Spec. Zoo Design questions

Rohin said:
I don't really know if this is the right thread to post this on but how are animals that can jump high such as zebras contained by low fencing? Zebras are known to jump 6 feet/ 2 metres('Hartmann's mountain zebra can gallop up to 40 miles per hour and jump a 6-foot wall.https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://louisvillezoo.org/animalsandplants/hartmanns-mountain-zebra/#:~:text=Lions%2C%20hyenas%2C%20wild%20dogs%2C,jump%20a%206%2Dfoot%20wall.&ved=2ahUKEwi-s53ss4iFAxVWXUEAHeqlBxAQFnoECBAQBQ&usg=AOvVaw0CakhPdNJHOr75e-jJG351) These zebras in Fota are contained by what looks like fencing that is less than a metre. This side has 2 layers of walls but some other sides do not. These zebra are Grant's but I believe (probably wrongly) they should still be able to jump to a similar extent. jView attachment 693611(link to photo Fota Wildlife Park - Fairways and FunDays)
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I've never been there, but from that photo it looks like a ha-ha is the actual barrier, and there are just some railings along either side of it. Also looks like there might be an electric wire running along the top of the railing on the zebra side.
 
Chlidonias said:
I've never been there, but from that photo it looks like a ha-ha is the actual barrier, and there are just some railings along either side of it. Also looks like there might be an electric wire running along the top of the railing on the zebra side.
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There is a ha-ha at this side I believe, but somehow I actually never noticed the wiring. I always assumed that it was just wood:(.
 
Anyone here willing to help with barn design (white rhino and hippo) for a bit?

DM me for more. Don't wanna have too much conversation in here
 
De Brazza's monkey or L'Hoest's monkey. Which one can be held in a larger group when mixed with gorillas.
Or could I mix all three species?
 
Mr Gharial said:
De Brazza's monkey or L'Hoest's monkey. Which one can be held in a larger group when mixed with gorillas.
Or could I mix all three species?
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It's possible to mix the Gorillas with one guenon species. I would avoid the mix of De Brazza + L'Hoest's monkeys to avoid hybridization, otherwise it would be possible to mix them through single-gender troops.
 
Haliaeetus said:
It's possible to mix the Gorillas with one guenon species. I would avoid the mix of De Brazza + L'Hoest's monkeys to avoid hybridization, otherwise it would be possible to mix them through single-gender troops.
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Could a mix of L'Hoest's, Gorilla and Guereza or Mangabey work?
 
If I mix Drill and De Brazza's monkey in a large outdoor enclosure, do I need to separate them in the indoor enclosure?
 
Van Beal said:
Does anyone have any knowledge of butterfly species kept in North America (native or exotic)?
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I know of a Pdf of the butterfly species once held in the Toronto zoo. I have compiled a list of some butterflies that are common or that I have seen:
Asian Swallowtail
Atlas Moth
Autum leaf
Banded Orange Heliconia
Black Swallowtail
Black and White Helicon
Blue Clipper
Blue and White
Blue Morpho Butterfly
Blue Wave Butterfly
Brown clipper
Cairns Birdwing
Common Sergeant
Common Mime
Common Mormon
Cydno Longwing
Doris Longwing
Emerald Swallowtail
Glasswing Butterfly
Great Eggfly
Grecian Shoemaker
Green Longwing
Green Triangle
Gulf fritillary
Hewitson's longwing
Julia Butterfly
King Swallowtail
Lebeau's Rothschildia
Malay Lacewing
Monarch Butterfly
Painted Lady
Pharmacophagus antenor
Orange-barred Sulphur
Owl Butterfly
Pink Cattleheart
Postman Butterfly
Red Lacewing
Rusty-tipped Page
Rumanzovia swallowtail
Sapho longwing
Sara Longwing
Scarlet Mormon
Tailed jay
Tarricina
Tiger Longwing
Tree Nymph
Variable Cracker
Viceroy
Wood Nymph
Zebra Longwing
Zebra Mosaic Butterfly

I have heared of a malagasy butterfly too... and skippers such as the Karner blue and other captive bred skippers for release.(Check Assiniboine). I am missing a lot of butterflies and I do remember one from Central America and one from North America that can't wrap my head around.
The reason I have this is because I wanted to learn about these species after seeing them.
Edit: North American butterfly is Red Spotted Purple
As for the primates I would recommend separate indoor habitats.
 
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Would it be even remotely possible for an American zoo to have either red-legged or dusky pademelons? If not, what about agile wallabies?
 
Can Lace monitors be held in larger groups if the enclosure is big enough, or can they only be held solitarily/in pairs?
 
Mr Gharial said:
Can Lace monitors be held in larger groups if the enclosure is big enough, or can they only be held solitarily/in pairs?
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They have been kept in groups in a number of zoos in Australia and New Zealand. Off the top of my head both Taronga and Auckland have.
 
Chlidonias said:
I think Auckland was three or four at the time. They have had several in their current enclosure too, at least three or four last time I was there.

Taronga I don't know how many - they had a sort of pit style enclosure with a bunch of them in it.
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Taronga has not held Lace Monitors for several years now, and I only ever remember seeing one, in the current echidna exhibit in Backyard to Bush, in 2012 / 2014, though it is of course possible that I am misremembering.
 
Zoo Tour Australia said:
What would be the appropriate size enclosure for a breeding pair of Clouded Leopards?
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Definitely look into researching the Nashville Zoo's Clouded Leopard enclosure, it's been credited for Nashville's high clouded leopard birth rate and considered one of the most successful clouded leopard exhibits, especially for a species notorious for its difficulty to breed.
 
As someone trying to branch out towards aquarium based exhibits, could anyone recommend ideas on making a hypothetical small 12,300 SF zoo-aquarium? What species could fit, layout ideas, etc.? In particular with a focus on species from the Pacific coasts of California. Wondering if it would be enough space for the likes of a smaller kelp forest big enough to hold leopard sharks and other fish, a ray touch pool, tide pools, sea horses and sea dragons, various jellyfish, and maybe a coral reef habitat plus other smaller crabs and fish species.
 
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