Zoo Wroclaw Afrykarium

I visited this zoo in late May and the Afrykarium area is definitely a construction zone. They are building this great exhibit as we speak.

I spoke with the zoo's Director and he is very excited about it. He showed me a simulated video tour of the Afrykarium and it truly looks amazing. I believe that when done, it will be one of the top 10 zoo exhibits on the Continent. When he mentioned the manatees, he definitely said they are aiming for African manatees.
 
zooboy28 said:
Are there really going to be free-ranging monkeys in there? What species will these be?
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I think they plan to move their talapoins there (they have only 2 of them now). But plans tend to change a lot.
 
Jana said:
I think they plan to move their talapoins there (they have only 2 of them now). But plans tend to change a lot.
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The monkeys in the simulation looked much larger than talapoins, I was thinking they would be a guenon of some sort. Talapoins would be better I think :D
 
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Is there a species list for this exhibit? I've had a look around and can only find references to a few species.
 
The situation is variable. Here is my unofficial list based on zoos and press news:

Mammals:
- Brown fur seals
- Hippotamus
- Aardvarks ??
- dik-diks
- duikers
- royal antelopes
- Common dwarf mongooses
- Hyrax
- Talapoins
- Manatees

Birds:
- greater flamingos
- hornbills
- hadada ibis
- Egyptian plovers
- Northern Red Bishops
- african penguins
and more

Reptiles:
- nile crocodiles
- Loggerhead sea turtle

Hundreds of species of fish (including sharks and rays) and much more (Amphibians, small reptiles, jellyfish)
 
Kalat said:
The situation is variable. Here is my unofficial list based on zoos and press news:

Mammals:
- Brown fur seals
- Hippotamus
- Aardvarks ??
- dik-diks
- duikers
- royal antelopes
- Common dwarf mongooses
- Hyrax
- Talapoins
- Manatees

Birds:
- greater flamingos
- hornbills
- hadada ibis
- Egyptian plovers
- Northern Red Bishops
- african penguins
and more

Reptiles:
- nile crocodiles
- Loggerhead sea turtle

Hundreds of species of fish (including sharks and rays) and much more (Amphibians, small reptiles, jellyfish)
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That's quite a decent line-up, I'm especially impressed with the royal antelope as there are none on this side of the Atlantic. If they get them then it may well be another mecca for the zoo enthusiasts of this site!
 
Kalat said:
The situation is variable. Here is my unofficial list based on zoos and press news:

Mammals:
- Brown fur seals
- Hippotamus
- Aardvarks ??
- dik-diks
- duikers
- royal antelopes
- Common dwarf mongooses
- Hyrax
- Talapoins
- Manatees

Birds:
- greater flamingos
- hornbills
- hadada ibis
- Egyptian plovers
- Northern Red Bishops
- african penguins
and more

Reptiles:
- nile crocodiles
- Loggerhead sea turtle

Hundreds of species of fish (including sharks and rays) and much more (Amphibians, small reptiles, jellyfish)
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Africa without Primates?
 
zooman said:
Africa without Primates?
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Talapoins are primates, other than that they're conspicuously absent though. Still, three small antelope species and African manatee more than make up for that! :p
 
Brum said:
Talapoins are primates, other than that they're conspicuously absent though. Still, three small antelope species and African manatee more than make up for that! :p
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Thx Brum,

I was expecting allot more, does this zoo already have substantial primate exhibits ?
 
Exhibits for lemuridae in Madagascar House, lar gibbon house, part of Terai Pavilion for pileated gibbons and saimiri house are quite good.

Probably african manatees unfortunately won't come. West Indian ones will live in Afrykarium.
 
Pawel_PL said:
Probably african manatees unfortunately won't come. West Indian ones will live in Afrykarium.
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I had a feeling this would be the case, although several people have commented on here that the Africans were a (near) definite. A shame that we can't expand the sirenia that are held in zoos in Europe but it makes more sense to be involved with West Indians as they are more readily available and breed quite well so there won't be a shortage of them.

Zooman, you're welcome.
 
Is the import of Royal Antilopes already confirmed and which duiker species will they go for?
 
zooman said:
Africa without Primates?
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The Afrykarium is part of the larger African area, which includes a number of hoofstock exhibits, lions, Madagascar House and North African Desert House, so it will be an extension to this area focuses on aquatic African species. There is a paucity of primates in this part of the zoo though, despite the zoo as a whole having a very good primate collection, including a number of African species. Hopefully they will add some of these to this area in the future.
 
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