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ralph said:
Thanks. The marbled fox is not a priority, so I will consider skipping the show.

I'll be visiting on a Friday and just found out there's not pangolin feeding on Fridays, so I might have to pass by their enclosures a few times if I'm not lucky on the first try... oh well
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The feeding time is at 8:30 p.m. Did you visit at that time?
 
ralph said:
No, the Sunda scops owl is kept together with collared owlet.
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There was a time prior to the Luzon cloud rat's introduction to its current exhibit, that there were Sunda scops owls (different individuals from the ones with the Owlet) inhabiting the space. He was probably asking if those owls still remained in with the cloud rat's introduction.
 
Some minor updates from today:

Ah Pui is currently in the back-of-house area at Pangolin Trail. Two Sunda slow lorises will be taking over his exhibit at Leopard Trail.

The Senegal bushbaby is off-show, as it recently gave birth and is tending to the baby.

The Sunda scops owls, previously exhibited in the current cloud rat exhibit, have been moved to join the existing pairs along with the collared owlets.
 
FoxBat said:
A male Javan Slow Loris
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When I visited night Safari on nov 14th, there were 2 enclosures with slow loris, both signed as Sunda Slow Loris.
One was the mixed enclosure with mouse deer, flying squirrel and pangolin, the other was on the leopard trail, next to an enclosure with a group of small-toothed civets.
I did see a single lori in the latter enclosure. Was this Ah Pui and was the signage off, or was this a another Sunda slow loris and was Ah Pui not on show during that time?
 
ralph said:
When I visited night Safari on nov 14th, there were 2 enclosures with slow loris, both signed as Sunda Slow Loris.
One was the mixed enclosure with mouse deer, flying squirrel and pangolin, the other was on the leopard trail, next to an enclosure with a group of small-toothed civets.
I did see a single lori in the latter enclosure. Was this Ah Pui and was the signage off, or was this a another Sunda slow loris and was Ah Pui not on show during that time?
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During your visit, the slow loris housed at Pangolin trail is the Sunda Slow Loris, while the one at leopard trail is Ah Pui the Javan Slow Loris. The education team never bothered to change his signage.
 
Honestly, I'm not sure if gharials are nocturnal, but for some reason they seem to be kept at the Singapore Night Safari too. If anything, I think they're often kept in bright areas like other crocodilian species.
 
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Nadchew_ said:
During your visit, the slow loris housed at Pangolin trail is the Sunda Slow Loris, while the one at leopard trail is Ah Pui the Javan Slow Loris. The education team never bothered to change his signage.
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Thanks! This means I saw both species :) The Javan was going to be a new species for me, so I paid attention to the signage.

Overall I was not disappointed with the number of species I saw at NS. Only the Malayan tiger (I only saw the white tigers), clouded leopard and bushbaby were no-shows, but apparently the latter was off-show due to births. I think I saw every other species that was signed :)

Sunda Pangolin, spotted giant flying squirrel and collared owlet were new species for me as well! It was also only my second time seeing hog badger and small-toothed palm civet, and my first time seeing them active :)

Does NS still keep nile lechwe? They were neither signed nor mentioned on the tram ride.
What about Asian swamp eel? I saw them at River Wonders, but ZTL also mentions them for Night Safari, but I did not see them or any signage. Are they still there?

It was also very interesting to see how many species are able to co-exist with pangolins.
There was the pangolin/palm civet mix (did not see the pangolin here), the pangolin/tiger cat mix (pangolin was the dominant species here) and the pangolin/slow loris/flying squirrel/mouse deer mix (did not see any interspecies interactions)


captain alligator said:
Honestly, I'm not sure if gharials are nocturnal, but for some reason they seem to be kept at the Singapore Night Safari too. If anything, I think they're often kept in bright areas like other crocodilian species.
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I don't think gharials qualify as nocturnal, but it was really cool seeing these giants submerge and than reappear again into and from the darkness of their pond.
Also, seeing 3 zoos with Indian gharial in a few days time was really something. Previously I had seen the species at 3 zoos only, so that number has now doubled!
 
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ralph said:
Does NS still keep nile lechwe? They were neither signed nor mentioned on the tram ride.
What about Asian swamp eel? I saw them at River Wonders, but ZTL also mentions them for Night Safari, but I did not see them or any signage. Are they still there?
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2 female Nile lechwe are at the thamin exhibit. If there are still Asian swamp eels there, they should be in the water at the flying fox aviary though I'm not sure what else is still kept there
 
NATY said:
2 female Nile lechwe are at the thamin exhibit. If there are still Asian swamp eels there, they should be in the water at the flying fox aviary though I'm not sure what else is still kept there
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Aside from Asian Swamp Eels, the Mangrove Walk houses Malayan Box Turtles though hilariously enough I think they're also quite difficult to find blending in well.

ralph said:
and the pangolin/slow loris/flying squirrel/mouse deer mix (did not see any interspecies interactions)
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Most of the time from what I see they really don't interact too often (though I don't visit that enclosure as often). The Flying Squirrel typically just jumps over the Slow Loris if it's in his way and the Mousedeer just slowly trot away from the Pangolin at best. Most of the interactions I think you'll get the most joy out of is when the Small-Toothed Palm Civets just randomly decide to swat the Pangolin for climbing too close, which is quite a rare but fun treat to see
 
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