Somali Ostrich

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  ThylacineAlive

• 13 Jun 2018

Somali Ostrich. January 23, 2018. The zoo received 0.2 molybdophanes from a private collection, joining the zoo's 1.0 nominate Common Ostrich.

 

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  birdsandbats

• 13 Jun 2018

How many other US zoos keep this species?

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 13 Jun 2018

@birdsandbats LA is the only zoo on ZIMS with them.

~Thylo

 

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  lintworm

• 13 Jun 2018

@ThylacineAlive Pretty pointless to keep 2 different species, that could probably hybridize, together...

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 13 Jun 2018

@lintworm I don't disagree. I didn't see the male on-exhibit, though, so maybe they're planning on getting a male Somali. Who really knows with LA.

~Thylo

 

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  TheEthiopianWolf03

• 13 May 2020

I am trying to tidy up my life list and I was wondering if I actually saw the female Somali ostrich on December 2017. Did those individuals arrive at the zoo around the time of my visit or did I just see a female common ostrich?

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 13 May 2020

@TheEthiopianWolf03 You should have seen the Somali Ostrich girls at that time, yeah

~Thylo

 

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  ThylacineAlive

• 13 May 2020

Twist of events! The two girls arrived at LA in May 2017, but one has since been sent to the Dallas Zoo as of October of last year!

~Thylo

 

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  TheEthiopianWolf03

• 13 May 2020

@ThylacineAlive Since I only saw one female ostrich individual in the exhibit at the time I am going to go ahead and mark that I have seen the species. Thanks for the help!