Moloch

Old archive photo. Don\'t know when this picture was made and Zootierliste don\'t mention Zoo Antwerp as a former holder of this species ( only London Zoo - in the 1800-ties - and Berlin Zoo - in the 1900-ties ) are mentioned to have kept the species in Europe. Any ZooChatters with more information ?

wow that's cool. I didn't even know they had been kept outside Australia. I can't imagine they lived very long!

Chlidonias said:

I can't imagine they lived very long!

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Considering how difficult it is to keep them alive in Australia outside their native range, I have to agree. I have never heard of Molochs ever being exported.

the dates for London Zoo on Zootierliste are all in the 1800s which is understandable, and reptiles can live a long time without food. But the date for Berlin is 1975 which I would find very difficult to believe if it were not for the fact that this present photo from Antwerp looks very much like a 1970s photo as well.

Molochs have turned out occasionally in Europe even more recently.

One Czech private keeper got a pair in 1987 (they came as a present for a communistic official, together with a husbandry manual written in english). Female died after 5 years, male suvived for 8 years.