Hi everyone, I was wondering whether you'd like to see my video on Aye-Ayes which I made a while ago for YouTube, they are my all-time favourite animal so a lot of love for the species went into this.
I thought it would be good to create a thread where zoochatters can share anything they know or find out about the history of either ex-situ captive breeding of endangered species at Jersey zoo or the in-situ conservation work assisted by the Durrell Trust around the world.
So feel free to post...
Hi there, I'm currently busy with a project to improve burgers zoo in the Netherlands. (Though I'm not associated).
I was wondering about some animals in shared species enclosures,and weather they're possible or not, I'm just going to post a list of animals that I was curious about
Australian...
This thread is for detailing what species of nocturnal primate are held where in the United States and Canada. Taxonomic groups covered here are:
Dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs (family Cheirogaleidae)
Aye-aye (family Daubentoniidae)
Lorises (family Lorisidae)
Bushbabies/galagos (family...
Hey,
Im looking into creating a research project comparing the effects of enclosure design on Aye-Aye behaviour, between two UK zoos. Durrell Wildlife Trust and an unknown. The second should preferably be around Liverpool or the Kent area.
If anyone has any pictures of enclosures or...
So can anyone help me with the worldwide captive aye-aye population? I've made a start on the European population, but would like some help with finishing it off and maybe also adding the Japanese and USA populations too?
Here's what I've got so far for the European population:
London (1.1.1)...
In a world's first for the zoo;
We've got some fantastic news from Twilight World,one of our aye-ayes has given birth to twins.
Mum Sabrina has a lot of experience raising young but looking after twins is a first for her and indeed female aye-ayes the world over. Both mum and twins are doing...
Well it was requested so here it is.
I have been there a few times, but not extremely recently. I did, however, see Predator Ridge.
It was pretty cool. It has a big structure somewhat meant to look like an African hut thing and there's info about the hut inside. Around the hut is an...
The entrance to the Grzimek House in Frankfurt Zoo. This zoo has an enormous collection of nocturnal animals, including many rare ones, such as Aye-aye, aardvark, kinkajou, prehensile-tailed porcupine and kiwi. This house also has a large number of small mammals, including otters, fossas, many...