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When did the bat cave close? Use to be my favourite exhibit at Longleat, but when I recently went last year I saw it was no more. I’m now thrilled that it’s making a comeback!!
 
SealionLDN said:
When did the bat cave close? Use to be my favourite exhibit at Longleat, but when I recently went last year I saw it was no more. I’m now thrilled that it’s making a comeback!!
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Covid from what I remember? Closed due to restrictions and never reopened presumably because it needed an overhaul anyway.

Very happy it's reopening too for the same reasons, especially now the sloths are finally being given a more appropriate exhibit
 
Some notes from today worth mentioning:

- Nine banded armadillos now signed in what was the sloth enclosure.
- sign for red handed tamarin is gone and there was no sign of them.
-Fennec fox area still shut off.
-Fam farmyard still closed for winter.
-Good progress on batcave, some wood fencing land Flappy doors were being installed on the former outside kinkajou aviary.
- not animal related, but you can now walk round the first floor of the house for free, 2nd floor is pre book only.
 
Springbok said:
Some notes from today worth mentioning:

- Nine banded armadillos now signed in what was the sloth enclosure.
- sign for red handed tamarin is gone and there was no sign of them.
-Fennec fox area still shut off.
-Fam farmyard still closed for winter.
-Good progress on batcave, some wood fencing land Flappy doors were being installed on the former outside kinkajou aviary.
- not animal related, but you can now walk round the first floor of the house for free, 2nd floor is pre book only.
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Have the sloths left the collection?
 
Jedd Cullinan said:
Good News about Yuki the female tiger as I have spoken to the guys at Knowsley and she's settling in so well in her new home and the long term future is she's going to be mixed with their male tiger Makari and fingers crossed for those two to have cubs in the future.
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Although she was abit nervous aswell because I have been told that the children can be abit noisy at the Amur Trail and it did spook her alittle bit
 
Springbok said:
Work for the new hippo area at Longleat has been approved and construction starts next week.


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Excellent news! Great to hear it will be a breeding pair too - although I'm intrigued to see what is planned, particularly whether the new hippos are given full access to the lake or not? Either way though, its an exciting development and great to see Longleat commit to retaining an iconic species.
 
HelloCrossy67 said:
Longleat Safari Park's new hippo house plans approved - BBC News

Article seems to say that Sea-Lions will be relocated?
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I do hope other zoos will follow suit and build common hippo complexes where family groups can be accomodated. Where all to often the silent road to phase out is taken ..., there is a real need to highlight that common hippo are really not that common anymore and deserve by way of their category of threat a far more prominent role in todays' European zoos. So, let us ... Hear, Hear, ... Hear (murmurs from the floor ... swell to a battle try ... - yes, I watched a MacBeth play the other day...)!
 
I believe what is meant by this correct me if I’m wrong:

On Animal Park when you see the sea lions being trained in those metal pens that are half land half water this was originally the holding pens for the hippos and is where the old hippo house is located. The new hippo house will be built on this site which means it can no longer be used as the sea lion beach/pontoon so they mean they will relocate the sea lion land facilities.
 
SealionLDN said:
I believe what is meant by this correct me if I’m wrong:

On Animal Park when you see the sea lions being trained in those metal pens that are half land half water this was originally the holding pens for the hippos and is where the old hippo house is located. The new hippo house will be built on this site which means it can no longer be used as the sea lion beach/pontoon so they mean they will relocate the sea lion land facilities.
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Agree with that
 
Visited today To see bat cave, and I will be honest, while it was great, the species variety wasn't as good as last time. It had that same unpleasant
But somehow nice smell as last time. The Sloths were very active, and so were the bats. In the former Blind cave fish exhibit, was some camel crickets. the former sengi exhibit (to my disappointment) had been replaced by an educational feature. Don't get me wrong I loved it but the old one was better imo. Other notes worth mentioning:
- Spider lab absolutely empty, nothing inside.
-Tiger rump tarantula now in former camel cricket tank.
-kookaburra exhibit boarded up and sign gone.
 
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