials, don't know about the tree kangaroos though.
6: Should work in most cases, though as always individuals might pose a problem
7: Should work in most cases, though as always individuals might pose a problem (probably the monkeys in this case)
When in an aviary I don't see any problems with this mix.
Do you think a mix opinion of Central Chinese gorals and Giant pandas with separate exhibits for both species just in case if one species decides to be aggressive to the other might work out?
The issue is mainly how to find a place in which the larger animal can access in which the smaller one cannot, especially seeing that both pandas and goral are terrestrial, non-swimming species. You would be better off just making two exhibits in this case, especially seeing giant pandas stress easily.
Meerkats will take down a Herring Gull, so maybe not