Chulengo number 3 of 2023 born on Sunday lunchtime, once again in front of adoring punters. This one was a complete surprise. Just goes to show that our male, Phil, was a great guy to bring into our little one zoo breeding programme.
View attachment 659656 Chulengo number 3 of 2023 born on Sunday lunchtime, once again in front of adoring punters. This one was a complete surprise. Just goes to show that our male, Phil, was a great guy to bring into our little one zoo breeding programme.
Look at the size difference between him and his 1/2 sister!
Hopefully one more to go!
As I thought. Sounds like an expensive import from mainland Europe is your only option then? (For a male)
That's good to hear. I wasn't aware of any suitable "non-zoo" guanacos in the UK.
Blackpool, Flamingo Land, Knowsley, and Port Lympne have them as well.
Shame I wasn't there to say hi.
Ahhh...thanks for the kind words, glad you had a good day
Rosie is a really impressive looking binturong...second only in stature to one called Wanda that I used to work with at Banham in the late "90s. But her massive size is mostly down to her shaggy coat.
There's been 3 agoutis in that aviary since last year now, but they can be elusive at times, and a great spot for regulars (like Europe's only rufous vented laughingthrushes that seem to have buddied up with them and share food!)
The wildcats are off-show at the moment because their enclosures have been demolished to make way for the new animals arriving on Thursday this week. This has really helped to open up that area of the park that was looking a bit dilapidated to give a more natural woody feel. Do you know what's going in there yet?
Then the new Wildcat enclosure will be built next to the snowy owls in November.
I have Azara's agouti in a African mixed softbill aviary, it seems to work really wellAhhh...thanks for the kind words, glad you had a good day
Rosie is a really impressive looking binturong...second only in stature to one called Wanda that I used to work with at Banham in the late '90s. But her massive size is mostly down to her shaggy coat.
There's been 3 agoutis in that aviary since last year now, but they can be elusive at times, and a great spot for regulars (like Europe's only rufous vented laughingthrushes that seem to have buddied up with them and share food!)
The wildcats are off-show at the moment because their enclosures have been demolished to make way for the new animals arriving on Thursday this week. This has really helped to open up that area of the park that was looking a bit dilapidated to give a more natural woody feel. Do you know what's going in there yet?
Then the new Wildcat enclosure will be built next to the snowy owls in November.
They will also happily eat the scraps of fruit that fall from the monkeys' realm.
Do you know what species of Uromastyx,only. I wrote a project towards my zoo animal management course on Uromastyx microlipes the Dab lizard, you don't often see themA plated lizard and 2 uromastyx have come to the park for the education dept. So although they aren't on permanent show, they will be used for talks and encounters next year once they've acclimatised to their new home.
Red foot tortoises have also gone off show for the time being (colder weather prohibits them being in their summer paddock), and we'll have some new animals going in there, but not for a little while.
New paddock next to the lynx is almost done for the new species arriving on Friday.
