Saint Louis Zoo Saint Louis Zoo News 2022

Forge said:
I don’t know if it’s been mentioned but Saint Louis is now down to three gorillas, one of the females was sent to another zoo. I can’t find the details.
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Male "Nadaya" was transferred to the Woodland Park Zoo on breeding recommendation. St. Louis only houses all male bachelor groups of Gorilla...
 
Grant said:
Male "Nadaya" was transferred to the Woodland Park Zoo on breeding recommendation. St. Louis only houses all male bachelor groups of Gorilla...
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Really? The signage seemed to imply we had two males and two females up until recently.
 
I've got a couple things I've noticed from today's visit. I noticed Egyptian geese and what I believe were cackling geese (they were seen from a distance, so it was hard to tell for sure whether they were cackling geese or Canada geese) in North Lake. Neither seemed to be signed anywhere, though. Both species seemed to be gone from the zoo for a bit. Also the Bird Garden is open again, so the closure from my last visit ended up being short term. However, the small free-flight aviary in the Bird Garden was not open.
 
Updates from today's very chilly visit:
-I confirmed that cackling geese have returned to the zoo.
-I noticed a male gadwall on North Lake. There is a chance it was naturally occurring, as they are a native species in Missouri.
-Egyptian geese, cackling geese, and gadwall are unsigned.
-Polar Bear Point is having maintenance done and the pool is drained. It is for an indeterminate amount of time, but they put out signs saying it will be short.
-There are trumpeter swans in south lake and they are signed. I am not sure if this is a known fact but they are not listed on the waterfowl species holders list so I figured I would mention it
 
cloudedleopard611 said:
Updates from today's very chilly visit:
-I confirmed that cackling geese have returned to the zoo.
-I noticed a male gadwall on North Lake. There is a chance it was naturally occurring, as they are a native species in Missouri.
-Egyptian geese, cackling geese, and gadwall are unsigned.
-Polar Bear Point is having maintenance done and the pool is drained. It is for an indeterminate amount of time, but they put out signs saying it will be short.
-There are trumpeter swans in south lake and they are signed. I am not sure if this is a known fact but they are not listed on the waterfowl species holders list so I figured I would mention it
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I wonder if we passed one another while we were there today! It was certainly chilly.

-The Bird House was closed today, but American White Pelicans were still on the Lake. I do not know if this is bird flu related.
-The African Grey-Crowned Cranes have moved from the Okapi yard back to the Dama/Addra Gazelle yard they were in last year. I only saw two Dama Gazelles today, so it is possible that the third was a breeding male no longer with the others.
-The Christmas decorations are far more tasteful than the Halloween decorations, but not all signage has been taken down from Boo at the Zoo yet.
-Most primates have been moved inside from the Canopy Trails.
-The Amur Leopard cubs are more regularly on exhibit as of late.
- A lot of the road markings on the pavement have been giving a fresh coat of paint near River's Edge, like the Hippopotamus footprints.
 
Forge said:
I wonder if we passed one another while we were there today! It was certainly chilly.

-The Bird House was closed today, but American White Pelicans were still on the Lake. I do not know if this is bird flu related.
-The African Grey-Crowned Cranes have moved from the Okapi yard back to the Dama/Addra Gazelle yard they were in last year. I only saw two Dama Gazelles today, so it is possible that the third was a breeding male no longer with the others.
-The Christmas decorations are far more tasteful than the Halloween decorations, but not all signage has been taken down from Boo at the Zoo yet.
-Most primates have been moved inside from the Canopy Trails.
-The Amur Leopard cubs are more regularly on exhibit as of late.
- A lot of the road markings on the pavement have been giving a fresh coat of paint near River's Edge, like the Hippopotamus footprints.
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I forgot to mention the gray crowned cranes with the addra gazelle. I did notice that as well.
What a coincidence that we both went the same day!
 
Does anyone know if the zoo still has the Andean Marsupial Tree Frog on exhibit in the Herpetarium? Pictured here:

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Coelacanth18 said:
Does anyone know if the zoo still has the Andean Marsupial Tree Frog on exhibit in the Herpetarium? Pictured here:

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I can confirm that they had them in August as well as I started to work on a species list that never got finished on my August 21st visit. I'll check on my next visit though which should be soon as I am there all the time.
 
Smaggledagle said:
On November 11th, it was announced the zoo acquired a (1.0) Chinese goral from the Los Angeles Zoo in California.

https://s36593.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/11.2022-Animal-Transactions.pdf
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Note the same pdf also mentions Los Angeles receiving a male goral from Saint Louis. So both zoos are swapping males, hopefully with the intent of producing offspring at both institutions (as goral are an incredible, unique animal in which demand exceeds supply).
 
Notes from today's visit
-I found no signs of the gadwall I saw on my last visit. Most likely he was a naturally occurring individual and happened to be stopping by that day.
-In the Insectarium you can see several tanks of African giant millipedes in the research area viewing window labelled "Henry Doorly". I assume it means they have something to do with the Omaha Zoo but what exactly I do not know.
-There is maintenance going on in Elephant Springs.
-There were a handful of closed attractions, some likely avian flu related. Closed attractions included the Canopy Trails boardwalk, the Bird House (but not the Bird Garden trail), the small walkthrough aviary on the Bird Garden Trail (I have not seen it open in a long time), and the Cypress Swamp walkthrough aviary.
-The last two exhibits on the Bird Garden trail had no species signed and were seemingly unoccupied, yet had no signage saying that the exhibits were unoccupied, which the zoo usually does.
-Polar Bear Point maintenance is finished.
-The bateleur eagle exhibit no longer has signage for the species and did not seem to be occupied.
-I spent most of my visit auditing for a species list that I hope to have ready and posted by the end of the month.
 
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