Any weird mixed exhibits?

Jambi said:
3. Any type of manatee. Again this will be a hard one, as nowhere in the UK keeps manatees either from what I've seen. Again, I may have to squeeze in a visit to Burgers Zoo if I go to the Netherlands.
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I wonder if the geese will show aggressiveness to the gorillas, leading to harm being done to the birds.
 
Rainforest Adventures (Tennessee USA) has Patagonian cavy, rock hyrax, doves, and button quail in one enclosure.
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Golden Takin said:
One classic example in china is to mix ring-tailed lemur with squirrel monkey.
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Reason why they mix them?

BTW The Czech republic is biggest exporter of ring-tailed lemurs to China, quick search in CITES database yielded almost 300 live lemurs on permits in 10 years.
 
Jana said:
Reason why they mix them?

BTW The Czech republic is biggest exporter of ring-tailed lemurs to China, quick search in CITES database yielded almost 300 live lemurs on permits in 10 years.
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Thx for your information.
I'm pretty sure that zoos choose to mix these two primates simply to save the budget. They both need heating, they both need climbing frames, and they cannot harm each other (as far as reported).
 
Golden Takin said:
Thx for your information.
I'm pretty sure that zoos choose to mix these two primates simply to save the budget. They both need heating, they both need climbing frames, and they cannot harm each other (as far as reported).
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That mix seems glaringly wrong to me. Lemurs are very susceptible to a lot of diseases that are mundane in simians- so mixing them just seems like a flat-out irresponsible decision.
 
Gibbonsagainstgravity said:
WHAT???!??!!!!?!??
Seriously?
Okaaaaay that is just weird.
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Dr. Wolverine said:
Agreed. This is plain weird not to mention tiny for the cavys
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Green_mamba said:
That's a very strange mara exhibit.
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I am in agreement with all of that! It is probably the most strange exhibit that I have seen, the mix was so odd. The rest of the place is not like that, it is not a great place, but there are not really any other weird mixes that I can remember.
 
Neil chace said:
That mix seems glaringly wrong to me. Lemurs are very susceptible to a lot of diseases that are mundane in simians- so mixing them just seems like a flat-out irresponsible decision.
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Captive ring-tailed lemurs are tough, resilient creatures. They do well even in roadside petting zoos here in CZ that often have abysmall hygiene and care standards. If they can withstand being stroked by hundreds humans with all our bambilion globaly circulating pathogens they can probably survive some squirrel monkeys too (if not fresh imports).

I find the mix weird and not ideal on first sight (for example lemurs are prone to getting fat so require different diet than squirrel monkeys), but if they made it work somehow - why not.
 
Neil chace said:
That mix seems glaringly wrong to me. Lemurs are very susceptible to a lot of diseases that are mundane in simians- so mixing them just seems like a flat-out irresponsible decision.
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I thought it was tbe other way around with New World primates being more vulnerable to diseases than Old World primates.
 
PossumRoach said:
I thought it was tbe other way around with New World primates being more vulnerable to diseases than Old World primates.
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In comparing NWMs to OWMs that may be true (and given what we know about disease transmission during the Colombian Exchange I reckon it's probably true), but lemurs are a different story altogether. Due to being isolated on an island for so long, their immune systems simply aren't resilient to many of the diseases that are mundane in simians. A similar story is true with a lot of Australian species (in particular I am aware of this in macropods) where commonplace bacteria can become something much more serious due to their immune systems having a different evolutionary trajectory.

Jana said:
Captive ring-tailed lemurs are tough, resilient creatures. They do well even in roadside petting zoos here in CZ that often have abysmall hygiene and care standards. If they can withstand being stroked by hundreds humans with all our bambilion globaly circulating pathogens they can probably survive some squirrel monkeys too (if not fresh imports).
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Just because a roadside zoo does things irresponsible doesn't mean it's correct for reputable zoos to do it, or is in the best interest of the animals. I suspect those same roadside zoos probably have much lower lemur life expectancies than reputable zoos where keepers wear PPE, visitor encounters either don't happen or are very controlled, etc.
 
Neil chace said:
Just because a roadside zoo does things irresponsible doesn't mean it's correct for reputable zoos to do it, or is in the best interest of the animals. I suspect those same roadside zoos probably have much lower lemur life expectancies than reputable zoos where keepers wear PPE, visitor encounters either don't happen or are very controlled, etc.
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I cannot speak on Jana’s behalf on unaccredited Czech zoos but visitors will always find a way to interact with lemurs (and most other animals in walkthrough enclosures) in walkthrough enclosures even if the exhibit is in an accredited zoo where visitor interaction with the animals is prohibited.
 
Neil chace said:
Just because a roadside zoo does things irresponsible doesn't mean it's correct for reputable zoos to do it, or is in the best interest of the animals. I suspect those same roadside zoos probably have much lower lemur life expectancies than reputable zoos where keepers wear PPE, visitor encounters either don't happen or are very controlled, etc.
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Are you therefore saying that zoos which have walk-through lemur enclosures are not "reputable zoos"? Because that's just a little ridiculous.
 
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