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Happy new year ZooChat!! I apologize for the delay in posting this year’s challenge, especially to those waiting in the more Eastern time zones. This year’s challenge? Predators. The fearsome hunters which dominate the food chains of the earth, seas, and skies. They have razor sharp talons...

2025. Welcome to the quarter point of the century, folks. Your reward: a new challenge! Available for a limited time in North America only ;) As primates living in troubled times, what gets us through life is togetherness; as Bill Withers would say, “Lean on me…” And what better way to remind...

As a continuation to @Leaf Productions 's challenge, this challenge will see what member can see the most Planet Zoo species in zoological facilities during 2025. This challenge will be global so all Zoochat members can participate. Linked here is a spreadsheet of all eligible species, note...

Happy 2024! I, ZooBinh, am honored to be your host again for this year’s edition of the ZooChat Global Challenge. Before we get started, let’s give credit to the creator of our beloved ZooChat challenges: @Shorts. And of course, thanks to @filipinos for bringing the game to the global stage...

2024 – new year, new challenge, same game. With zoos playing such a big role these days in wildlife conservation and educating the public about the natural world, I decided this year’s challenge would focus on a group of animals that are instrumental to the proper functioning of every...

2023 and me! Time to take a DNA test and see if you’re 100% ZooChat Challenge ready. Welcome to the 2023 ZooChat Challenge: North America! We’re coming off a big year, with a beast of a 2022 challenge and a record-setting 27 participants. Thank you all for your efforts (especially with...

Hello friends, acquaintances, fellow ZooChatters. Nearly 10 years ago now, in 2013, former member @filipinos expanded on the idea by @Shorts to host a game where ZooChat members would compete to see the most of a selected animal group within a one year period. This game, as opposed to the...

THE INTRO I’m feeling.... pretty good. What, you thought I was going to quote a Taylor Swift song or something? This is an Internet forum; we don’t allow such nonsense here. Welcome one and all to the 2022 ZooChat Challenge: North America! This year we leave behind our fuzzy natives of last...

Example: Person: I will try Me: Do one for planet zoo Person:Critter pack: Short-Beaked Echidna, Black-Footed Ferret, Kakapo, Kirk's Dik-Dik, Black-And-Rufous Elephant Shrew(Exhibit)

Hello fellow Zoo Chatters Here is @German Zoo World and this here is the Wildlife Quiz. If you have some questions feel Free to ask. Rules: New Players please read the Rules before you start. 1. There are several chapters Like Marine Life, reptiles and amphibians, Asia......... 2. Each...

I find many zoochatters often complaining about the prevalence of common species cited as 'Least Concern´ such as Meerkats, while many other species are in a seemingly much more dire situation are not kept nearly as much. While I agree to an extent, can we try to see if there are good...

Happy Fourth of July, Americans! Of course, I recognize that what is often a joyous occasion may be less so this year, with the pandemic preventing many places from holding parades, barbecues, and celebrations as usual… therefore, I decided to move up my timeline and get my Name the Zoos Map...

June 11th Animal identification + Odd one out challenge. - ZooChat Here is the next challenge. I know it is a little early and I am sorry, but I wanted to do it now because Zoochat is not very active right now and I have exams soon. Following @gentle lemur's challenges, he has given me...

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In an attempt to better familiarize myself with the location of frequently mentioned zoos in the UK, I inadvertently created what I think could be a fun challenge. Embedded in this thread (and viewable in the gallery) is a road map of the UK, with white bubbles containing the numbers 1 through...

Welcome back everybody to the eighth installment of the ZooChat Global Challenge! We're heading into the uncharted territory of a new decade and with that I decided to really think outside of the box this year and by that I mean I decided to give you all the one thing you never thought I'd do...

New Year, new challenge! We are now on the seventh installment of this competition and every year I face my own challenge of coming up with a new group of animals that are engaging for participants, well represented in zoos around most of the world (with Oceania usually getting snubbed...

Originally started by @Shorts - the ZooChat Challenges have become a ZooChat institution. This post from the 2018 UK challenge explains some of the history and motivation: About fifteen or so years ago my then girlfriend (now wife) and I picked up a copy of an “Usborne Spotter's Guide” for...