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Lost Forest - Ituri Forest - African Spot-necked Otter and Others Exhibit

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November 2013. This exhibit contains African spot-necked otter, Allen's swamp monkey, and Schmidt's red-tailed monkey. This African-themed exhibit complex opened in 2 phases in the 1990?s and has 5 exhibits.
November 2013. This exhibit contains African spot-necked otter, Allen\'s swamp monkey, and Schmidt\'s red-tailed monkey. This African-themed exhibit complex opened in 2 phases in the 1990’s and has 5 exhibits.
 
Are those climbing frames fairly new? When were they placed in the exhibit?
 
They are new, sometime in the last four years, to replace the larger real tree branches, which perhaps were getting brittle?
 
Does anyone have any idea how many otters are kept in this exhibit? I never seem to see them anymore.

When I was in San Diego in March, the spot-necked otters were in the children's zoo otter exhibit where the North American river otters used to be.
 
That's a shame. I used to love seeing them swimming in here,they made this exhibit one of my favorites along with the forest buffalo.
 
That's a shame. I used to love seeing them swimming in here,they made this exhibit one of my favorites along with the forest buffalo.

I agree. It was great fun to see an otter splashing through the stream and interacting with the monkeys.
 
I never got to see them interact with the monkeys sadly,but still,seeing them in the water was so fun. I'm surprised they still keep the red river hogs with the forest buffalo. Last time I was there the hogs were agitating it. By the way,does anyone how many forest buffalo San Diego has? I think it's just the one,but I could be mistaken.
 
There are still otters in this exhibit or there was last time I looked. :) Helen is the zoo's only Forest Buffalo and I believe the only one in United States zoos. When they shipped the others out (I don't know when) they thought she was too old but she surprised them.
 
There are still otters in this exhibit or there was last time I looked. :) Helen is the zoo's only Forest Buffalo and I believe the only one in United States zoos. When they shipped the others out (I don't know when) they thought she was too old but she surprised them.

Do you know if there are still North American river otters at the zoo, Betsy? They had been replaced by some (apparently not all) of the spot-necked otters in the children's zoo otter exhibit when I was at the zoo in March.
 

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