Zoochat Challenge North America 2022

[Nicholas LionRider]

So went back through my photos at Pittsburgh Zoo and turns out I did actually see the False Gharial so here is a small correction to my trip.

Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium - 5/29/2022
National Aviary - 5/29/2022

Ectoderms:
The Sobek Six-Pack (6/6) Completed 5/29/2022
False Gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii) - Pittsburgh Zoo (5/29/22)
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Current Progress:

Started Trials (36/36)

Cat Got Your Tongue (8/9)
Bovine Bonanza (17/20)
You Must Be This Tall To (Not) Fly (3/4)
Pretty in Pink (2/4)
Champion of the Sun (2/3)
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval (11/12)

Completed Trials (30/36)
-Have Trunk, Will Travel
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-An Unbearable Challenge
-Ring n' Ruff
-Puny Primates
-Planet of the Apes
-Three Little Pigs
-Another Dang Meerkat
-Late to the Party
-Rookery Roundabout
-Duck Dynasty
-Parliament is Now In Session
-Polly Wants 20
-The Alfred Russell Wallace
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-Nighttime Birding
-The Big Squeeze
-Slow and Steady
-The Sobek Six-Pack
-Pick Your Poison
-One Drop One Life
-Sharknado
-Release the Kraken
-Silk and Stinger
-The Steve Irwin
-The Kingmaker
-Cold As Ice
-Bona Fide Rarity Hunter
-One Zoo Wonder

36/36 Trials Started
30/36 Trials Completed
Total Zoos Visited: 23

I did have a question about the The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval, would "Chinese Giant Salamander" also apply as an acceptable species?

 

[Coelacanth18]

I did have a question about the The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval, would "Chinese Giant Salamander" also apply as an acceptable species?

This question is already answered in the opening post describing all of the challenges.

 

[amur leopard]

A few days I compared how many I'd got in relation to the challenge but in Europe instead. Just to clarify I have not visited any North American zoos this year, so obviously my tally won't be counted but just thought it would be interesting to see where this challenge was particularly difficult for Europeans versus North Americans.

I have visited London Zoo, Pafos Zoo, Birdworld and London Wetland Centre so far this year, with plans for Hamerton and maybe a couple of places further abroad, so using the above colour code to clarify where I saw what:

Spoiler

Have Trunk, Will Travel 1/4
1. Asian Elephant Elephas maximus

White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes 1/3
1. Plains Zebra Equus quagga

Cat Got Your Tongue 4/9
1. Tiger Panthera tigris
2. Lion Panthera leo
3. African cat: Caracal Caracal caracal
4. Asian cat: Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx

An Unbearable Challenge 0/5

Ring 'n Ruff 1/3
1. Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta

Pocket Monkeys 6/6 COMPLETED
1. Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas
2. Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
3. Goeldi's Marmoset Callimico goeldii
4. Cottontop Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
5. Red-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas
6. Common marmoset Callithrix jacchus

Planet of the Apes 2/6
1. Western Lowland Gorilla Gorilla gorilla
2. Northern white-cheeked gibbon, Nomascus leucogenys

Three Little Pigs 3/3 COMPLETED
1. Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus
2. Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
3. Collared Peccary Pecari tajacu

Another Dang Meerkat: 2/4
1. Pafos
2. London

Bovine Bonanza 2/20
1. Natal red duiker Cephalophus natalensis
2. Kafue lechwe Kobus lechwe

Late to the Party 0/8

You Must Be This Tall to Not Fly: 4/4 COMPLETED
1. Greater Rhea Rhea americana
2. Ostrich Struthio camelus
3. Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
4. Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius

Pretty in Pink: 3/4
1. Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
2. American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
3. Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus

Rookery Roundabout: 2/6
1. Humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti
2. African penguin Spheniscus demersus

Duck Dynasty 18/18 COMPLETED
1. Wood Duck Aix sponsa
2. Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
3. White-headed duck Oxyura leucocephala
4. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
5. Smew Mergus albellus
6. Eurasian goldeneye Bucephala clangula
7. Greater scaup Aythya marila
8. Red-breasted goose Branta ruficollis
9. Fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor
10. Ruddy-headed goose Chloephaga rubidiceps
11. Red shoveler Spatula platalea
12. Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
13. White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
14. Common eider Somateria mollissima
15. Ringed Teal Calonetta leucophrys
16. Spectacled eider Somateria spectabilis
17. White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
18. Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus (St James's park)

Parliament is Now in Session 6/6 COMPLETED
1. Great grey owl Strix nebulosa
2. European eagle owl Bubo bubo
3. Barn owl Tyto alba
4. Long-eared owl Asio otus
5. Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus
6. Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus

Polly Wants 20 20/20 COMPLETED
1. Thick-billed Parrot Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha
2. Hawk-headed Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus
3. Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
4. Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis
5. Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona oratrix
6. Turquoise-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
7. White-cheeked conure Pyrrhura leucotis
8. Crimson-bellied conure Pyrrhura perlata
9. Eclectus parrot Eclectus roratus
10. Scarlet macaw Ara macao
11. Green-winged macaw Ara chloropterus
12. Blue throated macaw Ara glaucogularis
13. Chestnut fronted macaw Ara severa
14. Red-fronted macaw Ara rubrogenys
15. Great green macaw Ara ambiguus
16. Military macaw Ara militaris
17. Hyacinth macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthus
18. Blue-headed macaw Primolius couloni
19. Blue-winged macaw Primolius maracana
20. Red-shouldered macaw Diopsittaca nobilis

The Alfred Russell Wallace: 0/1

Edgar Allen Poe 3/5
1. Corvus 1: Common Raven Corvus corax
2. Free Corvid: Azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyanus
3. Magpie: Red-billed blue magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Nighttime birding 1/1 COMPLETED
1. Tawny frogmouth Podargus strigoides

The Big Squeeze 5/5 COMPLETED
1. Freebie: Jamaican Boa Chilabothrus subflavus
2. Reticulated Python Malayopython reticulatus
3. Burmese Python Python bivittatus
4. Boa Constrictor Boa imperator
5. Green anaconda, Eunectes murinus

Slow and Steady 2/4
1. Aldabra Tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea
2. Galapagos tortoise Chelonoidis niger

Sobek Six-Pack 2/6
1. Croc 1: Philippine Crocodile Crocodylus mindorensis
2. Croc 2: Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus

One Drop One Life 11/18
Lizards 2/2
1. Gila Monster Heloderma suspectum
2. Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
Rattlesnakes 2/8
1. Uracoan rattlesnake Crotalus vegrandis
2. Canebrake rattlesnake Crotalus horridus
Vipers 3/4
1. Central American Bushmaster Lachesis stenophrys
2. Gaboon Viper Bitis gabonica
3. Blunt-nosed viper Macrovipera lebetinus
Elapids 4/4
1. Snouted Cobra Naja annulifera
2. King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah
3. Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis
4. Zebra spitting cobra Naja nigricincta

Pick Your Poison 1/6
1. Dyeing Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates tinctorius

Silk and Stinger: 0/6
Probably have got all of them thanks to BUGS at London but I'll have to note the species next visit.

Release the Kraken: 0/1

The Kingmaker 1/3
1. King Cobra Ophiophagus hannah

Cold as Ice 1/3
1. Snowy owl Bubo scandiacus

Champion of the Sun 2/3
1. Sun Parakeet Aratinga solstitialis
2. Sunbittern Eurypga helias

The Steve Irwin 12/15
Mammals 2/5
1. Red-necked Wallaby Notamacropus rufogriseus
2. Red kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Birds 5/5
1. Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae
2. Laughing Kookaburra Dacelo novaeguineae
3. Crimson rosella Platycercus elegans
4. Eastern rosella Platycercus eximius
5. Pale-headed rosella Platycercus adscitus
Herps 5/5
1. Green Tree Python Morelia viridis
2. Black-headed Python Aspidites melanocephalus
3. Gidgee skink Egernia stokesii
4. Carpet python Morelia spilota
5. Central bearded dragon Pogona vitticeps

One Zoo Wonder COMPLETED
Polly wants 20, theoretically also Duck Dynasty

Coelacanth Stamp of Approval 6/12
Mammals 2/4
1. Pygmy hippopotamus Choeropsis liberiensis
2. Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus
Birds 2/4
1. Green Aracari Pteroglossus viridis
2. Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Herps 2/4
1. Chinese Giant Salamander Andrias davidianus
2. Lake Titicaca water frog Telmatobius culeus

Bona Fide Rarity Hunter: 3/3 COMPLETED
Using Europe instead of NA:
1. Bank cormorant Phalacrocorax neglectus
2. Scarlet-chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
3. Cream-bellied fruit dove Ptilinopus merrilli

Breakfast of Champions: 0/1

Completed: 10/36
In progress: 20/36

The hardest ones for Europeans look to be the Edgar Allen Poe (the two Corvus and the New World jay), the Rookery Roundabout (we don't have that much penguin variety) and One Drop One Life with the 8 rattlesnakes.
The ones that appear easier are all the bird ones (apart from the two noted above and the Alfred Russel Wallace), and Bona Fide Rarity Hunter.

Just a little update to my life as a stowaway on this thread .

Visited Arundel WWT, Battersea Park Children's Zoo and Hamerton since the last update.

Have Trunk, Will Travel 1/4

White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes 1/3

Cat Got Your Tongue 5/9
5. American cat: Canadian lynx Lynx canadensis

An Unbearable Challenge 1/5
1. Brown bear, Ursus arctos

Ring 'n Ruff 2/3
2. Black and white ruffed lemur Varecia variegata

Pocket Monkeys 6/6 COMPLETED

Planet of the Apes 3/6
3. Lar gibbon Hylobates lar

Three Little Pigs 3/3 COMPLETED

Another Dang Meerkat: 4/4 COMPLETED
3. Battersea
4. Hamerton

Bovine Bonanza 2/20

Late to the Party 2/8
1. White-nosed coati Nasua narica
2. Northern raccoon Procyon lotor

You Must Be This Tall to Not Fly: 4/4 COMPLETED

Pretty in Pink: 3/4

Rookery Roundabout: 2/6

Duck Dynasty 18/18 COMPLETED

Parliament is Now in Session 6/6 COMPLETED

Polly Wants 20 20/20 COMPLETED

The Alfred Russell Wallace: 0/1

Edgar Allen Poe 3/5

Nighttime birding 1/1 COMPLETED

The Big Squeeze 5/5 COMPLETED

Slow and Steady 2/4

Sobek Six-Pack 2/6

One Drop One Life 11/18

Pick Your Poison 1/6

Silk and Stinger: 6/6 COMPLETED

Release the Kraken: 0/1

The Kingmaker 1/3

Cold as Ice 1/3

Champion of the Sun 2/3

The Steve Irwin 15/15 COMPLETED
Mammals 5/5
3. Parma wallaby Notamacropus parma
4. Squirrel glider Petaurus norfolcensis
5. Spinifex hopping mouse Notomys alexis

One Zoo Wonder COMPLETED
Polly wants 20, theoretically also Duck Dynasty

Coelacanth Stamp of Approval 7/12
Herps 3/4
3. Panther chameleon Furcifer pardalis

Bona Fide Rarity Hunter: 3/3 COMPLETED

Breakfast of Champions: 1/1 COMPLETED
1. Dingo Canis familiaris

Completed: 13
In progress: 18

Looking unlikely now that I'll even get out of the country this summer but hey, had a pretty decent run so far.

 

[Leaf Productions]

This question is already answered in the opening post describing all of the challenges.

You Could Have Just said Yes

 

[amur leopard]

You Could Have Just said Yes

And the original asker of the question could have just checked the original post, where it explicitly states that either Chinese or Japanese count, and saved this entire fuss, couldn’t they?

 

[Coelacanth18]

You Could Have Just said Yes

I could have, and it would have been fewer words. But it also would have wasted an opportunity to remind everyone that oftentimes they don't need me to answer their questions, and that reminder could save me more time in the long run.

 

[TheGerenuk]

Shockingly missed one species from my last visit to the Toronto Zoo.

Cat Got Your Tongue (3/6 Pantherinae, 1/3 others)
4. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

 

[TheGerenuk]

Shockingly missed one species from my last visit to the Toronto Zoo.

Cat Got Your Tongue (3/6 Pantherinae, 1/3 others)
4. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Turns out I already recorded this species a few months ago. Total remains unchanged.

 

[Nicholas LionRider]

Bronx Zoo - 7/16/2022

Mammals:
Bovine Bonanza (18/20)
Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) - Bronx Zoo (7/16/22)
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Current Progress:

Started Trials (36/36)

Cat Got Your Tongue (8/9)
Bovine Bonanza (18/20)
You Must Be This Tall To (Not) Fly (3/4)
Pretty in Pink (2/4)
Champion of the Sun (2/3)
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval (11/12)

Completed Trials (30/36)
-Have Trunk, Will Travel
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-An Unbearable Challenge
-Ring n' Ruff
-Puny Primates
-Planet of the Apes
-Three Little Pigs
-Another Dang Meerkat
-Late to the Party
-Rookery Roundabout
-Duck Dynasty
-Parliament is Now In Session
-Polly Wants 20
-The Alfred Russell Wallace
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-Nighttime Birding
-The Big Squeeze
-Slow and Steady
-The Sobek Six-Pack
-Pick Your Poison
-One Drop One Life
-Sharknado
-Release the Kraken
-Silk and Stinger
-The Steve Irwin
-The Kingmaker
-Cold As Ice
-Bona Fide Rarity Hunter
-One Zoo Wonder

36/36 Trials Started
30/36 Trials Completed
Total Zoos Visited: 23

 

[pachyderm pro]

Lincoln Park Zoo - July 16 2022

Polly Wants 20: 3/20
3. Bourke's Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii)

Rookery Roundabout: 6/6*NOW COMPLETE
6. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

Cold as Ice: 3/3*NOW COMPLETE
3. Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval: 4/4, 4/4, 4/4*NOW COMPLETE
4. Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta)

Also, and I apologize if this was clarified elsewhere, but I saw a zoo employee walking a domestic dog through the zoo today. Does this count for the challenge or does it have to be in an exhibit?

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In-Progress Trials 15/36

Have Trunk, Will Travel: 3/4
White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes: 2/3
Puny Primates: 5/6
Another Dang Meerkat: 3/4
Bovine Bonanza: 15/20
You Must Be This Tall to (NOT) Fly: 2/4
Pretty in Pink: 3/4
Polly Wants 20: 3/20
Duck Dynasty: 15/18
The Edgar Allen Poe: 1/5
One Drop, One Life: 15/18
Pick Your Poison: 4/6
The Sobek Six-Pack: 4/6
Champion of the Sun: 2/3
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter: 2/3

Completed Trails - 19/36

-Nighttime Birding
-One Zoo Wonder
-Planet of the Apes
-Redemption Arc
-Release the Kraken
-Ring ‘n Ruff
-Sharknado
-Slow and Steady
-The Steve Irwin
-An Unbearable Challenge
-Three Little Pigs
-Parliament is Now in Session
-Silk and Stinger
-The Kingmaker
-Cat Got Your Tongue
-The Big Squeeze
-Rookery Roundabout
-Cold as Ice
-The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval

 

[Corangurilla]

Phoenix Zoo, July 20, 2022
Cat Got Your Tongue (7/9)
Caracal (Caracal caracal), this is my Eurasian cat

An Unbearable Challenge (3/5)
Andean Bear (Tremarctus ornatus)

Puny Primates (5/6)
Geoffroy's Marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)
Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)

You Must Be This Tall to (Not) Fly (3/4)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Duck Dynasty (4/20)
Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)

Parliament is Now in Session (5/6)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)

Polly Wants 20 (8/20)
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis)
Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus)
Black-capped Lory (Loruis lory)

The Big Squeeze (4/5)
Reticulated Python (Malayopython reticulatus)

Slow and Steady (4/4) Complete!
Flat-backed Spider Tortoise (Pyxis planicauda)

One Drop, One Life (18/20)
Santa Catalina Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)
Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
Tiger Rattlesnake (Croatlus tigris)
Prairie Rattlesnake (Croatlus viridis)

Pick Your Poison (6/6) Complete!
Anthony's Poison Arrow Frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)
Black-Legged Poison Dart Frog (Phyllobates bicolor)

Silk and Stinger (5/6)
Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
Brazilian Whiteknee Tarantula (Acanthoscurria geniculata)

The Kingmaker (2/3)
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Champion of the Sun (1/3)
Sun Conure (Aratinga solstitialis)

The Steve Irwin (10/15)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae)
Gidgee Skink (Egernia stokesii)
Boyd's Forest Dragon (Lophosaurus boydii)
Emerald Tree Monitor (Varanus prasinus)
Red-Necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)

Completed Challenges (9/36)
Ring 'n Ruff
Planet of the Apes
Three Little Pigs
Sharknado
Release the Kraken
One-Zoo Wonder
Late to the Party
Slow and Steady
Pick Your Poison

So many challenges that are almost complete...

 

[jayjds2]

As far as I know, yeah. I did a bunch of digging for my parrots thread and I didn't come up with any others.

BEHIND THE GLASS AT LIVING SHORES - Issuu
This article indicates the species is on exhibit at Living Shores Aquarium. It's from this year.

Sunset Zoo and Topeka Zoo 6/27/2022

Ring 'n' Ruff (now complete)
3. Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Varecia varecia

Planet of the Apes
5. White-handed gibbon, Hylobates lar

Three Little Pigs
1. Chacoan peccary, Patagonus wagneri

Pretty in Pink
1. American flamingo, Phoenicopterus wagneri

Parliament is now in Session (Now Complete)
6. Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo

The Edgar Allen Poe
1. American crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos

Silk and Stinger
1. Zebra-legged tarantula, Aphonopelma seemanni
2. Mexican red-kneed tarantula, Brachypelma smithii
3. Brazilian black tarantula, Grammostola pulchra

Champion of the Sun
1. Sun bear, Helarctos malayanus

Coelacanth Stamp of Approval
3. Hammerkop, Scopus umbretta

Newly completed challenges: Parliament is Now in Session, Ring n Ruff

World Bird Sanctuary 7/10/22

The Edgar Allen Poe (now complete)
5. Common raven, Corvus corax

Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (now complete)
3. Red-headed vulture, Sarcogyps calvus

Newly completed challenges: The Edgar Allen Poe, Bona Fide Rarity Hunter

 

[Great Argus]

BEHIND THE GLASS AT LIVING SHORES - Issuu
This article indicates the species is on exhibit at Living Shores Aquarium. It's from this year.

Had to go digging through their social media photos to find one but they do indeed have them, so officially out on that one. Their lorikeet flock is interesting, I also saw photos of Papuan and Leaf lorikeets in addition to more common varieties.

 

[pachyderm pro]

Racine Zoo - July 23 2022

White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes: 3/3*NOW COMPLETE
3. Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra)

Puny Primates: 6/6*NOW COMPLETE
6. Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator)

Another Dang Meerkat: 4/4*NOW COMPLETE

Polly Wants 20: 6/20
4. Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
5. Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
6. Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala)

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In-Progress Trials 12/36

Have Trunk, Will Travel: 3/4
Bovine Bonanza: 15/20
You Must Be This Tall to (NOT) Fly: 2/4
Pretty in Pink: 3/4
Polly Wants 20: 6/20
Duck Dynasty: 15/18
The Edgar Allen Poe: 1/5
One Drop, One Life: 15/18
Pick Your Poison: 4/6
The Sobek Six-Pack: 4/6
Champion of the Sun: 2/3
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter: 2/3

Completed Trails - 22/36

-Nighttime Birding
-One Zoo Wonder
-Planet of the Apes
-Redemption Arc
-Release the Kraken
-Ring ‘n Ruff
-Sharknado
-Slow and Steady
-The Steve Irwin
-An Unbearable Challenge
-Three Little Pigs
-Parliament is Now in Session
-Silk and Stinger
-The Kingmaker
-Cat Got Your Tongue
-The Big Squeeze
-Rookery Roundabout
-Cold as Ice
-The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-Puny Primates
-Another Dang Meerkat

 

[birdsandbats]

Animal Haven Zoo - July 4 2022

Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 0/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
6. Leopard Panthera pardus

Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 0/2 ruffed lemur
1. Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta

Polly Wants a 20 - 12/20
12. Gray Parrot Psittacus erithacus

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In-Progress Trials
Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 0/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
An Unbearable Challenge - 3/5
Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 0/2 ruffed lemur
Puny Primates - 2/6
Planet of the Apes 1/1 gorilla 1/1 orangutan 0/1 Pan 3/3 gibbon
Three Little Pigs - 2/3
Another Dang Meerkat - 2/4
Bovine Bonanza - 16/20
Pretty in Pink - 2/4
Rookery Roundabout - 1/6
Polly Wants a 20 - 13/20
Cold as Ice - 2/3
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 - 2/2 giant tortoise 0/1 Madagascar tortoise 1/1 Gopherus
The Sobek Six-Pack - 1/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 1/2 crocodile
Pick Your Poison - 3/6 dart frog or 0/4 mantella
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 3/4 mammals 2/4 birds 1/4 herps
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1/3

Completed Trails - 13/36
-Parliament Is Now In Session
-One-Zoo Wonder
-Nighttime Birding
-Sharknado
-Redemption Arc
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-Duck Dynasty
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-One Drop, One Life
-Silk and Stinger
-Breakfast of Champions
-You Must Be This Tall to (Not) Fly
The Steve Irwin

Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo and Adventure Park - July 16 2022

Bovine Bonanza - 16/20
17. Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola

Henry Vilas Zoo - July 24 2022

An Unbearable Challenge - 4/5
4. Polar Bear Ursus maritimus

Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2 ruffed lemur
2. Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur Varecia variegata

Another Dang Meerkat - 3/4
3. Meerkat Suricata suricatta

Pretty in Pink - 4/4 - NOW COMPLETE
3. American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
4. Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis

The Big Squeeze - 1/1 anaconda 1/1 Reticulated Python 1/1 Burmese Python 1/1 Common Boa 1/1 other boa/python - NOW COMPLETE
5. Green Anaconda Eunectes murinus

Pick Your Poison - 4/6 dart frog or 0/4 mantella
4. Golfodulcean Poison Dart Frog Phyllobates vittatus

Cold as Ice - 3/3 - NOW COMPLETE
3. Polar Bear Ursus maritimus

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In-Progress Trials
Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 0/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
An Unbearable Challenge - 4/5
Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2 ruffed lemur
Puny Primates - 2/6
Planet of the Apes 1/1 gorilla 1/1 orangutan 0/1 Pan 3/3 gibbon
Three Little Pigs - 2/3
Another Dang Meerkat - 3/4
Bovine Bonanza - 17/20
Rookery Roundabout - 1/6
Polly Wants a 20 - 13/20
Slow and Steady - 2/2 giant tortoise 0/1 Madagascar tortoise 1/1 Gopherus
The Sobek Six-Pack - 1/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 1/2 crocodile
Pick Your Poison - 4/6 dart frog or 0/4 mantella
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 3/4 mammals 2/4 birds 1/4 herps
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1/3

Completed Trails - 16/36
-Parliament Is Now In Session
-One-Zoo Wonder
-Nighttime Birding
-Sharknado
-Redemption Arc
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-Duck Dynasty
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-One Drop, One Life
-Silk and Stinger
-Breakfast of Champions
-You Must Be This Tall to (Not) Fly
-The Steve Irwin
-Pretty in Pink
-The Big Squeeze
-Cold as Ice

 

[birdsandbats]

Looking over my totals today and realized some re-aranging could get me closer to completing Cat Got Your Tongue. Since Cheetahs occur in Asia too, I can count the Cheetahs I saw at DAK as my Asian cat and use the Servals I saw at Animal Haven as my African cat.

Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 1/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
7. Serval Leptailurus serval

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In-Progress Trials
Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 1/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
An Unbearable Challenge - 4/5
Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2 ruffed lemur
Puny Primates - 2/6
Planet of the Apes 1/1 gorilla 1/1 orangutan 0/1 Pan 3/3 gibbon
Three Little Pigs - 2/3
Another Dang Meerkat - 3/4
Bovine Bonanza - 17/20
Rookery Roundabout - 1/6
Polly Wants a 20 - 13/20
Slow and Steady - 2/2 giant tortoise 0/1 Madagascar tortoise 1/1 Gopherus
The Sobek Six-Pack - 1/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 1/2 crocodile
Pick Your Poison - 4/6 dart frog or 0/4 mantella
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 3/4 mammals 2/4 birds 1/4 herps
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1/3

Completed Trails - 16/36
-Parliament Is Now In Session
-One-Zoo Wonder
-Nighttime Birding
-Sharknado
-Redemption Arc
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-Duck Dynasty
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-One Drop, One Life
-Silk and Stinger
-Breakfast of Champions
-You Must Be This Tall to (Not) Fly
-The Steve Irwin
-Pretty in Pink
-The Big Squeeze
-Cold as Ice

 

[birdsandbats]

Looking over my totals today and realized some re-aranging could get me closer to completing Cat Got Your Tongue. Since Cheetahs occur in Asia too, I can count the Cheetahs I saw at DAK as my Asian cat and use the Servals I saw at Animal Haven as my African cat.

Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 1/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
7. Serval Leptailurus serval

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In-Progress Trials
Cat Got Your Tongue - 4/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 1/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
An Unbearable Challenge - 4/5
Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 1/2 ruffed lemur
Puny Primates - 2/6
Planet of the Apes 1/1 gorilla 1/1 orangutan 0/1 Pan 3/3 gibbon
Three Little Pigs - 2/3
Another Dang Meerkat - 3/4
Bovine Bonanza - 17/20
Rookery Roundabout - 1/6
Polly Wants a 20 - 13/20
Slow and Steady - 2/2 giant tortoise 0/1 Madagascar tortoise 1/1 Gopherus
The Sobek Six-Pack - 1/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 1/2 crocodile
Pick Your Poison - 4/6 dart frog or 0/4 mantella
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 3/4 mammals 2/4 birds 1/4 herps
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1/3

Completed Trails - 16/36
-Parliament Is Now In Session
-One-Zoo Wonder
-Nighttime Birding
-Sharknado
-Redemption Arc
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-Duck Dynasty
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-One Drop, One Life
-Silk and Stinger
-Breakfast of Champions
-You Must Be This Tall to (Not) Fly
-The Steve Irwin
-Pretty in Pink
-The Big Squeeze
-Cold as Ice

Milwaukee County Zoo - July 30 2022

Have Trunk, Will Travel - 1/2 elephant 1/2 tapir
1. African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana
2. Baird's Tapir Tapirus bairdii

Cat Got Your Tongue - 5/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 1/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
8. Jaguar Panthera onca

Ring ‘n Ruff - 1/1 Ring-tailed Lemur 2/2 ruffed lemur - NOW COMPLETE
3. Red Ruffed Lemur Varecia rubra

Puny Primates - 4/6
3. Goeldi's Monkey Callimico goeldii
4. Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia

Planet of the Apes 1/1 gorilla 1/1 orangutan 1/1 Pan 3/3 gibbon - NOW COMPLETE
6. Bonobo Pan paniscus

Three Little Pigs - 3/3 - NOW COMPLETE
3. Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus

Bovine Bonanza - 18/20
18. Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

Rookery Roundabout - 4/6
2. Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus humboldti
3. Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua
4. Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome

Slow and Steady - 2/2 giant tortoise 1/1 Madagascar tortoise 1/1 Gopherus - NOW COMPLETE
4. Spider Tortoise Pyxis arachnoides

The Sobek Six-Pack - 2/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 1/2 crocodile
3. Chinese Alligator Alligator sinensis

Release the Kraken - 1/1 - NOW COMPLETE
1. Giant Pacific Octopus Enteroctopus dofleini

Champion of the Sun - 1/3
1. Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 3/4 mammals 3/4 birds 1/4 herps
3. Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota

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In-Progress Trials
Have Trunk, Will Travel - 1/2 elephant 1/2 tapir
Cat Got Your Tongue - 5/6 Panthera 1/1 American small cat 1/1 Eurasian small cat 1/1 African small cat
An Unbearable Challenge - 4/5
Puny Primates - 4/6
Another Dang Meerkat - 3/4
Bovine Bonanza - 18/20
Rookery Roundabout - 4/6
Polly Wants a 20 - 13/20
The Sobek Six-Pack - 2/2 alligator 0/2 gharial 1/2 crocodile
Pick Your Poison - 4/6 dart frog or 0/4 mantella
Champion of the Sun - 1/3
The Coelacanth Stamp of Approval - 3/4 mammals 3/4 birds 1/4 herps
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - 1/3

Completed Trails - 20/36
-Parliament Is Now In Session
-One-Zoo Wonder
-Nighttime Birding
-Sharknado
-Redemption Arc
-White with Black Stripes or Black with White Stripes
-Duck Dynasty
-The Edgar Allen Poe
-One Drop, One Life
-Silk and Stinger
-Breakfast of Champions
-You Must Be This Tall to (Not) Fly
-The Steve Irwin
-Pretty in Pink
-The Big Squeeze
-Cold as Ice
-Ring ‘n Ruff
-Planet of the Apes
-Three Little Pigs
-Slow and Steady
-Release the Kraken

 

[Coelacanth18]

Also, and I apologize if this was clarified elsewhere, but I saw a zoo employee walking a domestic dog through the zoo today. Does this count for the challenge or does it have to be in an exhibit?

Yeah, I'd say that counts. I counted a security dog at DAK for someone earlier, and this seems like a similar situation to me.

One Drop, One Life (18/20)
Santa Catalina Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)
Sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
Tiger Rattlesnake (Croatlus tigris)
Prairie Rattlesnake (Croatlus viridis)

You are at 16, not 18. You still only have 2 of 4 elapids (cobras, mambas, etc).

This is my fault because of the typo, but just so everyone is clear and on the same page: One Drop One Life only requires 18 species, not 20. The subtotals are: 4 elapids, 8 rattlesnakes, 4 non-rattlesnake vipers, and 2 lizards (Komodo Dragon and 1 Heloderma).

Bovine Bonanza - 16/20
17. Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola

Bovine Bonanza - 18/20
18. Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii

You are at 19. If you're having trouble keeping track of this one, just remember: one more

 

[Coelacanth18]

Los Angeles Zoo (28 May)

Have Trunk Will Travel: 4/4 COMPLETED
3. Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
4. Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)

Another Dang Meerkat: 4/4 COMPLETED
4. Los Angeles Zoo

28/36 trials completed
35/36 trials in progress
Total zoo visits so far: 13

And with that I think I'll be mostly stalled for a while... only additions planned for the next couple months at least will be a penguin or two.

I guess this is what progress looks like for me now

Santa Barbara Zoo (23 Jul)

Rookery Roundabout: 2/6
2. Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)

28/36 trials completed
35/36 trials in progress
Total zoo visits so far: 14

 

[birdsandbats]

I guess this is what progress looks like for me now

Santa Barbara Zoo (23 Jul)

Rookery Roundabout: 2/6
2. Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)

28/36 trials completed
35/36 trials in progress
Total zoo visits so far: 13

How did you complete 35 out of the 36 trials but only see one penguin species?