ParathePineapple
Well-Known Member
Thanks misread the challenge, must not have forgot them but actually read the challenge correctly.
Zoochat Challenge North America 2022
- Thread starter Coelacanth18
- Start date
-
- Tags
- challenge north america
Definitely not how I expected to start, but I was in Philly and the zoo was closed so.
Philadelphia Insectarium Jan 4th 2022
The Big Squeeze 1/4 required, 0/1 extra
1. Red-tailed boa, Boa constrictor
Silk and Stinger 3/3 spider, 3/3 scorpion
1. Sapphire gooty tarantula, Poecilotheria metallica
2. Hispaniola tarantula, Phormictopus cancerides
3. Indian ornamental tarantula, Poecilotheria regalis
1. Arizona bark scorpion, Centruroides sculpturatus
2. Tricolor scorpion, Opistophthalmus glabrifrons
3. Flat rock scorpion, Hadogenes troglodytes
One-Zoo Wonder
Completed Silk and Stinger at Philadelphia Insectarium, Jan 4 2022
---------------------------------------------------------
Partial
20. The Big Squeeze 1/5
Complete
26. Silk and Stinger 6/6 Complete
33.One-Zoo Wonder 1/1 Complete
Philadelphia Insectarium Jan 4th 2022
The Big Squeeze 1/4 required, 0/1 extra
1. Red-tailed boa, Boa constrictor
Silk and Stinger 3/3 spider, 3/3 scorpion
1. Sapphire gooty tarantula, Poecilotheria metallica
2. Hispaniola tarantula, Phormictopus cancerides
3. Indian ornamental tarantula, Poecilotheria regalis
1. Arizona bark scorpion, Centruroides sculpturatus
2. Tricolor scorpion, Opistophthalmus glabrifrons
3. Flat rock scorpion, Hadogenes troglodytes
One-Zoo Wonder
Completed Silk and Stinger at Philadelphia Insectarium, Jan 4 2022
---------------------------------------------------------
Partial
20. The Big Squeeze 1/5
Complete
26. Silk and Stinger 6/6 Complete
33.One-Zoo Wonder 1/1 Complete
I'm not in North America so can't compete in this, but I must say I absolutely love the concept of this year's challenge.
Adventure Aquarium - 1/8/21
Rookery Roundabout (1/8)
1. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
Polly Wants 20 (2/20)
1. Gray Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
2. Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Pick Your Poison (5/8)
1. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribillis)
3. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
4. Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
5. Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
Sharknado (4/4) - COMPLETE
1. Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
2. Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus)
3. Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
4. Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarren)
Release the Kraken (1/1) - COMPLETE
1. Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
The Steve Irwin (0/5 Mammals, 2/5 Birds, 3/5 Herps)
1. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
2. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
1. Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
2. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)*
3. Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)*
*Would these count since they nest on Australian beaches?
One-Zoo Wonder - COMPLETE
- Sharknado
--------------------------------------------------
COMPLETED
1. Sharknado (1/8/21)
2. Release the Kraken (1/8/21)
3. One-Zoo Wonder (1/8/21)
IN PROGRESS
1. Pick Your Poison (5/8)
2. Rookery Roundabout (1/8)
3. The Steve Irwin (0/5 Mammals, 2/5 Birds, 3/5 Herps)
4. Polly Wants 20 (2/20)
Rookery Roundabout (1/8)
1. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
Polly Wants 20 (2/20)
1. Gray Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
2. Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)
Pick Your Poison (5/8)
1. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates tinctorius)
2. Golden Poison Frog (Phyllobates terribillis)
3. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
4. Strawberry Poison Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
5. Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates leucomelas)
Sharknado (4/4) - COMPLETE
1. Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
2. Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus)
3. Sandbar Shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
4. Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarren)
Release the Kraken (1/1) - COMPLETE
1. Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
The Steve Irwin (0/5 Mammals, 2/5 Birds, 3/5 Herps)
1. Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
2. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
1. Eastern Long-necked Turtle (Chelodina longicollis)
2. Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)*
3. Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta)*
*Would these count since they nest on Australian beaches?
One-Zoo Wonder - COMPLETE
- Sharknado
--------------------------------------------------
COMPLETED
1. Sharknado (1/8/21)
2. Release the Kraken (1/8/21)
3. One-Zoo Wonder (1/8/21)
IN PROGRESS
1. Pick Your Poison (5/8)
2. Rookery Roundabout (1/8)
3. The Steve Irwin (0/5 Mammals, 2/5 Birds, 3/5 Herps)
4. Polly Wants 20 (2/20)
Per the revised version of the rule, you can only count one of the sea turtles since neither of them are endemic to Oceania. Feel free to count whichever one for now, and if you see another native non-endemic you'd rather use you can swap it out.
That's totally understandable, and it was the chief problem I anticipated people having with this year's challenge. Whether this is an inherent flaw of a scavenger hunt-style challenge I'm not sure; I thought creating themed challenges would help people keep track of them better, but it's still a large task either way.
There are two things I will say. First, while I hope to continue incorporating new and innovative ideas into these challenges, my tentative plan for 2023 is to return to doing a more single-focus taxonomic and/or geographic challenge per the norm - both to mix things up from year to year and also to give myself and others a break after this one.
Second, I've been considering the possibility of adding an alternative 2022 North America challenge for those who find this one too daunting, chaotic or unmanageable for them - as I've said, this year's challenge is partly an experiment and I thought having backup options might be necessary. I don't have anything firmed up yet, but if I do end up making something on the side I will announce it here and reach out to anyone who expresses interest.
Fun fact I just worked out for no reason other than curiosity - if it were possible to score points in the UK, the maximum possible score would be 34/36 
Fun fact I just worked out for no reason other than curiosity - if it were possible to score points in the UK, the maximum possible score would be 34/36
No Bird-of-Paradise, no Indian Gharial?
Edit: 33/36 it seems... does the UK really only have 3 species of rattlesnake on display, and only at one zoo each?
Last edited:
Lucky you. I worked out New Zealand and I think it is 7/36.Fun fact I just worked out for no reason other than curiosity - if it were possible to score points in the UK, the maximum possible score would be 34/36
The Meerkat one, Polly one, Sharknado, Kraken, NZ Easy (easily), Steve Irwin, and probably the One Zoo Wonder challenge given that the Steve Irwin one is for "Oceania" so covers NZ species as well (edit: I did the Sharknado one last year at Napier's National Aquarium, so that would work for the One Zoo Wonder).
Last edited:
Well, strictly speaking it is Australian; my revision was that all but one of the 15 species had to be endemic to Oceania, but all 15 must be native to Australia specifically. I did this so as not to rule out species like Little Blue Penguin, Green Tree Python, Cassowary, and Short-beaked Echidna that are also found in New Guinea or other islands in the region. Is NZ still well-covered with that factored in?
(So as a clarification to anybody participating: NZ, New Guinea, or Pacific island endemics *do not* count for Steve Irwin - it has to be from Australia and can also be from those countries.)
Oh, I completely misunderstood your modification! In that case it could be still be done in NZ but not at a single zoo.
No Bird-of-Paradise, no Indian Gharial?
Edit: 33/36 it seems... does the UK really only have 3 species of rattlesnake on display, and only at one zoo each?
Yep, I'd missed the mention of it having to be both Indian *and* Sunda Gharial
it was the BoP and rattlesnakes that I was thinking of.
Yep, I'd missed the mention of it having to be both Indian *and* Sunda Gharial
It only vaguely occurred to me that I wasn't sure how many rattlesnakes were in the UK - I know venomous snakes aren't flush there in general - but I was really shocked by that. After passing through all of the ZTL listings, it seems rattlesnakes are a lot rarer in Europe as a whole than I would have guessed!
A quick comparison: there are at least 15 species in the United States that are definitely or probably kept in the double-digits (out of maybe 30 species total), while there's only 6 in Europe. Of those 6, all are held in my country and only one - Uracoan Rattlesnake - is not one of those 15 I mentioned. This is on top of the vast majority of European holdings being specialist facilities, while the places I'm counting in the US are largely just general zoos and aquariums.
I forgot one for "The Steve Irwin"
3. Australian Green Tree Frog (Ranoidea caerulea)
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary - January 8 2022
Cat Got Your Tongue - 0/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 0/1 Eurasian small cat 0/1 African small cat
1. Cougar Puma concolor
Duck Dynasty - 10/18
4. Northern Pintail Anas acuta
5. Redhead Aythya americana
6. Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
7. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
8. Greater Scaup Aythya marila
9. Black Scoter Melanitta americana
10. Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
(@Coelacanth18 and a Mallard enclosed in an aviary, are we not counting those?)
Polly Wants a 20 - 2/20
2. Salmon-crested Cockatoo Cacatua moluccensis
The Edgar Allen Poe - 2/2 Corvus 0/1 magpie 1/1 New World jay 0/2 wild
2. American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
3. Common Raven Corvus corax
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 1/4 mammals 0/4 birds 0/4 herps
1. Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum
____________________________________________________________
Current Progress
In-Progress Trials
Duck Dynasty - 10/18
The Edgar Allen Poe - 2/2 Corvus 0/1 magpie 1/1 New World jay 0/2 wild
Cold as Ice - 1/3
Polly Wants a 20 - 2/20
The Big Squeeze - 0/1 anaconda 1/1 Reticulated Python 1/1 Burmese Python 1/1 Common Boa 1/1 other boa/python
Slow and Steady - 0/2 giant tortoise 0/1 Madagascar tortoise 1/1 Gopherus
The Sobek Six-Pack - 1/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 0/2 crocodile
One Drop, One Life - 8/8 rattlesnake 6/6 viper 4/4 elapid 0/1 Komodo 1/1 Heloderma
Silk and Stinger - 3/3 spider 1/3 scorpion
The Steve Irwin - 0/5 Mammals 1/5 Birds 3/5 Herps
Cat Got Your Tongue - 0/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 0/1 Eurasian small cat 0/1 African small cat
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 1/4 mammals 0/4 birds 0/4 herps
Completed Trails - 2/36
-Parliament Is Now In Session
-One-Zoo Wonder
Attachments
Yep, I'd missed the mention of it having to be both Indian *and* Sunda Gharial
I must admit, I thought the Edgar Allen Poe one was also impossible, due to a New World jay being required, but then I found that there are a very small handful in UK zoos.
Duck Dynasty 5/18:
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Ringed Teal Callonetta leucophrys Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Wood Duck Aix sponsa Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Redhead Aythya americana OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Polly Wants 20 3/20:
Greater Sulfur Crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Blue and Gold Macaw Ara ararauna Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Green-winged Macaw Ara chloroptera OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
One Drop, One Life 0/8, 0/6, 0/4, 0/1, 1/1:
Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Sharknado 4/4:
Whitespotted Bamboo Shark Chiloscyllium plagiosum OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Epaulette Shark Hemiscyllium ocellatum OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Leopard Shark Triakis semifasciata OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Silk and Stinger 1/3, 0/3:
Chilean Rose-haired Tarantula Grammostola rosea OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Release the Kraken:
Giant Pacific Octopus Enteroctopus dolfleini OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
One-Zoo Wonder:
Sharknado
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval 1/4 0/4 1/4:
Lion-tailed Macaque Macaca silenus Reid Park Zoo 1/5/22
Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus OdySea Aquarium 1/8/22
Completed Challenges 4/36:
Redemption Arc
Sharknado
Release the Kraken
One-Zoo Wonder