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Jana said:
A temporary poison dart frog exhibit will again open on 6th July.

Presented inside Gočárovy house. Every Sunday 1pm-2pm a keeper will be at site and interact with public.

Based on experience from previous years, ca 30 frog species would be on show and the exhibit gets removed after period of 2 months. The frogs are loaned by a private owner (who happens to be a zoo employee).

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Old pic from temporary exhibition in 2020.
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Is this exhibit only viewable during that time period on Sunday? Or is it viewable at other times without a keeper present?
 
Green_mamba said:
Is this exhibit only viewable during that time period on Sunday? Or is it viewable at other times without a keeper present?
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Judging from past exhibitions, it is likely to be viewable at other times - that timeslot pertains only to the talks.
 
Not related to the zoo. But a local bird club holds its annual parrot exhibition on 16.August till 1.September inside the old university botanical garden (street Na Slupi) in downtown. They show 70-90 bird species. Open 10am-6pm daily. €4 per adult (ticket covers the tropical greenhouse too). Tram stop "Botanicka zahrada".

Announced species - Flores lorikeet, olive-headed lorikeet, red-collared lorikeet, brown-necked parrot, scaly-headed parrot, purple glossy-starling, greater blue-eared glossy-starling, pin-tailed whydah, saffron finch. (but usually, many cages are taken by color mutations of budgerigards, canaries etc.)

This exhibition is humble but it might be a way how to spend a spare half an hour if you are in the town.
 
rhino 83 said:
A giraffe calf was born recently. it is believed to be a daughter by faraa and borek. the birth has not yet been announced.
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She has received the name of JOHANKA.
Zoo Praha on Instagram: " JE TO JOHANKA! Naše žirafí mládě dnes dostalo jméno od našich chovatelů a současných i bývalých členek českého basketbalového reprezentačního týmu Malou žirafu můžete vidět každý den ve venkovním výběhu Afrického domu, tak neváhejte a stavte se u nás IT’S JOHANKA! Our giraffe calf was named today by our keepers and current as well as former members of the Czech national basketball team You can see our giraffe calf every day in the outdoor enclosure of the African House, so don’t hesitate to stop by and visit us : @rhino_olie #ZooPraha #PragueZoo #giraffe #giraffelove #giraffesofinstagram #zooborns #zvirata #wildlifephotography #animals #animalsofinstagram #wildlife #conservation #zoo #zooanimals #zooinstagram #zoophotography #prague #visitprague #czechrepublic #visitczechrepublic #WAZA #EAZA"
 
Nisha said:
A male Fossa (born 2023) left Paris Zoological Park for Praha today. He will form a pair with the female that recently arrived from Duisburg
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I dont know what happened, but this individual is not mentioned on Prague zoo´s list of July arrivals. Instead, a male fossa from Port Lympne is listed with date of 9th of July. Was Paris a typo?

Other July arrivals: 0,1 wild horse from Kerkrade, 0,1 rough-scaled python from Vienna, 2.2 emerald dove from Walsrode, 0.2 kulans from Strohen and 1.0 Egyptian vulture from Ostrava.

Births include 11 greater flamingos, 1 Caribbeans flamingo and 4 Chilean flamingos (not all of them might survive till fledging). A clutch of 5 Hartlaub´s ducklings. Two litters of Goodman´s mouse lemurs (this species is now kept only bts). 3 Austral parakeets.
 
Jana said:
The pangolin female born 2023 will go to Schönbrunn Vienna next year.

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And with that the number of zoos in Europe holding pangolins has doubled within three years. Exciting times.

Are Vienna planning on importing males from overseas (presumably Taipei) to breed with Šiška? If not, are the Leipzig and Prague animals unrelated? Quite curious about what options there are in terms of breeding further down the line.
 
Mickey said:
As I suspected, the zoo will be closed until the 17th, if nothing bad happens it'll reopen on the 18th
Source: Miroslav Bobek's Instagram & other social page.
Miroslav Bobek on Instagram

I am confident most other Czech zoos will follow the same closure.
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At least Dvur remains open and when I last checked Plzen was also open, but others like Ostrava, Olomouc and Decin seem closed.

I was supposed to visit Prague Zoo today and while there are no floods, the water levels are high and the closure the coming days is due to the risk of falling trees.
 
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