Jordan-Jaguar97
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Thanks for the news Malayan Tapir,would the newborn be in the enclosure with the Webcam?
Twycross Zoo Twycross Zoo News 2011 #1
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Would this mean that Twycross finally has a functioning gorilla troupe?
mazfc
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Oumbie is in with Ozala and baby, and everything seems very settled. They have inside and outside access, and the house is fully open again after a gre days closed to allow them to settle in.
How is this group composed?
mazfc
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It's just Oumbie the silverback and Ozala with the baby. There was another female with them at first - Asante, but she is not a fan of males and that didn't go down well with Oumbie. She was moved into the other group with Boulas the silverback and two older females Bongo (46) and Biddy (36). Asante has finally started to settle more after months, but she still stays well out of Boulas' way.
Did Asante ever have much trouble with Ti because they always seemed a happy enough group when he was the silverback.
With it just been Oumbie, ozala and the baby are there any plans to get another female or two to add to this group once the baby is maybe older and a bit stronger?
With it just been Oumbie, ozala and the baby are there any plans to get another female or two to add to this group once the baby is maybe older and a bit stronger?
mazfc
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I'm afraid the answer to both questions are 'I don't know'.
I only became a regular visitor in the last year or so, so I'm not familiar with Ti or the make-up of the gorilla groups in his time. Sorry. But I'm sure some other members can answer that. I'd love to know the answer too.As for more female gorillas...yes please
I don't know if Twycross are actively seeking females, but I understand that they are not very easy to source. Would the studbook keeper consider sending any to a collection that already has 4 females, even though only 2 of them are probably past breeding age - though in captivity who knows Asante always got along fine with Ti as she was older than him when they were first introduced and they grew up together, along with the 2nd young male Mambie, though never as a mating/breeding partnership.
The baby gorilla is now official
Baby Gorilla
Baby Gorilla
mazfc
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Two golden headed tamarins are in the enclosure with the titi monkeys now. When I saw them they were in separate bedroom areas but could see each other through the mesh. These are a different pair to the ones that live with the black eared marmosets. Does anyone know where they came from?
Had a good view of all the new marmoset babies they are all roughly 4-5 weeks old: 1 Pygmy marmoset baby; common marmoset twins and then emperor tamarin twins.
Baby gorilla is lifting up it's head and beginning to look around a little.
Baby orang Molly is very alert now and mum is using cargo netting and mesh as a make shift nursery to hang her up on.
Had a good view of all the new marmoset babies they are all roughly 4-5 weeks old: 1 Pygmy marmoset baby; common marmoset twins and then emperor tamarin twins.
Baby gorilla is lifting up it's head and beginning to look around a little.
Baby orang Molly is very alert now and mum is using cargo netting and mesh as a make shift nursery to hang her up on.
josh_08
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Twycross zoo visit (19.5.2011)
Had a nice visit to twycross today, first time in about a year!
Things to report;
- The hyena's had a small scuffle with eachother and seemed restless for most of the day constantly pacing their enclosure.
- Saw a baby reindeer, very small which had gotten out of the enclosure onto the railway, and had to be rescued by several keepers.
- Managed to see madge the tapir, still alone, and her whole area now seems to be blocked off from pubic viewing.
- The chimps had a fight which lasted for around 5min, but they had been given ice blocks so could have just been about this.
- The baby orangutan Molly looks very well! climbing all over her mother. Also personally i think her mother has gained alot of weight from when i last saw her, not sure if it is from her pregnancy? all the other orangs seemed fine and stayed outside all day in public view.
- All the bonobos seemed well and were split into two groups, althought there didnt seem to be many of them? Both babies were very active playing with eachother and the adults.
- The elephants seemed well, although didnt witness much interaction between eachother. Is it possible that they are still in mourning over the death of little vjay?
- Male camel not looking his best as he's loosing his winter coat. Also his bottom jaw was VERY droopy with alot of foam. female seemed fine.
- Gorillas = Was thrilled to see the new baby gorilla as i have been waiting a long time for this to happen! didnt get many pictures of him? though and the ones i did were blurry due to ozala keeping her distance. She was being very gentle with him carrying him on her right forearm. I think ozala has gained alot of weight!! again though this might be down to her pregnancy. Oumbie didnt seem that protective over her or the baby and not even checking on them much (he still does the routine of going out, climbing up and looking over to the others). I remember when matadi was born, ti was VERY protective of them, hitting the glass etc and staying near to them alot of the time. As i mentioned above, oumbie still does his routine of looking over, but they have tried to block his view by putting up some wooden blocks. He also kept being sick and eating it again, i think this topic has been talked about before on here as to why they do it?.
In the other house the gorillas seem to stay in pairs with Boulas/Biddy and asante/bongo. asante stayed up on the highest platforms for most of the day, with bongo on the floor and occasionally going into joes old den. Boulas and biddy stayed on joes side all day. They even mated a couple of times which seemed to bother bongo as she ran in and went right up to them everytime - the most active she became. I think bongo has lost alott of weight and is looking very thin! Biddy was looking 'old' and scruffy and seems to be going even greyer
The only downside to today was the large amount of school children visiting and their disrespect for the animals screaming and banging on the glass.
I think ive covered everything but will add if needed
Had a nice visit to twycross today, first time in about a year!
Things to report;
- The hyena's had a small scuffle with eachother and seemed restless for most of the day constantly pacing their enclosure.
- Saw a baby reindeer, very small which had gotten out of the enclosure onto the railway, and had to be rescued by several keepers.
- Managed to see madge the tapir, still alone, and her whole area now seems to be blocked off from pubic viewing.
- The chimps had a fight which lasted for around 5min, but they had been given ice blocks so could have just been about this.
- The baby orangutan Molly looks very well! climbing all over her mother. Also personally i think her mother has gained alot of weight from when i last saw her, not sure if it is from her pregnancy? all the other orangs seemed fine and stayed outside all day in public view.
- All the bonobos seemed well and were split into two groups, althought there didnt seem to be many of them? Both babies were very active playing with eachother and the adults.
- The elephants seemed well, although didnt witness much interaction between eachother. Is it possible that they are still in mourning over the death of little vjay?
- Male camel not looking his best as he's loosing his winter coat. Also his bottom jaw was VERY droopy with alot of foam. female seemed fine.
- Gorillas = Was thrilled to see the new baby gorilla as i have been waiting a long time for this to happen! didnt get many pictures of him? though and the ones i did were blurry due to ozala keeping her distance. She was being very gentle with him carrying him on her right forearm. I think ozala has gained alot of weight!! again though this might be down to her pregnancy. Oumbie didnt seem that protective over her or the baby and not even checking on them much (he still does the routine of going out, climbing up and looking over to the others). I remember when matadi was born, ti was VERY protective of them, hitting the glass etc and staying near to them alot of the time. As i mentioned above, oumbie still does his routine of looking over, but they have tried to block his view by putting up some wooden blocks. He also kept being sick and eating it again, i think this topic has been talked about before on here as to why they do it?.
In the other house the gorillas seem to stay in pairs with Boulas/Biddy and asante/bongo. asante stayed up on the highest platforms for most of the day, with bongo on the floor and occasionally going into joes old den. Boulas and biddy stayed on joes side all day. They even mated a couple of times which seemed to bother bongo as she ran in and went right up to them everytime - the most active she became. I think bongo has lost alott of weight and is looking very thin! Biddy was looking 'old' and scruffy and seems to be going even greyer
The only downside to today was the large amount of school children visiting and their disrespect for the animals screaming and banging on the glass.
I think ive covered everything but will add if needed
He was indeed. His behaviour seemed to change quite dramatically. Up until then he had never seemed very 'male' but with the birth of the baby he appeared to change overnight almost.
What is it with the tapir, I've never seen him? What is the reason for hiding him?
As regards kids banging on glass and sreaming at /by the animals this isn't just a problem here, I also saw it at zoo's in Europe and the US (some adults are also the same!), I do get annoyed but feel afriad to say or do anything.
Maybe the teachers should tell them before they enter the zoo what is acceptable and if they disobey they will be sent back to the bus (with a smacked leg if I had my way!).
As regards kids banging on glass and sreaming at /by the animals this isn't just a problem here, I also saw it at zoo's in Europe and the US (some adults are also the same!), I do get annoyed but feel afriad to say or do anything.
Maybe the teachers should tell them before they enter the zoo what is acceptable and if they disobey they will be sent back to the bus (with a smacked leg if I had my way!).
adrian1963
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I also have witnessed the screaming and banging on glass by both school children and adults alike one quick solution to the matter especially with school children is if a keeper or a visitor reports this to management then the management should BAN any further trips from that school to the zoo and inform other zoos of what they have done, this way the teachers would have to accept responsibilty for the childrens actions
mazfc
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As a teacher I think children should be given strong messages on how to behave with animals in any situation. They're very receptive to such things if they understand why, though excitement can the better if them, as I'm sure it did all of us when we were kids many moons ago.
As for banning schools, their behaviour would have to be very severe to cut off such a great source of revenue in these cash strapped times.
josh_08
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The baby gorilla's sex was already known but they have finally named him. I quite like it as it goes nicely with Ozala and Oumbie
Keepers have finally been able to find out the sex of Twycross Zoo's new baby gorilla. He's a boy!
Keepers have finally been able to find out the sex of Twycross Zoo's new baby gorilla. He's a boy!
According to the zoos facebook, a new giraffe is due to arrive tomorrow.
Why on earth would they want to add to the misery of this yard?