Excellent news! I look forward to hopefully seeing the calf soon.
Chester Zoo 2013 #2 from June 2013
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Excellent news! And it's a girl too
I thought Tim was being rather coy when he was talking to Kifaru Bwana on the walk-and-talk; it took a long time before he reluctantly admitted that the pair had mated. If she hadn't been in the water, we would have seen how deep her belly was.
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karoocheetah
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They kept that pretty quiet.
This is the first Asian Rhino to be born in the UK outside of Whipsnade.
Maybe it was a surprise to the keepers too? The zoo's statement does actually say that
That probably explains why I didn't see any Asian rhino when I visited today!!
Visited today for the first time in 3 years - it was good to see the sloths, aardvarks, Malaysian tapir and African hunting dogs which were all new since my last visit plus a number of young (and not quite so young!) orang utans, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, banteng, bairbarusa and okapi.
Sadly neither of the tiger cubs were visible although both the parents were out. Didn't see the jaguars either or the giant anteaters or the spectacled bear (mind you, I think I've only seen the latter once).
Managed to arrive at the giant otter enclosure just as they were being fed - my goodness, they're noisy and very acrobatic.
I purposely avoided the Big Bugs exhibition - as an arachnophobe of long standing, the last thing I need is to encounter a 33 foot animatronic tarantula
Latest black rhino calf, Embu, with mum, Zuri.
Visited today for the first time in 3 years - it was good to see the sloths, aardvarks, Malaysian tapir and African hunting dogs which were all new since my last visit plus a number of young (and not quite so young!) orang utans, elephants, rhinos, giraffes, banteng, bairbarusa and okapi.
Sadly neither of the tiger cubs were visible although both the parents were out. Didn't see the jaguars either or the giant anteaters or the spectacled bear (mind you, I think I've only seen the latter once).
Managed to arrive at the giant otter enclosure just as they were being fed - my goodness, they're noisy and very acrobatic.
I purposely avoided the Big Bugs exhibition - as an arachnophobe of long standing, the last thing I need is to encounter a 33 foot animatronic tarantula
Latest black rhino calf, Embu, with mum, Zuri.
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karoocheetah
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last time I spoke to the keepers they said they were expecting to bring in a Male for Marjorie this year.
Waddi
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Well, apparently he's here. Just wondered if anyone had any info on him.
zoogiraffe
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Well if the male has arrived,they must have changed which male they planned to take,as the one I was told hasn't been weaned yet!!
Visited today. Saw Embu, who is very cute. There is something very special about rhino calves. The two tiger cubs were suckling in a sunspot visible from the viewing platform and path below.
Didn't see the Indian Rhino calf - told they only emerge for an hour or two currently.
Visited BUGS. Didn't quite 'click' with myself or my wife (who's usually a better judge than me!) compared to Dinosaurs. A bit thin on educational value and the figures looked unrealistic, possibly because we are familiar with butterflies/ dragonflies etc in a way that we cannot be familiar with dinosaurs. (Even I'm not that old!!)
But the spider is impressive!
I've started a different thread for the worst example of behaviour by a visiting child's parent I've ever seen - see Parental Control of Child Visitors
Didn't see the Indian Rhino calf - told they only emerge for an hour or two currently.
Visited BUGS. Didn't quite 'click' with myself or my wife (who's usually a better judge than me!) compared to Dinosaurs. A bit thin on educational value and the figures looked unrealistic, possibly because we are familiar with butterflies/ dragonflies etc in a way that we cannot be familiar with dinosaurs. (Even I'm not that old!!)
But the spider is impressive!
I've started a different thread for the worst example of behaviour by a visiting child's parent I've ever seen - see Parental Control of Child Visitors
Ah, but how sure are you there aren't more hiding?
Saw 2 the first time, with 4-5 students in the paddock. Now I'm wondering if someone recognised me and it was the students dressed up as bongos I saw
latest births
4 Cape Rock Hyrax
2 Western Sitatunga
Counted 7 bongos
Also recently bred
2 Carribean Flamingos
1 Chilean Pudu
A question.
Which Okapi are currently on-show?
Noted a not very large male outside, and a not very large female inside.
Any suggestions?
[Life's complicated with 5 Okapi around]
Which Okapi are currently on-show?
Noted a not very large male outside, and a not very large female inside.
Any suggestions?
[Life's complicated with 5 Okapi around
]
zoogiraffe
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Well at the moment all of them are on-show.The breeding pair and youngster are in the Secret World of the Okapi and the 2 young males are out the back of the Giraffe House.A question.
Which Okapi are currently on-show?
Noted a not very large male outside, and a not very large female inside.
Any suggestions?
[Life's complicated with 5 Okapi around
Should be called 'The even more secret world of the other okapi', although they're much easier to spot than the anteaters were round there.
Bongo seem to specialise in hiding. Several times I have been to both Howletts and Port Lympne and their enclosures and shelters look completely empty as far as I could see. I suspect they were lying up against the rear of shelter as there's nowhere else they could be. At Paignton I've seen them lying in a row along the fenceline at the back,where they are very easy to overlook. At Whipsnade if not in the paddock they will be found resting in the stalls- if you bother to walk around and go in there- it is open- they seem so unused to seeing visitors in there they sometimes take flight outside.
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