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Another prehensile-tailed porcupine was born on October 19, 2022. The newest porcupette has been named Bella, and is the second prehensile-tailed porcupine born at the zoo in less than a year (another female named Barby was born March 27). Bella is the third offspring to parents Quinn and Seamus.
Bella the Porcupette Is the Zoo’s Newest Arrival - Milwaukee County Zoo
 
Wild wolverine said:
Another prehensile-tailed porcupine was born on October 19, 2022. The newest porcupette has been named Bella, and is the second prehensile-tailed porcupine born at the zoo in less than a year (another female named Barby was born March 27). Bella is the third offspring to parents Quinn and Seamus.
Bella the Porcupette Is the Zoo’s Newest Arrival - Milwaukee County Zoo
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Speaking of which, on January 6th, it was announced that Barby was transferred to the North Carolina Zoo in North Carolina and was renamed to Papaya.

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Took a visit today to the zoo, nothing really new with animals that I saw, though oddly a lot of tree cutting. Not really sure what is going on but they appear to be doing a lot of tree removal around the outdoor bonobo exhibit. Also there seems to be a path going under the area you get into the great apes building and another path coming up from the savannah exhibit. Not sure if this is all for the construction they are doing around the bonobos exhibit or if they are working on a new path for the zoo mobile to take that avoids the heavy traffic are near the front of the zoo.
 
MKE Zoo guy said:
Took a visit today to the zoo, nothing really new with animals that I saw, though oddly a lot of tree cutting. Not really sure what is going on but they appear to be doing a lot of tree removal around the outdoor bonobo exhibit. Also there seems to be a path going under the area you get into the great apes building and another path coming up from the savannah exhibit. Not sure if this is all for the construction they are doing around the bonobos exhibit or if they are working on a new path for the zoo mobile to take that avoids the heavy traffic are near the front of the zoo.
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Did you figure out what the new bird species is?
 
I didn’t see any new signage for that exhibit. Several of the exhibits were roped off due to what I assumed would be for breeding purposes.
 
MKE Zoo guy said:
Took a visit today to the zoo, nothing really new with animals that I saw, though oddly a lot of tree cutting. Not really sure what is going on but they appear to be doing a lot of tree removal around the outdoor bonobo exhibit. Also there seems to be a path going under the area you get into the great apes building and another path coming up from the savannah exhibit. Not sure if this is all for the construction they are doing around the bonobos exhibit or if they are working on a new path for the zoo mobile to take that avoids the heavy traffic are near the front of the zoo.
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Extremely exciting news. I'm hopeful that this means that Milwaukee is going through with its plans to make the new outdoor bonobo exhibit(s). I'm curious to see if adding the new outdoor portion to their space will increase their maximum holding capacity, which would be beneficial for the SSP.
 
Black Footed Beast said:
So two things, one, I did confirm the Anaconda we have now is the one from Henry Vilas, not sure if anyone else confirmed that, and two, two Pygmy Slow Lorises are now living where the Potto used to live
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Ooooh! Lorises are always a treat, and I’m glad to hear that Nikki’s doing well! Might have to visit this year, even if Milwaukee isn’t one of my favorite zoos.
 
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An article from the zoo on the new Lorises reveals that these are the lorises that vacated the loris exhibit at the Brookfield Zoo, which I hear is now empty.
Here's the full article: Keep An Eye Out for New Pygmy Slow Lorises - Milwaukee County Zoo
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I had a feeling they came from Brookfield. The exhibit the lorises were in was extremely difficult to view properly and they will fit much better in Milwaukee's building. I wish the pottos were still present of course, but this is a good move all around.
 
pachyderm pro said:
I had a feeling they came from Brookfield. The exhibit the lorises were in was extremely difficult to view properly and they will fit much better in Milwaukee's building. I wish the pottos were still present of course, but this is a good move all around.
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Does Brookfield no longer have any?
 
EsserWarrior said:
Why so? I'm curious to hear your opinion.
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Two big reasons:
  1. A lot of the exhibits are either outdated or ugly. The bear grottos might be the worst habitats in any "big name" American zoo, Primates of the World looks like a sterile laboratory (which isn't a good thing for a primate habitat to remind you of), and the outdoor Bonobo habitat is more of a habitrail. I do like the otter habitat, though, and I will defend the elephant and hippo habitats. I've never been in the aviary either because I forgot it (2021) or it closed right when I got there (2022 bird flu).
  2. The layout is awful. There's so much empty space between habitats, particularly between Small Mammals and North America. Meanwhile, every "ABC" mammal that isn't a primate or bear is crammed into a vaguely shoeprint-shaped area that is painful to navigate (at least for me). The map is also supremely dull, which doesn't help.
There are some positives, though. I like that you can see the big cats indoors. There aren't a lot of zoos in the US that let you do that. As I've said, I do like the otter, elephant, and hippo habitats, and I'm a sucker for nocturnal houses.
I guess Milwaukee was the first new zoo I visited with a "Zoochatter" mindset, which is why I'm so down on it. I don't hate it, it's just the first zoo I didn't feel amazed by.
 
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