Find zoo photos which could be taken in the wild!

[amur leopard]

I'm no botanist, therefore i would like some feedback if this Siberian tiger counts?

Sibirien tiger

• remar
• 2 Aug 2023
• siberian tiger tiger

I think upthread most people came to the consensus that the animal needs to be quite small in the photo, so either way while it is a lovely photo it doesn’t show enough of the surroundings to really apply here.

 

[Lafone]

This one from wild place (taken in April) looks quite scenic.

 

[tigris115]

This zebra photo looks pretty wild

https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/grevys-zebra.483308/

 

[Veno]

Seen as a banded individual, it looks wild.

Black-faced spoonbill

• Veno
• 15 Aug 2023
• 1

Black-Faced spoonbill

• Veno
• 15 Aug 2023

 

[Austin the Sengi]

After uploading this recent image into the Columbus Zoo gallery. I knew that from the moment I first took this shot; that this image would certainly count, as if these birds were actually wild.

Saddle-Billed Storks (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)

• Austin the Sengi
• 8 Sep 2023
• 2023 birds columbus columbus zoo immersive ohio saddle-billed stork stork usa

Do note that this image was taken on September 2nd, 2023, at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in...

 

[EagleScout610]

Cleveland zoo, October 2023

 

[birdsandbats]

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Cleveland zoo, October 2023

This photo has obvious landscaping.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Having been to a lot of parks in Florida with boardwalks, this is pretty much the same as a wild pond. Although the location (Florida) in the native range and size of the marsh exhibit lends to the "reality". It is very common for state and county parks to have boardwalk portions on the trails. Taken at Gatorland Florida.

 

[TNT]

The two images below were taken at Port Lympne, UK.

The next photo was taken at Howletts, UK.

And in one of my favourite exhibits at Paignton Zoo, UK.

 

[Zhao yun]

White-crowned laughingthrush

• Zhao yun
• 24 Oct 2023
• 1

Does this count?

 

[TheImmigrant1]

Took this one at the Houston Zoo’s Texas Wetlands, seeing as bald eagles can be found in Houston and all the plant life in the exhibit is native, this could’ve easily been taken in the wild.

 

[RatioTile]

Maybe this shot, although I doubt wild pronghorns go places with oak leaves.

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) female

• RatioTile
• 30 Nov 2023

11/2023.

This is a unique category of photo - a wild bald eagle perched on the edge of a captive bald eagle exhibit.

Wild Northern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis) in zoo grounds

• RatioTile
• 30 Nov 2023

11/2023. According to a volunteer, this is not an escapee but a wild eagle who took up residence...

 

[birdsandbats]

Maybe this shot, although I doubt wild pronghorns go places with oak leaves.

Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) female

• RatioTile
• 30 Nov 2023

11/2023.

I've seen Pronghorn alongside oaks, actually. They were small shrub oaks with tiny leaves, so Pronghorn probably don't occur alongside oak trees with leaves that remotely resemble the leaves in that photo, but they do occur alongside at least some oak species.

 

[Zhao yun]

Golden pheasant

• Zhao yun
• 6 Dec 2023
• 3

Does this count?

 

[Platypusboy]

Golden pheasant

• Zhao yun
• 6 Dec 2023
• 3

Does this count?

While this picture does look like it could have been taken in the wild, the masked lapwing in the background kind of ruins it.

 

[Zhao yun]

While this picture does look like it could have been taken in the wild, the masked lapwing in the background kind of ruins it.

Oh, I didn't even notice the lapwing. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[15399]

I suspect this wolverine photo I took at Detroit Zoo qualifies:

Unless there are some foliage issues I'm not aware of (and barring the fact the subjects are EW), I suspect this Pere David's deer herd I photographed at Bronx also does:

 

[EagleScout610]

Akron Zoo. 12/08/23

 

[Dr. Wolverine]

How about this?

 

[birdsandbats]

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Akron Zoo. 12/08/23

How about this?

Bald Eagle don't really sit on rocks on the ground in the wild.

Explicitly one of the requirements for this thread is that the animal has to be fairly small in the photo.