For Embace the ABCs, the Elephant has to be the same species seen twice. Since you have African forest elephant listed under Don't You Forget About Me, and you had previously seen African bush once (at Colchester), you haven't completed the elephant part for ABCs. I'm going to assume you want to stick with African bush for that and not switch to forest?
Edit: You're also at one more turtle than you have counted. You had both Arrau River and Oblong listed as #28.
For Embace the ABCs, the Elephant has to be the same species seen twice. Since you have African forest elephant listed under Don't You Forget About Me, and you had previously seen African bush once (at Colchester), you haven't completed the elephant part for ABCs. I'm going to assume you want to stick with African bush for that and not switch to forest?
Edit: You're also at one more turtle than you have counted. You had both Arrau River and Oblong listed as #28.
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Pinni-party (14.5.2023)
River Giant (29.1.2023)
Don't You Forget About Me (7.6.2023)
Second Chance Red List Challenge (1.4.2023)
The Rio Challenge (7.1.2023)
One-Zoo Wonder (7.1.2023)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (25.5.2023)
2018 (Part I): Small but Will Fight (5/10), 1/2 Mongoose, 2/5 Smaller cats, 1/2 fox, 1/1 Red Panda
3. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
4. Pallas’ Cat (Otocolobus manul)
5. Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
I've got you at 16 turtles. You already had alligator snapping turtle (CA Academy of Science), and your count was off by one. This is the list I have:
Spiny Turt California Academy of Sciences
Alligator Snapping California Academy of Sciences
Spotted Turt California Academy of Sciences
Common Box Turt Anita Purves Nature Center
Russian Tort Aikman Wildlife Adventure
Sulcata Tort Aikman Wildlife Adventure
Radiated Tort Miller Park Zoo
Galapagos Tort Miller Park Zoo
Pond Slider Shedd Aquarium
Ringed Map Turt Shedd Aquarium
Western Pond Turt Shedd Aquarium
Red-bellied Short-necked Turt Shedd Aquarium
Fly River Turt Shedd Aquarium
Arrau River Turt Shedd Aquarium
Yellow-footed Tort Shedd Aquarium
Geoffroy's Side-necked Turt Shedd Aquarium
Singapore Zoo & River Wonders, July 13
Penguimonium
5. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap
1. Azara's Agouti (Dasyprocta azarae)
2. Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
3. Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
4. South African Ground Squirrel (Geosciurus inauris)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up?
1. Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
2. Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi)
3. Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum)
Let That Ruminate (3/3 suids, 1/2 hippos)
1. Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
2. North Sulawesi Babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis)
3. Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
4. Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)
5. Rothschild's Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi)
Small but Will Fight (2/2 mongoose)
1. Common Cusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus)
2. Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
3. Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
Pinniped Party
1. California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus)
River Giants
1. Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus)
Let's Give this Another Go
1. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
2. Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
3. Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Don't You Forget About Me (1/4 bat, 0/1 treeshrew, 0/2 armadillo, 1/1 anteater, 1/1 sloth, 0/1 seacow, 1/2 elephant, 1/1 hyrax)
1. Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus)
2. Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
3. Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
4. Linne's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus)
5. Malayan Flying Fox (Pteropus vampyrus)
6. Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)
Penguimonium(4)
Fly the Coop (10/11) Megapode (0/1)
Cracidae (2/2)
Guineafowl (1/1)
New World quail (1/1)
Phasianidae (6/6)
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (7/10)
7. Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (6/9) Equids (1/3)
Rhinoceros (3/3)
Tapir (2/3)
Let That Ruminate (10/11+12) Pigs and Peccaries (3/3)
Hippos (2/2)
Giraffes (2/2)
Native deers (1/2)
Exotic deers (2/2)
Bovidae (12)
12. Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii)
See Shepherds (1/2)
1. Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Check Your Feeders (1/4)
Asian Songbird Challenge (4/5)
Thylo's Top 20 (6/8)
Small but Will Fight (9/10) Mongooses (2/2)
Small cats (5/5)
4. European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
5. Northern lynx (Lynx lynx) Foxes (1/2)
Red panda (1/1)
Pinni-Party (2/2)[COMPLETE]
Carnivore Carnival (3/6)
3. Binturong (Arctictis binturong)
See, Don't Touch (6)
River Giants (0/1)
Let's Give this Another Go (9)
6. Agile wallaby (Notamacropus agilis)
7. Common wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
8. Eastern wallaroo (Osphranter robustus)
9. Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
Don't You Forget About Me (9/13) Bats (2/4)
Treeshrew (1/1)
Armadillos (0/2)
Anteater (1/1)
Sloth (1/1)
Sea-cow (1/1)
Elephants (2/2)
2. African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Hyrax (1/1)
Don't Turn on the Lights (5/10)
Native Species Challenge (1/5)
Embrace the ABCs Challenge (21/36)
Second Chance Red List Challenge (0/14)
Island Hoppers Challenge (21/22) Mammals (5/5)
Birds (6/6)
Reptiles (6/6)
Amphibians (2/3)
Fishes (2/2)
I'm Hot Blooded (For Cold Blood) (15/24+18) Monitors (3/4)
Geckos (2/2)
Agamidae (1/1)
Venomous snakes (4/10)
Pythons (3/3)
Crocodiles/Gharials (2/4)
Turtles and Tortoises (18)
17. Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
18. Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis)
Usborne's Scavanger Hunt Challenge (15/15)[COMPLETE]
Rio Challenge (3/8) The Unbearable Challenge(3/8)
3. Spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus)
Hall of Champions (6/11)
6. Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea)
One Zoo Wonder (0/1)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (3/3) [COMPLETE]
Penguimonium(5)
5. Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) Fly the Coop (10/11) Megapode (0/1)
Cracidae (2/2)
Guineafowl (1/1)
New World quail (1/1)
Phasianidae (6/6) We're Gonna Need a Bigger Trap (7/10)
How Many Toes Am I Holding Up? (6/9) Equids (1/3)
Rhinoceros (3/3)
Tapir (2/3) Let That Ruminate (10/11+12) Pigs and Peccaries (3/3)
Hippos (2/2)
Giraffes (2/2)
Native deers (1/2)
Exotic deers (2/2)
Bovidae (12) See Shepherds (1/2)
Check Your Feeders (2/4)
2. Common raven (Corvus corax) Asian Songbird Challenge (4/5)
Thylo's Top 20 (8/8) [COMPLETE]
7. Guianan cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola)
8. Red-billed blue-magpie (Urocissa erythroryncha) Small but Will Fight (9/10) Mongooses (2/2)
Small cats (5/5)
Foxes (1/2) Pinni-Party (2/2)[COMPLETE]
Carnivore Carnival (3/6)
See, Don't Touch (6)
River Giants (0/1)
Let's Give this Another Go (9)
Don't You Forget About Me (9/13) Bats (2/4)
Treeshrew (1/1)
Armadillos (0/2)
Anteater (1/1)
Sloth (1/1)
Sea-cow (1/1)
Elephants (2/2)
Hyrax (1/1) Don't Turn on the Lights (5/10)
Native Species Challenge (1/5)
Embrace the ABCs Challenge (22/36)
22. Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Second Chance Red List Challenge (0/14)
Having recently returned home from an epic zoo trip around Western and Central Europe, my challenge totals require a pretty large update as follows... not good enough to beat @twilighter thanks to his many travels, along with one or two other members, but still a respectable haul methinks. I've also changed one of my Rarity Hunter species - although it makes no actual difference as we're not going to need it as a tie-breaker, for my own satisfaction I've now entirely populated that challenge with bonus-worthy taxa
Challenges Complete: 26 Challenges In-progress: 3 Challenges Unattempted: 0 Bona Fide Rarity Hunter - bonus acquired.
Relevant collections and dates:
Northumberland Zoo: 13/02/2023 Zoo Wroclaw: 23/02/2023, 24/02/2023 Zoo Salzburg: 18/03/2023 Alpenzoo Innsbruck: 19/03/2023 Haus der Natur: 20/03/2023 Haus des Meeres: 20/03/2023 Zoo Zlin: 21/03/2023 Tiergarten Schönbrunn - 22/03/2023 Wustenhaus Schönbrunn - 22/03/2023 Tiergarten Wels - 24/03/2023 The Deep - 29/04/2023 Hamerton Zoo - 13/05/2023 Chester Zoo - 25/06/2023 Pairi Daiza - 29/08/2023 Zoo Antwerpen - 30/08/2023 Dierenpark Ouwehands - 31/08/2023 Dolfinarium Harderwijik - 01/09/2023 Allwetterzoo Muenster - 03/09/2023 Weltvogelpark Walsrode - 04/09/2023 Den Bla Planet - 06/09/2023 Zoo Kobenhavn - 06/09/2023 Eskilstrup Krokodille Zoo - 07/09/2023 Zoo Rostock - 09/09/2023 Zoo Cottbus - 10/09/2023 Zoo-Aquarium Berlin - 11/09/2023 Zoo Berlin - 11/09/2023 Zoo Magdeburg - 12/09/2023 Tierpark Berlin - 13/09/2023 Zoo Praha - 14/09/2023 Zoo Plzen - 15/09/2023 Safari Park Dvůr Králové - 16/09/2023 Zoo Liberec - 17/09/2023 Zoo Chemnitz - 18/09/2023 Zoo Leipzig - 19/09/2023 Wilhelma - 20/09/2023 Zoo Frankfurt - 21/09/2023
Oman Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx thomasi) - Zoo Wroclaw
Venomous Snakes (10/10 species)
Mozambique Spitting Cobra (Naja mossambica) - Zoo Wroclaw Nose-horned Viper (Vipera ammodytes) - Alpenzoo Innsbruck European Adder(Vipera berus) - Alpenzoo Innsbruck Common Death Adder (Acanthophis antarcticus) - Haus des Meeres Taylor's Moccasin (Agkistrodon taylori) - Haus des Meeres Uracoan Rattlesnake (Crotalus vegrandis) - Haus des Meeres South American Bushmaster (Lachesis muta) - Haus des Meeres Monocled Cobra (Naja kaouthia) - Haus des Meeres Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) - Haus des Meeres Eastern Green Mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps) - Haus des Meeres
Check Your Feeders - completed at Alpenzoo Innsbruck Pinni-Party - completed at Zoo Wroclaw Second Chance Red List Challenge - completed at Zoo Wroclaw Island Hoppers Challenge - completed at Zoo Wroclaw Sea Shepherds - completed at Dolfinarium Harderwijik
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter -3/3 species, bonus acquired x 3 COMPLETE
It's been a while! I am documenting:
Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo on May 14, 2023
Georgia Aquarium on May 25, 2023
National Aviary on June 5, 2023
Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium on June 9 and July 4, 2023,
Columbus Zoo on June 29, 2023
2014: Fly The Coop (9/11)
Cracidae:
1. Blue-Billed Curassow (Crax alberti) - National Aviary
1. Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi) - National Aviary
2. Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) - National Aviary
3. Asian Fairy-Bluebird (Irena puella) - National Aviary
4. Golden White-Eye (Cleptornis marchei) - National Aviary
2017: Thylo's Top 20 (8/8)
1. Raggiana Bird-Of-Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) - National Aviary
2. Andean Cock-Of-The-Rock (Rupicola peruvianus) - National Aviary
3. Golden-Breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius) - National Aviary
4. Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush (Garrulax courtoisi) - Henry Doorly Zoo
5. Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) - National Aviary
6. Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus) - National Aviary
7. White-Headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) - Henry Doorly Zoo
8. Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) - National Aviary
--Extras--
White-Crested Laughingthrush, Blue-Grey Tanager, Turquoise Tanager, Plush-Crested Jay - National Aviary
Black-Throated Laughingthrush, Scarlet Tanager - Columbus Zoo
2018: Small But Will Fight (10/10)
Mongooses:
1. Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula) - Henry Doorly Zoo
2. Meerkat (Suricatta suricata) - Henry Doorly Zoo
Bats:
1. Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
2. Ruwenzori Long-Haired Fruit Bat (Rousettus lanosus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
3. Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
4. Little Golden-Manteled Flying Fox (Pteropus pumilus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
--Extras--
Indian Flying Fox, Greater Spear-Nosed Bat, Greater Bulldog Bat, Seba's Short-Tailed Bat, Straw-Colored Fruit Bat - Henry Doorly Zoo
Short-Tailed Leaf-Nosed Bat, Jamacian Fruit Bat - Pittsburgh Zoo
Large Flying Fox - Columbus Zoo
Malyan Flying Fox - National Aviary
Armadillos:
2. Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
3. Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
Elephants:
1. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) - Henry Doorly Zoo
2. Indian Elephant (Elphas maximus indicus) - Columbus Zoo
Hyraxes:
1. Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis) - Henry Doorly Zoo
2022: Don't Turn On The Lights (10/10):
Mahoney Kingdoms of the Night at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo. I chose to list my ten favorite species
1. Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox)
2. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
3. Lake Titicaca Frog (Telmatobius culeus)
4. Short-Beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
5. Greater Bulldog Bat (Noctilio leporinus)
6. Freshwater Crocodile (Crocodylus johnsoni)
7. Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
8. Fly River Turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
9. Alligator Gar (Atractosteus spatula)
10. Potto (Perodicticuspotto)
Native Species Challenge (2/5)
1. American Barn Owl (Tyto furcata) - Pittsburgh Zoo
2. Grand Cayman Blue Iguana (Cyclura lewisi) - Columbus Zoo
Embrace the ABCS Challenge ( 3/18 incomplete, 11/18 complete)
1. Bennett's Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) (2/2)- Oglebay Good Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo
2. African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana) (2/2) - Henry Doorly Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo
3. Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta) (2/2) - Oglebay Good Zoo, Henry Doorly Zoo
4. Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) (2/2) - Henry Doorly Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo
5. Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) (1/2) - Henry Doorly Zoo
6. Meerkat (Suricatta suricata) (2/2) - Henry Doorly Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo
7. African Lion (Panthera leo) (2/2) - Henry Doorly Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo
8. Tiger (Panthera tigris) (2/2) - Henry Doorly Zoo, Pittsburgh Zoo
9. Asian Small-Clawed Otter (Aonyx cinereus) (2/2)- Georgia Aquarium, Columbus Zoo
10. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) (2/2) - Georgia Aquarium, National Aviary
11. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) (2/2) - National Aviary, Columbus Zoo
12. Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) (1/2) - National Aviary
13. Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus) (2/2) - Georgia Aquarium, Pittsburgh Zoo
14. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) (1/2) - Oglebay Good Zoo
15. Pond Slider (Trachemys scripta) (1/2) - Georgia Aquarium
Second Chance Red List Challenge (12/12):
Extinct In The Wild:
1. Pere David's Deer (Elaphurus davidianus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
2. Guam Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus) - National Aviary
Island Hoppers Challenge (22/22)
Mammals:
3. Red Ruffed Lemur (Varecia rubra) - Henry Doorly Zoo
4. Aye-Aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) - Henry Doorly Zoo
5. Blue-Eyed Black Lemur (Eulemur flavifrons) - Henry Doorly Zoo
Birds:
1. Crested Coua (Coua cristata) - Henry Doorly Zoo
2. Greater Vasa (Coracopsis vasa) - Henry Doorly Zoo
3. Guam Rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni) - National Aviary
4. Mariana Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) - National Aviary
5. Luzon Bleeding-Heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) - National Aviary
6.Saipan White-Eye (Zosterops conspicillatus) - National Aviary
Reptiles:
3. Jamacian Boa (Epicrates subflavus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
4. Haitian Boa (Chilabothrus striatus) - Henry Doorly Zoo
5. Prehensile-Tailed Skink (Corucia zebrata) - Henry Doorly Zoo
6. Malagasy Giant Hognose Snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis) - Henry Doorly Zoo
Amphibians:
1. Blue-Black Reed Frog (Heterixalus madagascariensis) -Henry Doorly Zoo
2. Golden Mantella (Mantella aurantiaca) - Henry Doorly Zoo
3. Climbing Mantella (Mantella laevigata) - Henry Doorly Zoo
Okay, this first entry might be controversial. My earlier visit to the pittsburgh zoo, on June 9 2023, in the smallest square tank that has previously held a frogfish, I saw this species. When I went on July 4, they had been replaced with small shrimp already. I have a photograph of this sighting as proof since they were obviously only showcased for a short time.
1. Nobbed Sea Slug (Phyllidia varicosa) - Pittsburgh Zoo
2. Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) - Pittsburgh Zoo
3. Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) - Georgia Aquarium
4. Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) - Georgia Aquarium
I know that the sharks are not, but are either of the other two species unique globally? Is anything at any of the other zoos I visited unique globally? I find it very hard to tell, any help would be much appreciated.
Bonus Predator/Prey Setup (1/1)
1. African Lions and Savannah Species, Heart of Africa, Columbus Zoo
Completed Challenges (14/29)
3. Let that Ruminate
4. Sea Shepherds
5. Check Your Feeders
6. Thylo’s Top 20
7. Small But Will Fight
8. Carnivore Carnival
9. Don’t Turn on the Lights
10. Second Chance Red List
11. Island Hoppers
12. Usborne’s Scavenger Hunt
13. Bona Fide Rarity Hunter
14. Predator/Prey
And that's all, folks! I know that this update was extremely long, and I apologize for not updating in between these visits, but real life gets in the way sometimes. If anything I stated was wrong or incorrect in some way, please let me know!
1. You didn't see any of the penguins at Omaha, or anywhere else? You don't have any for that challenge which is surprising.
2. For Bigger Trap, you're at 9, not 8
3. For Ruminate, reindeer don't count as they're considered domestic.
4. For PDFs, the species you listed is actually dyeing PDF. The blue is a color morph that some zoos list as its own species for some odd reason.
5. For Don't You Forget, you only needed 2 armadillos
6. For ABCs, you already had Oglebay for bald eagle, so I put down National Aviary and dropped Columbus. For the cockroach you already had Carnegie Science Center, so Oglebay puts you at 2/2, not 1/2.
7. For Hot Blooded I have you at 23/24, you're only missing Agamidae. Did you see frilled dragon at Omaha, bearded dragon anywhere? Those are two common agamidae species.
8. For Rarity Hunter. Elephant seal doesn't count, as there's a few rescue centers on the west coast that are open to the public and have them. You can also only count one species per facility, so I dropped the tiger shark and kept whale shark. As for the nobbed sea slug, Phyllidia varicosa, @Sicarius posted a photo of one at an aquarium in Japan earlier this year so it wouldn't count for global. I'm not sure if there's others in the USA but I'm thinking no, based on them being so hard to feed? So you're at 2/3 and 0/1 for that category.
As for the nobbed sea slug, Phyllidia varicosa, @Sicarius posted a photo of one at an aquarium in Japan earlier this year so it wouldn't count for global.
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Don't You Forget About Me (7.6.2023)
Second Chance Red List Challenge (1.4.2023)
The Rio Challenge (7.1.2023)
One-Zoo Wonder (7.1.2023)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (25.5.2023)
Check Your Feeders (22.1.2023)
Pinni-party (14.5.2023)
River Giant (29.1.2023)
Don't You Forget About Me (7.6.2023)
Second Chance Red List Challenge (1.4.2023)
The Rio Challenge (7.1.2023)
One-Zoo Wonder (7.1.2023)
Bona Fide Rarity Hunter (25.5.2023)
Toronto Zoo: Let That Ruminate (11/11 plus bovids) NOW COMPLETE:
10. Pygmy Hippopotamus
11. River Hippopotamus
Bovids:
24. Greater Kudu
25. Common Eland
26. West Caucasian Tur
Let's Give This Another Go (8/unlimited):
7. Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat
8. Western Grey Kangaroo
Embrace the ABC's (32/36):
32. Southern White Rhinoceros (2/2)
Hot Blooded for Cold Blood (24/24 plus chelonians):
50. Nile Softshell
51. Blanding's Turtle
52. Common Snapping Turtle
(with the sheer number of turtles I saw at Toronto, I expected the new species here to be greater, but turns out most of them were species I already saw at Bronx)
Let's Give This Another Go
4. Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
5. Sugar Glider (Petaurista breviceps)
6. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
7. Woylie (Bettongia penicillata)
Don't You Forget About Me (1/4 bat, 0/1 treeshrew, 1/2 armadillo, 1/1 anteater, 1/1 sloth, 1/1 seacow, 1/2 elephant, 1/1 hyrax)
7. Southern Three-banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
