Now now, someone got paid a LOT of money to think that name up!
Why not use the “Hullabazoo” branding ZSL use at Whipsnade?
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Now now, someone got paid a LOT of money to think that name up!
Why not use the “Hullabazoo” branding ZSL use at Whipsnade?
I will say that Kidzania London has been closed since January for undisclosed reasons without apparent signs to reopen ... so for better or for worse this will be a rather popular attraction I think.
As for the name I don't like to bash a name around without at least attempting to come up with something better myself. Albeit, not much does. Conservation Station? eXtraordinarily Young Zoologists? Zoo Can Do It?
As for the name I don't like to bash a name around without at least attempting to come up with something better myself. Albeit, not much does. Conservation Station? eXtraordinarily Young Zoologists? Zoo Can Do It?
They already have a programme called Zoo Academy, so imagine anything like Zoo School, Zoo Academy, Zooniversity (boo hiss) would have been too similar.
Zoo Academy | The Zoological Society of London
Zoo Academy | The Zoological Society of London
I think they should have went with Zoociety
I thought London only had 1 female Pygmy Hippo, Amara, at the moment
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That was my understanding too....
theli0n
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There got two and they are the male Thug and last year they got a female called Amara
No, sadly the male "Thug" has died.
Please do check your post before you put it out there. Being the gentleman means:
Just track back and viz posts #913 and #914 of this London RP / ZSL thread.
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theli0n
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When did Thug die because I can’t find anything from the zoo and he was there instagram account not long ago
Kalaw
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He passed away in June of this year.
When you say the Pygmy hippos are mixed together, do you mean you only saw the two enclosures combined (which would make sense, as there is little reason not to give Amara the whole space after Thug’s passing) or that you actually saw two Pygmy Hippos together? If it is the latter then that is very exciting indeed, and would imply that the zoo has succeeded in acquiring another hippo (presumably a male) after Thug’s passing.
theli0n
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Both exhibits were open but I didn’t knew that Thug had died so I thought they were mixing them
Do the pygmy hippos have the relevant construction skill to rebuild the painted dogs exhibit?
theli0n
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Typo it was meant to be the zoo are rebuilding the painted dog exhibit
Posts #913 and #914 on this thread.
I agree that somehow the zoo communications department has not put it out there that their old pairing Thug * Nicolas have both passed (respectively 2022 and 2024) away.
I do remember that their has been a communiqué from - I think when I am correct - that Edinburgh Zoo announced their first calf from their new pair was sent to London Zoo on breeding loan. But I am not 100 percent sure on that!
cornu aspersum
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That should be Amara, the hippo London has currently.
Rajang-GOAT
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I made a long awaited great first trip to London Zoo last weekend, also completing the Autumn ZSL double for myself following a September visit to Whipsnade.
- The first exhibit I properly experienced was The Secret Life of Reptiles and Amphibians, and it was very impressive in a similar manner to the aquarium at Whipsnade, with great displays as well as signage and education, which can also be said about the neighbouring Giants of The Galapagos.
- Rainforest Life and Night Life I also found quite engaging, I had always liked the look of Rainforest Life but I found it very interesting how the older indoor only displays are made good use of for the nocturnal mammals.
- At Into Africa it was nice to recognise Wilfred the young giraffe from my two most recent Whipsnade visits (the month after he was born and the month before he left) as well as see both Okapi, though unfortunately Pygmy Hippo Amara was a no show. The 3 male Common Warthogs born at Colchester were also visible, though can anyone confirm their names, as I have an idea of the individuals they might be but I'm not sure. It was nice to be able to get close to the giraffes in their house but to be honest the paddock seemed smaller than it had previously looked in photos, though I think for now keeping a small number of giraffes there is still the best decision for the zoo, perhaps in the future it can be solely a stop off for Reticulated giraffes born in the Whipsnade herd?
- I was lucky enough to get a good view of the Babirusa piglets in the drained out pool with their mother, very cute and an even better sight given I don't remember seeing much of the species at Chester last year.
- Got some great views of the gorilla family (less so Kiburi), and it was especially entertaining to see Effie carrying around her 8 month old daughter Venus on her arm as well as Mjukku with her daughter Juno. I was surprised to see such a noticeable difference in physical characteristics between 8 year old male Gernot and 9 year old female Alika, although maybe I shouldn't have been.
- Blackburn Pavilion seemed like a very nice exhibit that seemed like a great space to spend longer period of time in.
- I wasn't bothered about missing the Colobus walkthrough in the Snowdon Aviary, but upon entering it not long before it closed, I found it a very impressive exhibit that can hopefully improve even more in time with planting growing in.
- It was nice to see the whole lion family playing together in the train station/wooded enclosures, when Bhanu and the cubs were sleeping in front of the main window it attracted a very large crowd.
Well yes, ... Clearly. Surely that was a bit of an open door right! My objective in this post was to try to give our newest poster why and how the original pair had passed on. It should be a bit thick on the ground that the new pygmy hippo (that I did not name as it was irrelevant under the circumstances ...) was surely known under another name (which would not be either Thug nor Nicolas).
I do hope that when the oldest (hybrid) giraffe pass, it might only become a halfway station / repository for outgoing giraffe from Whipsnade that the facility may be repurposed for okapi .... and bongo! I really would like to see a West and tropical themed area come up here .... connected to the Pavillion with some mangabey and Cercopithecinae...!
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Rajang-GOAT
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If this was the case, I would like to see possibly Drills/Mandrills, as there is already one (possibly soon to be two) species of mangabey as well as Diana at Gorilla Kingdom/Sobell Pavilions, though maybe they could move to such an exhibit if it is constructed. Also in terms of old world monkeys there are the Colobus, so because of that and the loss of giraffe/zebra/ostrich/a savannah area which it would likely entail, I think such an exhibit is maybe less likely to happen, though the Okapi could benefit with more space and it would link them to the Pygmy hippo. Perhaps such an exhibit could be a nice addition to Whipsnade with them already having Bongo and a lack of African forest/primate species, and it would be great to see Mandrill/Drill or a Mangabey species in a natural setting there. Or now I that think of it Gelada could really suit a more open area at Whipsnade.
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