Edinburgh Zoo Rainbow Landings

JamesB

JamesB

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I just saw a post on feeding animals and this came to mind, does this exhibit actually work for guests are the lorikeets that tame that they eat out of your hand

the only negative affect about this exhibit is that its not really a rare animal and seems a bit of a waste of such a large aviary, are there other birds other than rainbow lorikeets?
 
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Aren't there a few 'Rainbow Landings' around the world? I seem to remember there being one at Busch Gardens...
 
i meant edinburgh, are there any other birds in the exhibit is my main question
 
Along with the lorikeets are Victoria crowned pigeon, blue faced honeyeater and a few species of other pigeon too.
There are also a pair of long nosed potoroo in the exhibit
 
kiang said:
Along with the lorikeets are Victoria crowned pigeon, blue faced honeyeater and a few species of other pigeon too.
There are also a pair of long nosed potoroo in the exhibit
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thanks alot kiang! and sorry sim :(

what is the food that they let you feed the lorikeet?
 
You can't beat Currummbin Sanctuaries Rainbow Landing because the birds are free range and drop in for a feed.
 
Un-less it changed since i visited earlier in the year the visitors are no longer allowed to fed the Lorikeets at Edinburgh.
 
i thoguth that was the whole point of the exhibit! why did they change it?
 
I went in May and feeding was not allowed. The keeper I spoke to said it was because people were getting bitten. They must have had a rethink.
 
I fed them in Edingurgh in March and had one climb up my arm and onto the back of my neck to nibble my hair , an enjoyable experience - for me ! You only got a tiny amount of nectar which was consumed very quickly .
 
oppps well i suppose edingburgh might consider a new use for the building as it seems to have failed so far!
 
Tigerlemurguy said:
oppps well i suppose edingburgh might consider a new use for the building as it seems to have failed so far!
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Its not failed it works great as a large indoor walk-thru exhibit for Lorikeets,i thought it was great to see them not decending on to the first human with a pot of nectar they don`t do that in the wild so why should they do it in a zoo?????????
 
well i suppose from our point of view its seems good but to a normal zoo visitor they make think its a waste of time to visit the exhibit as it has no signifcant purpose to them
 
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