Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen
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care to share more?!
Any advice on how to go about finding one?
HayBrand
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No one knows the species like the indigenous elders of the area, they have access to thousands of years of oral history and could help you so much better than I could.
kermodei
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Off the top of my head I've seen...
(Though in all honesty I'm not sure just how rare these animals are in captivity, given my limited experience visiting zoos, so apologies if I sound silly here lol).
- Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)
- Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)
- Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)
- Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina)
- Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)
(Though in all honesty I'm not sure just how rare these animals are in captivity, given my limited experience visiting zoos, so apologies if I sound silly here lol).
Sicarius
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I have only seen A. reticulatus myself. Both species are scarce in captivity, but they are around.
They are rare, but because they are kept in bred in Prague and several parks in the UK, I'd say that a lot of Zoochatters have seen them.
Very cool!
I'd probably list a bunch of animals I've seen at Alipore Zoo (and hope to see on my next visit) as follows:
Hoolock Gibbon
Jungle Cat
Bengal Slow Loris (?)
Indian Pangolin
Mugger Crocodile (hopefully)
Chousingha/Four-Horned Antelope (hopefully)
Hoolock Gibbon
Jungle Cat
Bengal Slow Loris (?)
Indian Pangolin
Mugger Crocodile (hopefully)
Chousingha/Four-Horned Antelope (hopefully)
cornu aspersum
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I've seen a couple of purebred Bengal tigers,some of them white. I don't how common they are but I've also seen a few indian grey wolves, hollock gibbons and striped hyenas.
Zoo Tour Australia
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- I have seen Sri Lankan Leopards at one of my local zoos.
- I have seen a whale shark a Georgia Aquarium. (No photo)
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None of these species qualify, as all have been seen by many ZooChatters (just because a species isn't common in zoos doesn't mean it has been seen by few ZooChatters).
I've seen a small pod of Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) during a whale watching trip (Madeira, Portugal). But I actually have no idea if they are rare to see.
That definitely qualifies! Any beaked whale would, they're very difficult to see.
Strathmorezoo
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The only animals that I can think of which may qualify were Kodiak bears at Whipsnade zoo I think. It was in 1966
I'm not sure how many Zoochatters have seen the species in Asia, but I've seen Vancouver Aquarium's false killer whale in 2016.
King of Komodo Dragons
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Hybrid Land Iguana(Conolophus subcristatus x Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is still probably the rarest animal I've seen, though I imagine most if not all Galapagos species outside the giant tortoises would count here.
AquatiCat
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I used to be downhill neighbors with aplodontia rufa ("boomer" or - mistakenly - "mountain beaver") and saw them when they were about on cloudy days or crepuscular foraging. Perhaps they are nearsighted, for they were not very shy: Bremerton, Washington State, USA (at the time, c. 2007).
Oh, yeah, also hutia, on Warderick Wells, Bahamas, in 1994. That was a cepuscular sighting, although they really get going nocturnally!
Oh, yeah, also hutia, on Warderick Wells, Bahamas, in 1994. That was a cepuscular sighting, although they really get going nocturnally!
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