Do you think it's that bad at Beauval? Having been there very recently, I personally didn't find it bad at all. Comparing it to some Dutch zoos (mostly looking you Artis) it was suprisingly up-to-date. Though I do agree that Burgers' Zoo's signage is better than Beauval's (and thus better than other Dutch zoos)
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Not bad, but I was very curious as to what fish a turtles were in the exhibits in the dome. With exception of the arapaima, nothing had signage there. Compare that to the new caiman signage and manatee creek
la Rochelle actually has touch screens, which might have some maintenance issues and be more expensive, but they are superior in use to the digital screens you mean and the conventional signage.
@1Squirrelmonkey , as @Mr Gharial said, I also cannot remember seeing a single sign for most of the aquaria in the zoo. Signage for mammals and birds was ok (though in the latter also outdated), but just failing to sign the majority of your fish really is lazy.
I can understand not signing the many species of cichlids in the pygmy hippo basin, but no signage for the fish with the manatees, false gharials and hippos? Also no signage at all for the hippo aviary, equator dome or free-roamer in the bird greenhouse. Another thing BZ luckily does very well
Confirmed by Burgers' Zoo on facebook that it is indeed to try to introduce them into the former bighorn sheep enclosure, where the prairie dogs and NA porcupines already are.
Well during my visit all turtles where signed and the Mammal and Bird signs were up-to-date. And I guess you didn’t notice that there were touch screens (again) for all of the fish species throughout the Dôme (though I have to agree that they were pretty well hidden).
Can confirm the spectacled langur is still in the zoo and visible.
If they're still there, then an early visit is probably required. They share the enclosure with gibbons, but not at the same time. I don't exactly know when the Langurs go inside and the gibbons come out, but I've almost never see them because I always arrive around 13
With colder weather the indoor enclosure is generally open, as it was today. I have the impression the langur is most often out in the (late) afternoon and that the gibbons are out in the morning til early afternoon. But I skip Rimba quite regularly...
Some small news:
- Violaceous euphonia are raising another nest, this time the nest is located right above the visitor path in the Mangrove area in a planted gutter, so part of the pathway was made inaccessible.
- Orange-fronted fruit doves aren't signed anymore in the Bush. I still saw one 2 weeks ago in the caiman area, but couldn't locate one today.
- White-eared catbirds are raising their chick in the same caiman area. The green iguana was also in the caiman area, resting in the vegetation above the visitor pathway near the tortoise enclosure. While the animal was very easily visible from the path it remains astounding how many people just walk by and miss it completely. At the same time these same people will complain how they see no animals, which is hardly surprising.... These same people would stand right underneath a white-eared catbird for quite some time looking at the caiman and be completely unaware that there was a bird 20 cm above their head the whole time... If the average visitor is so blind, balancing natural enclosures with good viewing opportunities becomes really hard for any smaller animal that is not superactive...
Surely someone could use a computer to create signage and print it. The sign could then be laminated and added to the signage of other species.
I think it's the other way around. As I always see the gibbons out during the (later) afternoon. I also tend to skip Rimba, but I can usually recognise the gibbons in the enclosure when walking from Mangrove to Safari
I've seen people looking into the caiman pool and say "well, that's stupid. It's just an empty pool of water"
Kalaw
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I forget the precise time at which I arrived at the enclosure, but it was around 12:00. I witnessed the langurs being taken out of the enclosure, followed by five or so minutes of the keepers laying out food, before the gibbons were let in.
Now that signage has been added to the caiman pool, has signage been added to the small pond on the side housing Zebra Cichlid (if the cichlids still reside in said pool, that is)?
No signage there, neither for the tilapias, redtail catfish or yellowfish in other parts of the Bush. The signage was also only added near the underwater window, so I doubt it will be added for the other areas
Absolutely true, but it's still a bit of a shame that barely anyone will ever know about Dracaena Bushii or the Baringo yellowfish
PicanBird
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There is reasons for not mentioning every rarity too.
The balance right now is somewhat fine.
A specific 'unique plant' sign-wall similar to the birds could be interesting, as it would still allow the guest to look in certain areas if a hint is given where to find it.
Indeed, but I'm mostly surprised that BZ doesn't at least have a "botanical crown jewel" on the D. Bushii, like they do on many other plants. At least they have a dedicated page for it on the website, so I guess that's something