Chester Zoo Game

[Macaw16]

Prince Alfred's Deer (Rusa alfredi)?

That's unfair, you beat me

 

[ThylacineAlive]

As Tim May says, it's your turn.

You don't have to remind people every five minutes, it's quite annoying actually.

~Thylo

 

[lowland anoa]

Bongorob haven't posted his riddle and it have been 3 days.

 

[bongorob]

Hehe, I am old and slow.

Here goes

I am a rather smallish animal and until I was collected a few years ago, no one had ever seen a female of the species.

 

[lowland anoa]

African pied starling as Chester is the only zoo in Europe to exhibit them.

 

[bongorob]

Not the correct answer

I am old and slow applies to me, not to my animal.

just in case anyone thought it was part of the clue.

 

[lowland anoa]

Galapagos tortoise.

 

[bongorob]

Galapagos tortoise.

Galapagos tortoise does not really fit the description.

"I am a rather smallish animal and until I was collected a few years ago, no one had ever seen a female of the species."

 

[lowland anoa]

Galapagos tortoise does not really fit the description.

"I am a rather smallish animal and until I was collected a few years ago, no one had ever seen a female of the species."

Hmmm, your easy riddles turned to hard ones. Well done.

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I'm imagining it's one of the zoo's endangered cichlid species.

Wouldn't have the faintest idea which one, though

~Thylo

 

[bongorob]

it is a terrestrial species, so not a cichlid.

 

[Swampy]

Bell's anglehead, maybe?

 

[lowland anoa]

it is a terrestrial species, so not a cichlid.

Can you confirm Swampy's guess please?

 

[bongorob]

Can you confirm Swampy's guess please?

I have been unable to access the web for a week so could not reply earlier. sorry for that. Swampy's guess is incorrect.

My animal is not a reptile but it is poikilothermic.

 

[lowland anoa]

Naked mole rat.

 

[bongorob]

Naked mole rat.

I said the female of the species was unknown until recently, doesn't apply to naked mole rats, but I like your thinking.

Uncovering the Secrets of the Naked Mole-Rat


the animal is not a mammal. It's natural range is a small tropical island, and it is housed near to another species from the same island, but of a different class.

 

[Macaw16]

I'm guessing Mountain Chicken, I can't work out my logic particularly, except the previous post made me think this, so it's worth a shot.

 

[Swampy]

Montserrat Tarantula?

 

[bongorob]

Montserrat Tarantula?

The right answer.

 

[Macaw16]

The right answer.

So I got the right island at least...