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There are now 7 Rodrigues Flying Foxes flying in Tropic Zone. I presume they don't mean the bat cave, but the free-flight aviary.
 
Haven't seen this posted on here yet, but judging from the Gallery on the Zoo's website, they have recently put Kagu in the Tropic Zone.
 

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2 Patagonian Cavy babies, 2-3 Demoiselle Crane chicks, and I believe 2? Mini-Nubian Goat kids are all on exhibit at the Tisch Children's Zoo.
 
Gforrestersmith said:
What kind of animals live at the Tisch Children Zoo?
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i know there is a barnyard section with pygmy goats, nubian goats, potbellied pigs, alpacas.

there are several aquatic birds like pintails. shelducks

there are are also peafowl and gunieafowl

hope that helps
 
MJMcB said:
i know there is a barnyard section with pygmy goats, nubian goats, potbellied pigs, alpacas.

there are several aquatic birds like pintails. shelducks

there are are also peafowl and gunieafowl

hope that helps
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Let's see what I can remember from 2 years ago...
Isn't there an aviary? There's also the farmyard and the waterfowl pond that MJMcB included (the waterfowl pond includes Chinese Mergansers). Also in the farmyard are sheep and a Domestic Cattle of some sort. There are also some Patagonian Cavies in there, but I don't know where, as they weren't there when I visited. There's also a Pacu tank somewhere.
 
jusko88 said:
does the zoo still a tamandua on exhibit?
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I was there today and there was no tamandua on exhibit.:( I really wanted to see them, too. They might still be part of the collection, though, becuase there was an exhibit on the upper floor that was closed but it might of been too small for tamandua.
 
Didn't see the junglefowl, Golden Conures, or the Burmese Brown Tortoises either (all species I wanted to see I missed others, too). The Tropical Building is a big place. During my talk with one of the keepers he told me that some species were more secretive and rarely seen than others. He said he hadn't seen the junglefowl in days. Don't say anything on the Kagu, though. The animal wasn't listed on the signs.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Didn't see the junglefowl, Golden Conures, or the Burmese Brown Tortoises either (all species I wanted to see I missed others, too). The Tropical Building is a big place. During my talk with one of the keepers he told me that some species were more secretive and rarely seen than others. He said he hadn't seen the junglefowl in days. Don't say anything on the Kagu, though. The animal wasn't listed on the signs.
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Where are the Kagu located?
 
BeardsleyZooFan said:
Well, I meant where are the Kagu located inside the Tropical Building, but I guess you don't know.
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I don't know how long its been since your last visit but almost everything in there is in one huge walkthrough exhibit. Birds (including the junglefowl) from Asia, Africa, South America, Madagascar, and mabye one or two from North America all exhibited together. Rodrigues Flying Fox, Burmese Brown Tortoises, a Red-Footed Tortoise, Greater Malay Chevrotain, Red-Bellied Piranha, and I think a sloth are all together in the main room as well. Some frog species, snake species, a Texas Tortoise, Dwarf Caimans, Short-Tailed Fruit Bats, Banded Mongoose, Cotton-Top Tamarins, Black-and-White Ruffed Lemurs, and Madagascar Hissing Cockroach are the only animals that aren't mixed in the main room. Red-and-Green and Blue-and-Yellow Macaws, South American Coatis, and White-Faced Sakis (didn't see them, though) are all found in exhibits outside but connected to the Tropical Building. I would imagine the Kagu would be mixed in the main room as only one seperate exhibit in there was closed but it seemed too small for a Kagu. When I talked to a keeper, he said that several species often stayed hidden and were rarely seen. The junglefowl and the Long-Tailed Hornbill are two examples (I saw the hornbill and got a pretty good shot. Later, the bird almost flew into me along with another guest.) and I would assume the Kagu would be another species that would hide but I didn't see a sign for them but who know? Different species were on different signs and I didn't look at all of them but almost all the animals with the exception of the tortoises and the piranhas could go anywhere in the room and there were certainly many places far from the public eye to hide.
 
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