Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Cincinnati Zoo News 2008-2009

okapikpr said:
Very jealous about the new map...any chance you could scan it into the gallery.
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I will definitely do so, or at least take a picture. It has yet to update online.

okapikpr said:
Obviously to breed?
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I assumed so but breeding doesn't always have to happen on exhibit.


okapikpr said:
Probably because they can...its a rather common mixed species setting.
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I have seen it before but it's not 'official.' There's no signage and I've seen it a few times, I've not seen it others. Seems random though.
 
Thanks!

If they have a male and female elephant together...the intent is too breed, that was the whole reason for kicking out the giraffe and okapi and bringing their bull back.

"official"...if you saw the duiker in the yard, that should be official enough. Zoos dont always put up signs for animals.
 
okapikpr said:
Thanks!

If they have a male and female elephant together...the intent is too breed, that was the whole reason for kicking out the giraffe and okapi and bringing their bull back.

"official"...if you saw the duiker in the yard, that should be official enough. Zoos dont always put up signs for animals.
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That's true; I forgot that was the intent of the bull yard.

Really? I can't remember any exhibits where a zoo didn't eventually put up a sign for an animal. Any you know of?
 
Surprisingly there should be a sign for duiker at that exhibit, because duikers have been exhibited in that yard for years. What kind of duiker was it, Yellow-backed?
 
okapikpr said:
Surprisingly there should be a sign for duiker at that exhibit, because duikers have been exhibited in that yard for years. What kind of duiker was it, Yellow-backed?
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Really, I've only seen it a few times. Of course, it could have been off exhibit or wandering out of site or something. I think it was yellow back. It tends to hide in the front of the exhibit laying down.
 
Yup. It used to be bongos and duikers on that end of the Veldt for a long while. Heck, I think there was even a Baird's tapir over there for a minute.
 
On the new map there is a island between the bull elephant yard and admin building...just assumed it was for primates...but it appears to be for cranes.
 
okapikpr said:
On the new map there is a island between the bull elephant yard and admin building...just assumed it was for primates...but it appears to be for cranes.
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Red Necked Cranes, yes.

It's a very small island so I cannot imagine any primate happy there
 
okapikpr said:
the island in question appears bigger than the gibbon islands on the map?
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The tan island in the lake is the cranes & it is certainly smaller than the gibbons island in reality; the other island...it's not really there. I was there two days ago and I can't place it in my mind. Either way, there are no animals on it in any case.
 
2 manatees being prepared for shipment to the Lowry park zoo for pre release conditioning

 
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snowleopard said:
@okapikpr: thanks for the extensive review, and wasn't the well-regarded Cincinnati Zoo once known as "the sexiest zoo in America" due to its success in breeding rare animals?
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It was actually called the "Sexiest zoo in America" after 6 gorillas were born in 1996 at the zoo, not because of the zoo breeding rare animals.
 
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