Jul. 2013 - Africa - African Animal Presentation Area

Each day the zoo will show off a small animals (reptile or insect) that inhabit Africa.

Tomorrow on June 29 the zoo will open its largest exhibit ever, Africa. Africa will will be an 8 acre complex featuring the wild beauties of the African Savannah.
2008: Phase 1: Giraffe Ridge - Masai Giraffes
2010: Phase 2: Cheetah Encounter + Greater Flamingo
2013: Phase 3: Lions, Cheetahs, and Vultures
2014: Phase 4: Grevy\\\'s Zebras/Giant Elands/Gazelles/Ostriches/Crowned Cranes/Marabou Stork
2015: Phase 5: African Wild Dogs + Red River Hogs + Nile Crocodiles + Hippopotamuses

Here's the animals that will be presented here...
Mammals
· Bat-eared fox
· Aardwolf
· Warthog
· Tenrec
· Hedgehog
Birds
· Greater flamingo
· Bataleur eagle
· Scops owl
· Yellow-billed hornbill
· White-headed vulture/griffon vulture
· Hooded vulture
· Augur buzzard
· African pygmy goose
· Violet turaco
· Cattle egret
· Pygmy falcon
Reptiles
· Agama lizard
· Spiny-tailed lizard
· Plated lizard
· Savannah monitor
· White-throated monitor
· Sand boa
· Dumeril’s ground boa
· Ball python
· Angolan python
· Leopard tortoise
· Radiated tortoise
· Pancake tortoise
Invertebrates
· Whip spider
· Emperor scorption
· Hissing cockroach

It appears that this is set within a play area with perhaps shredded rubber substrate. Is that what's going on here?

Zooplantman said:

It appears that this is set within a play area with perhaps shredded rubber substrate. Is that what's going on here?

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Yes it is. Although the only thing for children to play on is the lioness/cubs statue.

Missed that area today, will have to go back and see what's being presented. tomorrow.

~Thylo

I should point out that the species that could be considered "big" or more "exciting" than the others will not be presented. For now it will most likely be reptiles (Angolan python), and invertebrates.

Moebelle said:

I should point out that the species that could be considered "big" or more "exciting" than the others will not be presented. For now it will most likely be reptiles (Angolan python), and invertebrates.

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Still worth a look if I'm in the area.

~Thylo

African Animal Presentation...

Are they really hoping to have tame, 'demo' African Pygmy Geese? More detail would be appreciated, as I can't see this being possible.

They'll probably put them in a bucket and pull them out and carry them for people to see. They do that with their armadillos.

African Animal...

I can't see a Pygmy Goose living very long under that sort of regime -- they're not things you can pick up & play with. Armadillos of course are.