Giraffe "problem" :
Zoo blamed for 'rumble in the jungle' | Plymouth Herald
Zoo blamed for 'rumble in the jungle' | Plymouth Herald
Paignton Zoo Paignton Zoo News 2016
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Zooplantman
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Drago
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Visited today.
New play area by Bongo's is nearly complete. New building also being built there, looks like a new snack bar?
The new Lemur house being built looks quite big so guessing new species? as the old houses are still up?
The work by jungle fun is underway - Catering & first aid.
As mentioned Cheetah Kasai was put to sleep recently and last month Maned Wolf Smolis died at the age of 14. They are hoping to get another male Maned Wolf and I expect a male Cheetah as well.
New play area by Bongo's is nearly complete. New building also being built there, looks like a new snack bar?
The new Lemur house being built looks quite big so guessing new species? as the old houses are still up?
The work by jungle fun is underway - Catering & first aid.
As mentioned Cheetah Kasai was put to sleep recently and last month Maned Wolf Smolis died at the age of 14. They are hoping to get another male Maned Wolf and I expect a male Cheetah as well.
Gigit
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The Rodrigues Fruit Bats have gone (I don't know where) and the Meerkats have taken over their quarters in the Nocturnal House. There's a rather ingenious device to enable them to get in and out - a pipe through the wall a few feet up, with a mock rock slope so they can climb up.
I think there's still one (?) Sloth in there; hard to tell the difference in the gloom between Sloth and hammock. It will have to move on when the Nocturnal House is demolished to make way for the new Savannah.
I think there's still one (?) Sloth in there; hard to tell the difference in the gloom between Sloth and hammock. It will have to move on when the Nocturnal House is demolished to make way for the new Savannah.
Gigit
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Since her Indian companion died, it's always been implied that Duchess is the last elephant we'll see here.
Comings and Goings in Crocodile Swamp
The male Tomistoma has moved to Leipzig in exchange for a female
The Philippine Crocs are also off to France soon. In there place will be two new Cuban Crocodiles (me wonders if they are the ones that disappeared from West Midlands recently?)
The latest news from Paignton Zoo.
The male Tomistoma has moved to Leipzig in exchange for a female
The Philippine Crocs are also off to France soon. In there place will be two new Cuban Crocodiles (me wonders if they are the ones that disappeared from West Midlands recently?)
The latest news from Paignton Zoo.
I was wondering why the Tomistoma next to the saltie seemed to have shrunk when I visited yesterday
There were also notices on the Bongo House, saying that it was empty for refurbishment: which made the temporary notices beside the path saying 'Access to Bongos Only' rather redundant - although I was pleased to see that those miscreant apostrophes had been thoroughly expunged.
Alan
Gigit
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I can't remember when I last saw a Bongo. Presumably they're being kept indoors in their big offshow house while work is allegedly underway.
One of the aberrant apostrophes is alive and well on a sign above the coffee bar in the restaurant - 'latte's'
Gigit
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I have deduced from the Folly Farm forum that the Sloth and Bats went there in February.
The Barbary Sheep now seem to be down to 1 - old age catching up with them.
I was wondering why the Tomistoma next to the saltie seemed to have shrunk when I visited yesterday
There were also notices on the Bongo House, saying that it was empty for refurbishment: which made the temporary notices beside the path saying 'Access to Bongos Only' rather redundant - although I was pleased to see that those miscreant apostrophes had been thoroughly expunged.
Alan
2 bongos were visible on 25th March.
Article about a Western grey kangaroo joey :
Kangaroo Joey Tumbles Into the Sunshine - ZooBorns
Kangaroo Joey Tumbles Into the Sunshine - ZooBorns
Very nice, any idea where it will go once on-show? I assume it won't be going in the soon to be defunct nocturnal house!
Was this announced on Friday morning? I get very sceptical at this time of year
Alan
Not an April Fool!
zoogiraffe
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Most certainly not it arrived the same days as the Spectacled Bears did at Noahs!Was this announced on Friday morning? I get very sceptical at this time of year
Alan
Will the kiwi be in quarantine? Not sure of the legislation surrounding birds. Will be going on my first trip to Paignton in two weeks, but know that hoping it might be on-show by then is an absolute long-shot!
zoogiraffe
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It will be still off-show as where it is housed is currently part of a building site!Will the kiwi be in quarantine? Not sure of the legislation surrounding birds. Will be going on my first trip to Paignton in two weeks, but know that hoping it might be on-show by then is an absolute long-shot!