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Thanks. I wondered what was up when I saw only three of them (Padang, Gempa, Mawar) this week. Kind of sad, they really bonded well with Padang.
 
Zootierliste is showing Prague as holding the New Guinea race of Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus lawesii). Can anyone confirm this, and is/are the specimen(s) on exhibit?
 
MikeG said:
Zootierliste is showing Prague as holding the New Guinea race of Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus lawesii). Can anyone confirm this, and is/are the specimen(s) on exhibit?
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Prague and Rostock imported a group in 2011 from a dealer in Jakarta. I think the Prague ones are off-display (?)
 
Thanks, Chlidonias - I am clearly not up-to-date with monotreme importations into Europe! And thus my next question, assuming these beauties are off-exhibit.....to whom must I beg to get to see them when I'm in Prague in a few weeks' time?:)
 
from the zoo's stock-take for 2011 it seems Prague imported eight of the echidnas in late 2011 (this figure does not include the Rostock ones) but by December four of them had already died, leaving them with four. I can't find a more recent statistic to say how many they have left now.
 
MikeG said:
Zootierliste is showing Prague as holding the New Guinea race of Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus lawesii). Can anyone confirm this, and is/are the specimen(s) on exhibit?
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There are still 4 Echidnas in Prague Zoo. Originally 6 were imported, but 4 of them died because of serious parasites till one month. Zoo obtained another 2 from the trader instead and they have been livining behind the scenes since. There are plans to design for them new enclosure in Indonesia Jungle House, but it won´t be in the foreseeable future. If they will be place somewhere else, I will change it here: ZootierlisteHomepage
 
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Some births/hatches:

- 4 Binturongs, at least 2 Tayras
- at least 13 Greater flamingo chicks
- 4 Fennec foxes, 5 bat-eared foxes
- 1 Red Panda, 2 hutia congas
- 2 white-naped cranes, few african openbills
- 6 Coletos (Sarcops calvus)
- 2 rhinoceros hornbills
- 1 Southern Ground Hornbill, at least 4 Yellow-billed hornbills
- 8 Komodo dragons
- a few Mount Apo Lorikeets, Vernal Hanging Parrots, jamaican amazons
- White-winged Wood Ducks, Magpie Geese, Dalmatian and Eastern White pelicans
- Eurasian Stone-curlews, Yellow-billed Storks
- ornate uromastyxs, Toad-Headed Agamas (Phrynocephalus mystaceus), Reticulate Racerunners (Eremias grammica) and many more

Under construction:
- a small house for Chinese giant salamanders and some other amphibia
 
Swamp Wallaby have joined the collection in the form of a single individual who came from France recently
 
Next Monday, 0,2 Asian elephant will come from Sri Lanka. They will stay some time in the empty old elephant house to go through carantene.

All 3 Hippos´ve already moved into their new house. The house will open in spring next year, so there are currently no hippos on display.
 
Chlidonias said:
from the zoo's stock-take for 2011 it seems Prague imported eight of the echidnas in late 2011 (this figure does not include the Rostock ones) but by December four of them had already died, leaving them with four. I can't find a more recent statistic to say how many they have left now.
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Manumea said:
There are still 4 Echidnas in Prague Zoo. Originally 6 were imported, but 4 of them died because of serious parasites till one month. Zoo obtained another 2 from the trader instead and they have been livining behind the scenes since. There are plans to design for them new enclosure in Indonesia Jungle House, but it won´t be in the foreseeable future. If they will be place somewhere else, I will change it here: ZootierlisteHomepage
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from Maguari's recent photos I see that the Prague Terrarium also has New Guinea short-beaked echidnas (plural?). Are these/is this from the zoo, or from a separate import?
 
Chlidonias said:
from Maguari's recent photos I see that the Prague Terrarium also has New Guinea short-beaked echidnas (plural?). Are these/is this from the zoo, or from a separate import?
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I'm not sure if they're the same import or not, but I understand they're part of the same co-operative project. There were 9 at the Terrarium when we visited.
 
Crowned river turtle (Hardella thurjii) breeding cracked! World first 0.0.7 hatched (from 9 eggs) on 15th attempt after being kept in water for 42 days, dried at low temperature 15 degrees) for three months and after 65 more dys of incubation being put into water again (hatching in the water). Props to Mr. Petr Velenský and his team and Mr.Dhruvajyoti Basu, the in-situ consultant.
 
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