River Wonders River Safari details revealed

Zooish said:
Lots of photos on this news site, practically all the major exhibits are shown:
Relax - Sneak peek of the River Safari
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I've just found time to look through all of those. One hundred photos! I like how they have life-size models of the giant Asian fish (the stingray etc) to show how big they will grow. And the giant otters look like they have a huge tank for swimming in, which is good. (Not too sure what they mean when they say that the River Safari is the only wildlife park in the world to display them however!)
 
@filipinos: The Malayan tigers were part of the original plan (along with a rapids ride), but scrapped due to budget overrun. New exhibits will be a given, as only about 8 hectares out of the park's total 12 hectares have been developed so far.

@dublinlion: Oh yes, 70-90% humidity EVERY SINGLE DAY! We count ourselves lucky whenever the mercury dips below 30 in the daytime...

@Chlidonias: I believe the 2 pairs of CotR at Jurong will stay there for good. Certainly Jurong's aviary will be more conducive for breeding. I think the press meant to say only wildlife park in Asia.
 
zooboy28 said:
Yay! There's a map!!! I'm glad that at least some of the species seen on the boat ride can also be seen from the boardwalk - especially the Jaguarundi which would presumably be extremely difficult to spot from the boat.
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Jaguarundi exhibit???!!!!
 
The crab eating raccoon does a little demo of prying open a plastic 'crab' as part of the twice-daily animal presentation. The presentation features an oddball cast of 12 species (as of the media preview), many of which have no relation whatsoever to rivers:

Binturong, Crab-eating Raccoon, Small clawed Otter, Crab-eating Macaque, Prairie Dog, African Pygmy Hedgehog, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Turkey Vulture, Brahminy Kite, Great White Pelican, Royal Python, Indian Star Tortoise.
 
Zooish said:
@filipinos: The Malayan tigers were part of the original plan (along with a rapids ride), but scrapped due to budget overrun. New exhibits will be a given, as only about 8 hectares out of the park's total 12 hectares have been developed so far.
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Nice. I always expect new and brilliant things from Singapore!

Zooish said:
Yes!! :D They got the jaguarundis from RSSC.
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Regent Seven Seas Company? Royal Swaziland Sugar Company?

Do you perhaps mean RSCC? Rare Species Conservation Centre?
 
I just looked at the map. Jaguarundi on pathway is nice, but the fact that jaguar can only be seen from boat diminishes my interest in this park tenfold. (Of course if they were to open a marbled cat exhibit along the pathway, all would be forgiven :)).
 
Arizona Docent said:
I just looked at the map. Jaguarundi on pathway is nice, but the fact that jaguar can only be seen from boat diminishes my interest in this park tenfold. (Of course if they were to open a marbled cat exhibit along the pathway, all would be forgiven :)).
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Zooish said in the first posts that the jaguar exhibit will possibly have a tunnel. Maybe it won´t be as bad as you think.
 
filipinos said:
Nice. I always expect new and brilliant things from Singapore!


Regent Seven Seas Company? Royal Swaziland Sugar Company?

Do you perhaps mean RSCC? Rare Species Conservation Centre?
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This -> Royal Swaziland Sugar Company ;)
 
Zooish said:
The tunnel's for the boat. Jaguar can't be seen on foot I'm afraid.
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That´s what i meant. Maybe it´s easier to see it trough the tunnel?

And could you possibly explain the jaguarundi question? I would like to know where it came from. :p
 
Arizona Docent said:
(Of course if they were to open a marbled cat exhibit along the pathway, all would be forgiven :)).
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Would you mind if the marbled cat is a little stiff and doesn't move all that much? There's a lovely specimen kept in a small, lighted glass box outside Night Safari. ;)
 
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