Man, bird flu is really driving me mad right now. I know it's not exactly corona 2.0 but it might as well be for Dutch zoo fanatics
Thanks for the help!
Dutch zoo guides
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Man, bird flu is really driving me mad right now. I know it's not exactly corona 2.0 but it might as well be for Dutch zoo fanatics
Thanks for the help!
PicanBird
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Did... did you just translate a name? Metzelaar is a name and thus can not be translated
Wait, was is made by a guy called Mister Metzelaar? I just assumed it was named Bricklayer greenhouse because is was made with bricks or something
JurassicMax
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It was build using a donation from the late Mr. Metzelaar.
Yes, it's named after a person's name. And even if it was a translation of the word 'bricklayer', it would have been written as 'metselaar', not 'metzelaar'.
Out of interest in some of the species and given the mention of making up names, do you perhaps have a list of the scientific names?
The three tree snails had names, but they were very similar to each other and every website had a different name for them
15 Partula hyalina
16 Partula affinis
17 Partula nodosa
The gleaming flower beetle only had a name for the c. a. subsuturalis subspecies (Gleaming fruit chafer) so I had to improvise
19 Chlorocala africana
The Great plains darkling beetle was especially strange because the whole genus doesn't have a name. I had to go back from species to genus to genera to family to find that they were under the darkling beetles
33 Embaphion muricatum
The leaf insect also didn't have a real name apart from just "leaf insect" which I thought was too vague
35 Phyllium philippinicum
The rest were mostly named, though there were still some inconsistencies. I can have a full latin name list if you want
Embaphion muricatum
And you can thank @JurassicMax for the layout as well as the species lists for Artis
JurassicMax
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No problem, was fun helping you and seeing these wonderful maps coming together!
JurassicMax
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During my most recent visit the terrarium that used to house the Fregatte island beetle was empty.
I still can't believe i missed this whole place at my first visit
Which is exactly why I made these guides!
Well, also because animals can be difficult to find and it's more fun to have a guide with you. But me being an infamous idiot and missing a bunch of cool areas during earlier zoo visits was definitely a part of it
JurassicMax
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It was closed for several years, only reopened 1 or 2 years ago ;D
Aaaaaand the inevitable corrections page
I'm gonna miss the Bricklayer greenhouse, I really liked that name...
I'm gonna miss the Bricklayer greenhouse, I really liked that name...
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And that was Artis! I'm going to fix and upload the Apenheul guides, and at some point harass people on the Dutch forums into giving me a species list for Wildlands.
During the summer vacation I hope to get a list for Avifauna, after that, I'll have to wait for some people to help me with the lesser known zoos, like Zoo Parc Overloon and Landgoed Hoenderdaell and then I'm as good as finished with the Netherlands.
Then I'll kidnap KevinB for Antwerp and Pairi Daiza
During the summer vacation I hope to get a list for Avifauna, after that, I'll have to wait for some people to help me with the lesser known zoos, like Zoo Parc Overloon and Landgoed Hoenderdaell and then I'm as good as finished with the Netherlands.
Then I'll kidnap KevinB for Antwerp and Pairi Daiza
No need, I've got you covered as regards to wildlands and overloon (fish excluded). I do have a list for Hoenderdaell, though it might be a bit outdated