After paying a visit, here's some more updates on my home zoo:
*The lion cubs, males Hubert and Kiume, and female Njeri, are growing up fast! After successful introductions, the whole pride, the cubs, mother Sanura, and father Themba, now all share an exhibit, rotating between the indoor and outdoor exhibits with our male spotted hyena, Scruffy. Today, the pride was inside, and the hyena was outside.
*Our jaguar pair, male "Pat the Cat," and female Stella, were being introduced today to possibly take a step towards breeding. I only saw about a minute or two of it, but they seemed to get along well.
*Willy, the male polar bear from the North Carolina Zoo, has settled into Milwaukee nicely. At first, I first I thought he would be kept separate from our resident female, Snow Lilly, due to a polar bear's usual solitary life. But, to my surprise, both were sharing an exhibit on my visit. They were having a great time, splashing and playing in the pool. Too bad Willy is only going to be here for another year though
- he really adds some life to the exhibit with his playfulness.
*We have a few new babies in the Small Mammals Building. Twin cotton top tamarins were born sometime in February, and two fennec foxes were born at the end of January. Sadly, the pups were rejected by the mother. All were very cute, and contributed to a fun visit. Also, as reported on here, there was also a potto born too. To my disappointment, I didn't see it.
*Back in November, two young bongos have joined our current female. Due to the cold (It was in the upper 40's on my visit), I didn't see them.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Today I saw probably the most active animals I have ever seen at the Milwaukee County Zoo! The polar bears were splashing up a storm, the cotton top tamarins were constantly bouncing around, baby orangutan star Mahal swung all around his exhibit, and our tayra was full of energy, bounding all over the place. The animal that really stood out of the crowd today, though, was Scruffy the spotted hyena. He was always walking, sprinting, and never stopped moving the entire time I was by his exhibit.
*The lion cubs, males Hubert and Kiume, and female Njeri, are growing up fast! After successful introductions, the whole pride, the cubs, mother Sanura, and father Themba, now all share an exhibit, rotating between the indoor and outdoor exhibits with our male spotted hyena, Scruffy. Today, the pride was inside, and the hyena was outside.
*Our jaguar pair, male "Pat the Cat," and female Stella, were being introduced today to possibly take a step towards breeding. I only saw about a minute or two of it, but they seemed to get along well.
*Willy, the male polar bear from the North Carolina Zoo, has settled into Milwaukee nicely. At first, I first I thought he would be kept separate from our resident female, Snow Lilly, due to a polar bear's usual solitary life. But, to my surprise, both were sharing an exhibit on my visit. They were having a great time, splashing and playing in the pool. Too bad Willy is only going to be here for another year though
- he really adds some life to the exhibit with his playfulness.*We have a few new babies in the Small Mammals Building. Twin cotton top tamarins were born sometime in February, and two fennec foxes were born at the end of January. Sadly, the pups were rejected by the mother. All were very cute, and contributed to a fun visit. Also, as reported on here, there was also a potto born too. To my disappointment, I didn't see it.
*Back in November, two young bongos have joined our current female. Due to the cold (It was in the upper 40's on my visit), I didn't see them.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Today I saw probably the most active animals I have ever seen at the Milwaukee County Zoo! The polar bears were splashing up a storm, the cotton top tamarins were constantly bouncing around, baby orangutan star Mahal swung all around his exhibit, and our tayra was full of energy, bounding all over the place. The animal that really stood out of the crowd today, though, was Scruffy the spotted hyena. He was always walking, sprinting, and never stopped moving the entire time I was by his exhibit.
