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Rizz Carlton said:
if I recall correctly Oscar is the male melanistic jaguar. One of their Javan leopard, Jason, is 13yo. No idea about the rest sadly.

The 'Bengal' tiger at Bali are most likely generic/hybrid tigers, not the actual subpopulation.
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@Rizz Carlton, How many Javan leopard do they maintain? Have they even had a breeding pair or a few results that way?
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
@Rizz Carlton, How many Javan leopard do they maintain? Have they even had a breeding pair or a few results that way?
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Can't even find anything publicly on the internet, Jason might even be the only leopard they have right now. But, in my opinion Jason is either a result of the breeding in Taman Safari Bogor or more than likely a wild-caught individual, judging by his age.
 
Hey guys, I was able to visit the marine park last Monday, accompanied by the curator himself. I can confirm that the 'grey reefs' are in fact genuine bull sharks, and TSI Bali is currently the only public aquarium in Southeast Asia to house them. There are currently 6 sharks in total, 5 in the main shark tank and a juvenile behind the scenes. From my observation, most within the main exhibit were females.
 
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Casuarius_casuarius said:
Hey guys, I was able to visit the marine park last Monday, accompanied by the curator himself. I can confirm that the 'grey reefs' are in fact genuine bull sharks, and TSI Bali's apparently the first and only public aquarium in Southeast Asia to have them. They currently have 6 sharks in total, 5 in the main shark tank and a juvenile behind the scenes. From my observation, most within the main exhibit were females.
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Are there any pictures of the sharks in question? It would be amazing if true, though forgive me if I'm still a bit skeptical whether they have genuine bull sharks since they're notoriously ferocious in other public aquaria.
 
I was very impressed by the outdoor tanks like 'Ray Bay' and the intertidal zone. Some key species included a very friendly Maculabatis gerrardi, a single humphead parrotfish and 3 gorgeous hawksbill sea turtles (penyu karah) under fantastic UV conditions and a mangrove refugium with multiple functions comprising a baby fish nursery and a seagrass propagation zone.
 
They're certainly not the first and only, even in Indonesia. The only fully-confirmed holder of bull shark in SEA was SeaWorld Ancol in Jakarta, apparently (Though not an official remark, this rumor was made by another user) an accidental catch, originally though to be one of their grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos).

Again, we need picture of the sharks to verified that and if possible, all of them to see if perhaps one or two might be a genueine bull shark (Like SeaWorld does). I mean having not just one, but six "bull sharks" is both impresive and potentialy risky, for the other inhabitants and maintenance divers. How do you even know that they're mostly females to begin with?
 
Casuarius_casuarius said:
Hey guys, I was able to visit the marine park last Monday, accompanied by the curator himself. I can confirm that the 'grey reefs' are in fact genuine bull sharks, and TSI Bali's apparently the first and only public aquarium in Southeast Asia to have them. They currently have 6 sharks in total, 5 in the main shark tank and a juvenile behind the scenes. From my observation, most within the main exhibit were females.
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SeaWorld Ancol once kept a bull shark from around 2005 to 2012, misidentified as a grey reef shark
 
Rizz Carlton said:
They're certainly not the first and only, even in Indonesia. The only fully-confirmed holder of bull shark in SEA was SeaWorld Ancol in Jakarta, apparently (Though not an official remark, this rumor was made by another user) an accidental catch, originally though to be one of their grey reef shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos).

Again, we need picture of the sharks to verified that and if possible, all of them to see if perhaps one or two might be a genueine bull shark (Like SeaWorld does). I mean having not just one, but six "bull sharks" is both impresive and potentialy risky, for the other inhabitants and maintenance divers. How do you even know that they're mostly females to begin with?
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Male sharks will have easily identifiable claspers, which most of the sharks I observed, lacked. I also asked about the safety protocols regarding maintenance in the tank and was told that the sharks were apparently hesitant to approach divers, though the curator did remark that things could change over time. The team also actively consults with a key member from Cairns Marine, regarding the sharks' husbandry and behaviour in human care.
 
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