I really didnt know that there were any Malagasy Giant Jumping Rats in the US.
People's Weekly World - Giant Jumping Rat born at Prospect Park Zoo
People's Weekly World - Giant Jumping Rat born at Prospect Park Zoo
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Philly zoo has quite a few (I think 10) and has had as many as half a dozen births.
mstickmanp
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Here is a video:
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3 River Otter pups were born in February, and are now on exhibit.
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2 new Peafowl are at the zoo.
A Tufted Deer fawn was born recently. Note that the baby pictured isn't really the male just born but a fawn from last year.
Meet the Zoo: A New Addition to the Tufted Deer Family - Prospect Heights, NY Patch
Meet the Zoo: A New Addition to the Tufted Deer Family - Prospect Heights, NY Patch
I personally would not call any dingo exhibit beautiful. Why accredited zoos waste valuable space on a feral animal is beyond me.
But sadly no zoo I have been to that has dingos or singing dogs tells the story. It would be a great opportunity to show how alien introductions are one of the biggest problems today and here is an example of one from a while ago that resulted in the extermination of the native equivalent (thylacine). But I have never seen a zoo (at least here in the USA) do that and they all seem to imply that these are native animals. A huge lost educational opportunity.
A pair of Bar-Patched Wreathed Hornbills are new to the zoo. The zoo hopes they breed.
3 Dwarf Mongoose pups were born recently.
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A babydoll lamb was born recently.
uszoo
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I visited the prospect park zoo yesterday and realized several things:
- There are currently 11 dingo pups at the zoo. One pair of dingos had 4 pups and the other pair had 7 pups. They are so adorable and rotate with one group one exhibit every other day. The exhibit has obviously taken a bit of a beating but still has many plants.
- Wreathed hornbills are now in the aviary which previously held kookaburra across from the barnyard.
-Across from the hornbills is another aviary that now holds a species of african hornbill and crested porcipine.
-A last aviary is long and thin and features prevots squirrel and himalyan monal.
- There are currently 11 dingo pups at the zoo. One pair of dingos had 4 pups and the other pair had 7 pups. They are so adorable and rotate with one group one exhibit every other day. The exhibit has obviously taken a bit of a beating but still has many plants.
- Wreathed hornbills are now in the aviary which previously held kookaburra across from the barnyard.
-Across from the hornbills is another aviary that now holds a species of african hornbill and crested porcipine.
-A last aviary is long and thin and features prevots squirrel and himalyan monal.
Any idea on the species of African hornbill (is it a Tockus species or one of the larger tropical rainforest ones)?
does anyone know where the wreathed hornbills have come from and are they wild-caught birds or captive-bred