Animal Bucket List

Charlie Simmomds said:
I think in terms of mainstream animals I am yet to see the two I most want to are koala and Panda, never had the chance to see either species before. ( Perhaps a trip to Edinburgh is needed, that or somewhere in the States)
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You can replicate these experiences by looking an (obviously) inert grey cuddly toy and an empty enclosure next time you visit your local zoo. :D
 
1.Clouded leopards
2.Any member of Panthera Pardus
3.King Cobra
4.Black Caiman
5. Gharial
6.Black Mamba
7. Inland Taipan
8. Puma
9. Western Diamondback rattlesnake
10. Mugger crocodile
11. Cuban Crocodile
12. Sumatran Rhino
13. Emperor Penguin
 
In theory you can get your top 13 down to a top 4 without ever leaving the UK :p
 
Here are some of mine!

- Sumatran Orangutan
- Stump-Tailed Macaque
- Indian Rhino
- Amur Leopard
- Giant Panda
- Chinese Pangolin
- Chinese Alligator
- Lar Gibbon
- Sloth Bear
- Saola
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These are just a few. A trip to Monkey World aught to tick off the Orangutan, Lar Gibbon and Macaque. The Chinese Alligator can be done in Crocodiles of the World.

I believe the Saola will be near impossible though :(
 
Mine would be:
-Red-Shanked Douc Langur
-Marsh Mongoose
-Black-Winged Myna
-Kiwi (See one with my own eyes rather than through a web-cam at Paignton)
-Three-Toed Sloth
-Javan and Sumatran Rhino
-Mountain Gorilla
-Eastern Lowland Gorilla
-Nigeria-Cameroon Chimp
-Giant Armadillo
-Amazon River Dolphin
-American Crocodile
-Gharial
-Vampire Bat
-Great White Shark
-Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
-Whale Shark
 
I haven't posted a list on here yet, so...

Tonkin snub-nosed monkey
Marsupial mole
Laotian rock rat
Giant armadillo
Silky anteater
Woolly giant flying squirrel
Narwhal
Yapok

Hoatzin
Wattled ploughbill
Resplendant quetzal
Night parrot

Turtle frog
Goliath frog
Lake Titicaca frog
Hairy frog

Goblin shark
Megamouth



That's just a few of them. There are a lot of species which I'd like to see wild but have already seen captive, like pangolins or moloch or Picathartes, so I've discounted them from the list. And lots of cool species I've seen wild so there's no point saying I'd like to see them captive.
 
Chlidonias said:
but presumably the same one "every 2-3 days", given that your Big Year list only has you on eight species :rolleyes:
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Yes, mainly the same species, however several species (all Skinks) remain unidentified. However it's been winter most of the year, so I am bound to get more species when September comes.

@Komodo99 Did you see the Thorny Devil in the wild?
 
animal_expert01 said:
Yes, mainly the same species, however several species (all Skinks) remain unidentified. However it's been winter most of the year, so I am bound to get more species when September comes.
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um, I'm not a meteorologist or anything, but I'm pretty sure it hasn't been winter for most of the year, considering it is only June now...
 
Komodo99 said:
Also saw some wild Spinner Dolphins off Manly harbour near the Sydney Opera House.
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without having been there to see what you saw, that seems quite unlikely. There is a (semi-) resident group of bottlenose dolphins around the area though which are frequently seen.
 
Chlidonias said:
without having been there to see what you saw, that seems quite unlikely. There is a (semi-) resident group of bottlenose dolphins around the area though which are frequently seen.
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The trip was about nine years ago though, I don't remember everything and it is possible that at the time a pod of spinners could have moved in.
 
My bucket list is currently burried somewhere under under my bed along with miscellenious animal doodles and missing socks. I shall try and dig it out soon so I can post it on this thread.
 
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