Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden What's Gnu at the Cincinnati Zoo - 2015

Tambourine doves, magpie shrikes, white-cheeked bulbuls, crested couas, lanner falcons, meerkats, and capybaras have been added to the zoo's website.

Also, two lappet-faced vultures are now on display in the savanna.
 
Kudu21 said:
Tambourine doves, magpie shrikes, white-cheeked bulbuls, crested couas, lanner falcons, meerkats, and capybaras have been added to the zoo's website.

Also, two lappet-faced vultures are now on display in the savanna.
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Where will the capybaras be on exhibit at ?
 
bgeezle513 said:
Where will the capybaras be on exhibit at ?
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This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in a long time for the zoo. My best bet is that they may be placed in Wildlife Canyon, one of the empty Indian Rhino exhibits in Rhino Reserve, or even the Saddle billed Storks exhibit in Jungle Trails that the Red crowned cranes are in right now and they just possibly needed a filler.
 
Moebelle said:
This is one of the greatest things I've ever heard in a long time for the zoo. My best bet is that they may be placed in Wildlife Canyon, one of the empty Indian Rhino exhibits in Rhino Reserve, or even the Saddle billed Storks exhibit in Jungle Trails that the Red crowned cranes are in right now and they just possibly needed a filler.
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What about them going in bird house the first exhibit you come to?
 
bgeezle513 said:
What about them going in bird house the first exhibit you come to?
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The macaw exhibit or the atrium? If it was the macaw exhibit, too small and there isn't enough room to add a bigger barrier, if it's the South American atrium, then I'd also say no considering there's only vertical height and there is almost no floor space large enough for a capybara.
 
Moebelle said:
The macaw exhibit or the atrium? If it was the macaw exhibit, too small and there isn't enough room to add a bigger barrier, if it's the South American atrium, then I'd also say no considering there's only vertical height and there is almost no floor space large enough for a capybara.
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Your right this just highlights the fact that we need a good South American exhibit
 
I would almost bet money on the capybaras being in one of the empty Indian rhinoceros yards. At the end of the summer they placed a female southern screamer in the first yard, so I could easily see the capybaras joining her.
 
Moebelle said:
DM me on the news of the Capybara if you want to know. My friend found out and was also told by a curator that they have ANOTHER big new species.
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I thought the Zoo hurt your feelings by shattering your horticultural dream of work this summer? I guess no love was lost.

Since when is Malayan Tapir a BIG species? Their cool and all, I guess...
 
Gulo gulo said:
I thought the Zoo hurt your feelings by shattering your horticultural dream of work this summer? I guess no love was lost.

Since when is Malayan Tapir a BIG species? Their cool and all, I guess...
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Depends on if I get this Night Hunters intership or not;) I would never have resentment towards the zoo, only my supervisors.

And it's not a Malayan Tapir even though I would consider that a big species for the zoo because I can't recall them ever having any in their history. I also consider this new species big because though it is a returning species, it is part of a Continental group that the zoo heavily lacks in.
 
Moebelle said:
Depends on if I get this Night Hunters intership or not;) I would never have resentment towards the zoo, only my supervisors.

And it's not a Malayan Tapir even though I would consider that a big species for the zoo because I can't recall them ever having any in their history. I also consider this new species big because though it is a returning species, it is part of a Continental group that the zoo heavily lacks in.
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There were Malayan tapirs in the Elephant House back in the late 80's/most of the 90's before the Vanishing Giants renovation. They were on the same side as the elephants and hippos.

Side note: there were also dik dim in the moat in front of the tapir and hippo exhibits. It was an interesting time for the zoo. They were absolutely loaded species-wise.
 
Today was the lion cubs' first day on exhibit. There is not set schedule for when they will be on exhibit as of yet, but as the weather continues to cooperate and improve, they will be out more often.
 
I guess since the zoo has confirmed it on their Facebook page in an answer to a comment, Harapan will be leaving for the Los Angeles Zoo (and, from there, eventually on to Sumatra) in the impending future. No date has been set as of yet, but the move is coming.

And in additional Sumatran rhinoceros news, CREW has recently taken on research into iron storage disease, the cause of death for both Emi and Suci.

http://blog.cincinnatizoo.org/2015/04/03/a-study-to-honor-suci-the-sumatran-rhino/
 
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