Animal Bucket List

Pootle said:
Not too sure about male Ostrich, those necks, beaks and legs are pretty reddish at times, it's a close call that one :p
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A pot of white paint would take care of that, if you could get near enough to use it.;) This should probably be in 'Fantasy Zoos' really but its just an aside, I'm not developing a thread.
 
Brum said:
I've heard that Wassenaar may have bred their civets, I'm fairly sure that they bred banded linsang as well. How mouth watering is that?
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I believe that is correct; they also were moreorless single-handedly responsible for the fact we still have a smattering of Asian Golden Cats in Europe, as a lot of the places holding the species now have stock originating from the Wassenaar Breeding Centre, which the zoo became after it closed in the 1980's and which operated until about 6 years ago.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
I believe that is correct; they also were moreorless single-handedly responsible for the fact we still have a smattering of Asian Golden Cats in Europe, as a lot of the places holding the species now have stock originating from the Wassenaar Breeding Centre, which the zoo became after it closed in the 1980's and which operated until about 6 years ago.
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It really is a shame that small carnivore collections seem to only have limited appeal. Just look at Wassenaar and the RSCC, both had mouth watering collections and now one has gone and the other is closed to the public! :(
 
Brum said:
It really is a shame that small carnivore collections seem to only have limited appeal. Just look at Wassenaar and the RSCC, both had mouth watering collections and now one has gone and the other is closed to the public! :(
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One reason I am so fond of Hamerton......
 
I've been really intrigued by the bush dog ever since one had a very brief appearance on a David Attenborough documentary (Planet Earth, I think): it was just a few seconds of the dog running through the undergrowth at night and David saying how elusive and mysterious they were. So, those.

Also, the platypus, because it's one of my favourite animals and I'll have to go to Australia to see one. Fun fact: I discovered ZooChat when I looked up the possibilities of seeing a platypus in a zoo on Google and this thread came up. :p

And they aren't nearly as "special" to see in a zoo as the above, but I've always liked the giant panda and haven't seen one yet, so that too.
 
FBBird said:
I would suggest nobody is going to see Glaucous Macaw in a hurry. Think I'll settle for Whooping Crane, which is at least possible.
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Many years ago we visited the San Antonio zoo in Texas. At that time they had what I believe was then the only pair of Whooping Cranes on display in a Zoo. (I don't know the situation now) I had previously read the Whooping Crane conservation story, including the part about the individual that came into captivity as a result of a damaged wing and was therefore named 'Crip'. I suddenly realised that standing there in front of me was 'Crip' and his partner! They had a nest right near the fence and had obviously just laid an egg.

My first and only Whooping Cranes... :)
 
 
Not_a_Nautilus said:
I've been really intrigued by the bush dog ever since one had a very brief appearance on a David Attenborough documentary (Planet Earth, I think): it was just a few seconds of the dog running through the undergrowth at night and David saying how elusive and mysterious they were. So, those.

Also, the platypus, because it's one of my favourite animals and I'll have to go to Australia to see one. Fun fact: I discovered ZooChat when I looked up the possibilities of seeing a platypus in a zoo on Google and this thread came up. :p

And they aren't nearly as "special" to see in a zoo as the above, but I've always liked the giant panda and haven't seen one yet, so that too.
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I'd say giant panda are a bit more unusual than bushdogs ;) get yourself to Chester if you want to see the latter - they are numerous and very good showers.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
It's not outside the realm of possibility - Wassenaar held the species from 1967 to 1972 I believe, and London did in the 1950's sometime.
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Indeed the ZSL Annual Report for 1954 records that London Zoo acquired an otter civet that year; it is listed as a species new to the collection.

I don’t know how long this individual lived but I have no recollection of ever it seeing on my visits to the zoo as a small child.
 
Tim May said:
Indeed the ZSL Annual Report for 1954 records that London Zoo acquired an otter civet that year; it is listed as a species new to the collection.

I don’t know how long this individual lived but I have no recollection of ever it seeing on my visits to the zoo as a small child.
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Ahh if only you had a photo Tim May!
 
Marbled cat and African Golden Cat are the two main culprits I seem to recall he has seen :p
 
Pertinax said:
Many years ago we visited the San Antonio zoo in Texas. At that time they had what I believe was then the only pair of Whooping Cranes on display in a Zoo. (I don't know the situation now) I had previously read the Whooping Crane conservation story, including the part about the individual that came into captivity as a result of a damaged wing and was therefore named 'Crip'. I suddenly realised that standing there in front of me was 'Crip' and his partner! They had a nest right near the fence and had obviously just laid an egg.

My first and only Whooping Cranes... :)
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I saw a Whooping Crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo over this past summer.
http://www.zoochat.com/612/whooping-crane-296064/

Giant Eland- How very lucky you are to have seen the largest species to ever live on Earth. I envy many of you for what you've seen. Although, I'm young so I still have many years to see many more of these awesome creatures. I guess I should feel good that I've seen some of the animals you guys listed like the Whooping Crane, Giant Panda, and, in Chlidonias' case, Striped and Eastern Spotted Skunks.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
I saw a Whooping Crane at the Smithsonian National Zoo over this past summer.
http://www.zoochat.com/612/whooping-crane-296064/

Giant Eland- How very lucky you are to have seen the largest species to ever live on Earth. I envy many of you for what you've seen. Although, I'm young so I still have many years to see many more of these awesome creatures. I guess I should feel good that I've seen some of the animals you guys listed like the Whooping Crane, Giant Panda, and, in Chlidonias' case, Striped and Eastern Spotted Skunks.
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I've seen 5 different skunk species including 2 for the first time in one shot- at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, think I'll post those pictures now..
 
Giant Eland said:
I've seen 5 different skunk species including 2 for the first time in one shot- at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, think I'll post those pictures now..
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I wonder if this is killing Chlidonias. I've seen both Northern Raccoon and American Beaver around my home, have you seen those, Chlidonias?:p
Still, you (Chlidonias) do have both Platypus and Kakapo over most of us. Probably a whole bunch more, too. The only New Zealand animal I've seen was a North Island Brown Kiwi chick at the Smithsonian National Zoo. At least that one got crossed off my list.
 
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