What's your favourite species at your local zoo

[beckiv1234]

Favourite Species

I have to say that my favourite zoo is Blackpool. I have had a membership with them since around 2010.
My favourtie species are:
Californian Sea Lion
Red Panda
Amur Tiger
Indian Elephant

They make me amazed by the things they do!

 

[rockyredfearn]

my local wildlife park is ywp at docaster my must sees are

lions
tigers
oh i carnt decide all of them lol i just love this place carnt wait for the leopards

 

[gentle lemur]

great choice Zambar is awesome

Chester for me

Cheetahs and Jaguars

I miss the Babirusa

You can sometimes spot the male babirusa from the cheetah bridge over Flag Lane, he is in the off-show paddock next to the monorail shed (take binoculars ). I hope they will all be back on-show soon.

I find naming my favourites at Chester almost as hard as karoocheetah does because they tend to change with each visit.
Recent favourites include - Iznee & Latifah (young Bornean orangs), the tuataras, the lion-tailed macaques, the golden-headed lion tamarins, the white-backed ducks and the giant otters. On my last visit it was the Boelen's pythons and on the next one I hope it will be Potamotrygon leopoldi - the fantastically beautiful stingrays which are due to arrive soon in Spirit of the Jaguar.
I still miss the greater vasa parrots and the range of smaller parrots in the round aviaries beside the old Bird House (blue-throated conures, Stella's lorikeets etc).

Alan

 

[Stefka]

That´s almost impossible to answer!
Ok.. I´ll try to pick three...

Dublin Zoo
Snow Leopards
Wolves
African Hunting Dogs

SeaLife Bray
Leopard Shark
Common Stingray
Giant Pacific Octopus

 

[Mr.Weasel]

I don't have a proper home zoo, but the nearest collection to me would be Ponderosa, which is more of a large farm which has expanded onto exotics (which includes a tapir, raccoon dogs, lemurs and a number of reptiles, plus a lot more). There's also Tropical World nearby, and a few bird gardens (including Harewood House, which I haven't had the joy of visiting yet). Doncaster's Yorkshire Wildlife Park is probably my nearest 'major' collection.

Ponderosa:
Favourites:
South American tapir
Ring-tailed lemur
Llama

Missed:
Emu
Red-necked wallaby
South European waterbuffalo

Tropical World:
Favourites:
Pacu
Morelet's crocodile
Egyptian fruit bat
Pygmy slow loris

Yorkshire Wildlife Park:
Favourites:
The lions
Amur tigers
and the Squirrel Monkeys

 

[Parrotsandrew]

bird gardens (including Harewood House, which I haven't had the joy of visiting yet)

With the collection being reduced a visit may not be as joyful as before. One of my favourite species there is the Green-winged Macaw, but these birds are on the disposal list .

 

[GibbonGuy]

For me at the Philadelphia Zoo:

White-handed Gibbons - Mercury, Phoenice, and baby Leo, esp. Mercury.
Lucha - the 7 mo. old Jaguar cub
Southern White-faced owl - so-called 'transformer' owl
Red Panda - Mei Lin
Giant River Otters
Micronesian Kingfisher
and a very cheeky Ivory-billed Araçari in the free-fly aviary.

More than just 2-3, but I try to see all of these every time I go, even if I don't have time for anything else.

 

[bluetoffeezoo]

You can sometimes spot the male babirusa from the cheetah bridge over Flag Lane, he is in the off-show paddock next to the monorail shed (take binoculars ). I hope they will all be back on-show soon.

I find naming my favourites at Chester almost as hard as karoocheetah does because they tend to change with each visit.
Recent favourites include - Iznee & Latifah (young Bornean orangs), the tuataras, the lion-tailed macaques, the golden-headed lion tamarins, the white-backed ducks and the giant otters. On my last visit it was the Boelen's pythons and on the next one I hope it will be Potamotrygon leopoldi - the fantastically beautiful stingrays which are due to arrive soon in Spirit of the Jaguar.
I still miss the greater vasa parrots and the range of smaller parrots in the round aviaries beside the old Bird House (blue-throated conures, Stella's lorikeets etc).

Alan

cool thanks I'll watch out for him