Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

ChIkEn NuGrEt said:
Oh okay I didn’t know that, I’m new, although I have been observing the website forums, and found images to use as inspiration for my zoos in planet zoo, I’ve also really enjoyed Geomorph’s zoo reviews.
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Yeah, and I think once an hour has past you can’t edit your post. (Just so you know)
 
Chlidonias said:
Yes, a person would need to have been to Sydney (or the Gold Coast earlier), Jakarta, Singapore or Japan to see one in captivity. So relatively a rare sight for Zoochatters.
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There are Dugongs in Jakarta, Singapore and previously the Gold Coast? I thought they were only kept at Sydney Aquarium and Toba Aquarium.
 
DaLilFishie said:
There are Dugongs in Jakarta, Singapore and previously the Gold Coast? I thought they were only kept at Sydney Aquarium and Toba Aquarium.
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The two which were at Sydney (now one) moved there from the Gold Coast Sea World. The Underwater World in Singapore had one previously until maybe ten years ago, something like that, easily in the time frame for several Zoochatters to have seen it. The Oceanarium in Jakarta has / had one - the accounts of whether it has died or not have changed several times.
 
ChIkEn NuGrEt said:
I believe the Fort Worth zoo has either Anoas or Bantengs although I think they may have removed them so they could start construction on the next stage of a wilder vision after Elephant Springs.
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Like the dugongs being discussed Javan bantengs aren't super rare but aren't easy to see in the US so yes they are somewhat rare as for Burma Bantengs, they are definitely rare. Anoas are harder to find in Europe but are somewhat rare in the US.
 
1) Oh, and there's over 2 dozen European zoos with bush dog.

2) Then we need to advertise this site better in Japan so Japanese zoo fans can join. I know a few folks with blogs and excellent photos, but I have yet to reach out to any of them.
 
RatioTile said:
2) Then we need to advertise this site better in Japan so Japanese zoo fans can join. I know a few folks with blogs and excellent photos, but I have yet to reach out to any of them.
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I tried posting a link to a fan page of Kobe animal Kingdom. But the group didn’t seem to have English speakers.
 
Yeah, when I was there it took them a while to find me an English-speaking staff member to translate my requests to see offshow animals. Ultimately they gave me a tour of the grounds and I made some friends.
 
I also remember seeing both hawksbill sea turtles (Idk if they are uncommon) and Amazonian manatees. I have also seen an albino cayman.
 
ChIkEn NuGrEt said:
Where?
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I saw the hawksbill sea turtle at the Rio de Janeiro zoo (she was being held there because the zoo was doing a partnership with Projeto TAMAR (a Brazilian non-profit organization whose main objective is to protect sea turtles from extinction in the Brazilian coastline)). I saw both the Amazonian manatee and the albino cayman at the São Paulo aquarium.
 
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