Any weird mixed exhibits?

Can't remember where, but I recall hearing about somewhere in China that kept a mix of Giant Panda, Ocelot and various macaws and cockatoos!
 
kermodei said:
The now-closed Stanley Park Zoo once housed seals and monkeys together. The odd ball exhibit contained a mix of California sea lions and harbour seals, as well as several spider monkeys and two different species of capuchin monkeys:

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now that is a weird combination
 
Featherdale had a mix of Estuarine Crocodile, Eastern Water Dragon, Eastern Water Skink and Cattle Egret around 2017. The egret was gone by 2019, and the lizards were removed when the exhibit was renovated in 2021.
 
kermodei said:
The now-closed Stanley Park Zoo once housed seals and monkeys together. The odd ball exhibit contained a mix of California sea lions and harbour seals, as well as several spider monkeys and two different species of capuchin monkeys:

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What were they even trying to accomplish with that mix?!?
 
Wisp O' Mist said:
What were they even trying to accomplish with that mix?!?
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That was not actually that unusual of a mix, historically. Cincinnati used to have Japanese macaque and Nubian ibex on an island with California sea lions in the moat. Baltimore used to have harbor seals in a moat around an island of aoudad, macaques, coati, beaver, raccoon, and whatever else needed to be out somewhere. It was all about maximizing space
 
Once there was a mix of a herd of American Bison and a Nile Hippo in Fréjus Zoo (Southern France).

In Beauval there was for a long time a mixed exhibit with a herd of Sitatunga, a pair of Griffon Vultures, a pair of Emus and a pair of Marabou Storks.
The Sitatungas and Griffon Vultures bred frequently, that wasn't the case of the other species.
 
In the early 1970s, São Paulo mixed the following species:

- (Rusa unicolor) - Mainland sambar;

- (Aepyceros melampus) - Impala;
- (Antidorcas marsupialis) - Springbok;
- (Antilope cervicapra) - Blackbuck;
- (Damaliscus pygargus) - Bontebok;
- (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - Waterbuck;
- (Kobus megaceros) - Nile lechwe;
- (Taurotragus oryx) - Common eland;
- (Tragelaphus angasii) - Lowland nyala;
- (Tragelaphus spekii) - Sitatunga;
- (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) Greater kudu;

- (Equus quagga) - Plains zebra;

- (Struthio camelus) - Common ostrich.

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Aardwolf said:
That was not actually that unusual of a mix, historically. Cincinnati used to have Japanese macaque and Nubian ibex on an island with California sea lions in the moat.
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I do not remember Nubian ibex in this mix, but I do remember bharal! It’s immediately what I thought of when I saw this thread.
 
Even though Detroit is my home zoo I will say they have a weird mix of species spread through the zoo. They put the Snow monkey in the African Grasslands section even though they reign from Asia. They put the newer Swamp monkeys in the Asia section which does not make any sense because these guys come from the wet swamps in Africa. It's also weird that they put the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the front of the zoo. The reason why I think this odd is because it starts with the penguins and then it goes into the North American section with the otters and beavers. How is that geographically correct? I do understand that they want to have a eye-popping exhibit to draw peoples attention in and the exhibit is one of a kind but the species mix-up is very strange.The rest of the zoo is fine I think if they think thinks more through in the future for future animals, people are not going to be as confused.
 
Detroitzoofan2341 said:
Even though Detroit is my home zoo I will say they have a weird mix of species spread through the zoo. They put the Snow monkey in the African Grasslands section even though they reign from Asia. They put the newer Swamp monkeys in the Asia section which does not make any sense because these guys come from the wet swamps in Africa. It's also weird that they put the Polk Penguin Conservation Center at the front of the zoo. The reason why I think this odd is because it starts with the penguins and then it goes into the North American section with the otters and beavers. How is that geographically correct? I do understand that they want to have a eye-popping exhibit to draw peoples attention in and the exhibit is one of a kind but the species mix-up is very strange.The rest of the zoo is fine I think if they think thinks more through in the future for future animals, people are not going to be as confused.
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This thread is dedicated to weird mixed-species exhibits, that is one exhibit with multiple species that are weird to house together. What you are describing is more so layout issues, an area I agree Detroit struggles with (but the penguin center I don't think is one of its layout issues). A weird mixed-species exhibit at Detroit would be the white stork, cinereous vulture, and sandhill crane habitat.
 
Oh Okay Neil I did not know it just about exhibits I thought it was directed at the zoo itself. Yeah I would agree about that bird combination, that is strange.
 
Wild Discovery Dik Dik enclosure :
Kirk's Dik Dik
African Spoon bill
Little Egret
Demoislle Crane
Scarlet ibis
Wild Discovery Squirrel Monkey enclosure with White Faced Whistling Ducks
 
Ryan Blackwood said:
Wild Discovery Dik Dik enclosure :
Kirk's Dik Dik
African Spoon bill
Little Egret
Demoislle Crane
Scarlet ibis
Wild Discovery Squirrel Monkey enclosure with White Faced Whistling Ducks
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And South Lakes World Wide Safari :
Capybara
Black tailed prairie dog
Emu
Greater rhea
Red ruffed lemur
Ring tailed lemur
Spectacled bear(in a separate enclosure but the lemurs sometimes wonder in)
Tell me if I forgot anything
 
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