Southern Tamandua exhibit

I could see neither the animals nor the information table about them, but probably this is a tamandua exhibit.

i cant imagine the tamandua's being very active in an outdoor enclosure. the only other place i have seen tamandua was newquay where they are kept in nocturnal exhibit even then the tamandua was active for a short while

Wow, with all the hotwires it looks more like T-Rex than Tamandua containment

I think they're normally inactive as a rule. And the Tamandua, along with the giant anteaters, went back to the RSCC and I think this enclosure may now house white faced Sakis.

It looks less like a zoo exhibit and more like a suburban backyard, complete with weatherboard house and clothesline.

Remember you're dealing with Howletts, they're enclosures, not exhibits. A healthy and suitable life for the animal rather than the Amazon.

Though there are currently no tamanduas, do they plan on getting more?

i nkow hey have got a new anteater

CGSwans said:

It looks less like a zoo exhibit and more like a suburban backyard, complete with weatherboard house and clothesline.

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If thats the case you have a nice backyard

I do think the amount of hotwire is a bit too much

@CGSwans: welcome to Howletts! There is probably a children's toy slide for the tamanduas to play with in their hotwired enclosure. Seriously though, Zambar is correct in that Howletts does an effective job of creating "enclosures" or "cages" but obviously is not concerned about "exhibits" or "habitats". I've come to accept that from both this zoo and Port Lympne, as they are somewhat unique in the zoo world and do in fact have tremendous breeding success. I personally do not like the enclosures, but if one accepts the lack of naturalism then there can be praise for the efforts of breeding and maintaining large numbers of endangered animals in captivity.

This is actually quite a nice enclosure; the photo does not do it justice. The hot wires were not in your eyeline (for an adult) and you could watch the tamanduas bumbling around on the branches at eye level without any obstructions against a pleasant background of foliage in the summer. The only problems were that you had to be patient to see them awake, I saw both outside in late afternoon, when the light was absolutely wrong for photography

Alan