Personally, I get a kick out of seeing any zoo animal. There are certain species I don't spend much time observing these days (domestics, koalas and Eastern grey kangaroos mainly) but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate them.
Animals That Simply Don't Interest You
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The_melford_manatee
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Many of the animals which are present at my local zoos used to interest me but now seem less appealing whereas animals that are smaller and I never payed attention to on earlier visits despite being very rare and present at these collections excite me more.
Examples of larger and generally popular animals I find rather uninteresting are Giraffes, Lions, Penguins and Gorillas.
Example of smaller animals that I adore are Tamanduas, Caecillians, Anacondas and Servals.
I find otters interesting but not the Asian short-clawed species as most zoos have them(I am aware of their wild status being Vulnerable).Other species including Giants and Eurasians make it into my Top 5 Favourite Animals.
Large,popular animals which will always impress me are Giant Anteaters, African Elephants, Asian Rhinos, Orangutans, Mandrills, Hyenas and the majority of felines(except Cheetahs and Lions).
While I am a fan of African Elephants and they will never stop amazing me I have seen Asian Elephants enough times already.The sam exam be applied to rhinos.I love Asian Rhinos and Black Rhinos but have seen White Rhinos so many times that they really do not catch my attention.
Examples of larger and generally popular animals I find rather uninteresting are Giraffes, Lions, Penguins and Gorillas.
Example of smaller animals that I adore are Tamanduas, Caecillians, Anacondas and Servals.
I find otters interesting but not the Asian short-clawed species as most zoos have them(I am aware of their wild status being Vulnerable).Other species including Giants and Eurasians make it into my Top 5 Favourite Animals.
Large,popular animals which will always impress me are Giant Anteaters, African Elephants, Asian Rhinos, Orangutans, Mandrills, Hyenas and the majority of felines(except Cheetahs and Lions).
While I am a fan of African Elephants and they will never stop amazing me I have seen Asian Elephants enough times already.The sam exam be applied to rhinos.I love Asian Rhinos and Black Rhinos but have seen White Rhinos so many times that they really do not catch my attention.
There isn't a single animal I don't find interesting. I like seeing them all.
They're just so common where I live. Before my neighborhood took down another chunk of woodlands, white-tailed deer would come in my backyard and around other parts of the neighborhood often. You can also see them if you're paying attention when driving down the road and looking where a good bit of trees still stand.
I get they're endangered, unfortunately, and they are gorgeous and adorable animals, but between the zoo I volunteer at and almost every zoo I've been to having these exact types, I've grown used to seeing them. Now seeing ones I haven't seen much such as pied and emperor tamarins has yet to cease to amaze me.
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I feel the same way about some species. It seems that some zoos have a very subjective view about conservation. They consider some species worth saving and the same species appears in hundreds of collections, regardless if any are part of a reintroduction programme. Others are considered 'boring' and are not kept by many zoos. I had a talk with the olingo keeper at Kilverstone Zoo. The zoo had 4 olingos and kept the father with the daughter and the mother with the son in order to have a limited genetic diversity. At the time, there were very few olingos outside Central and South America. Now there are now, despite the fact that the olinguito appeared in the media in 2013 and the name was one of the words of the year.
Almost every zoo in Australia (that displays exotic animals) has meerkats...
That said, it doesn't bother me as I like them anyway...
Meanwhile very few zoos have numbats and some endangered Australian species are only kept by one zoo.
I feel similarly. Although I don’t like how they overshadow other mongoose species in captive representation and possibly take up space that could be used to house more imperiled small mammals, I don’t get tired of seeing meerkats in zoos as Suricata suricatta just happens to be one of my favorite animals.
I don't interested about domestic animals; most of rodents except capybara and rarer, bigger species (paca, urzon, beavers); smaller birds; fish; invertebrates.
I don't think any zoo animals bore me. I think it can bore me if I'm walking around and there are multiple exhibits for the same animal. For example, I was walking around the National Zoo's aviary a few years ago and they had many rooms with hornbills. I forget which species of hornbill it was but there must have been 20+ individuals there, spread in little groups throughout different enclosures. I got a little bored of the hornbills by the end.
BigCatConniseur24
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I really highly value most animals, and try to appreciate every creature’s individual uniqueness and beauty however here a few that simply don’t interest me:
1: Fish (besides sharks, stingrays, and eels)
2. Shrews
3. Koalas and Wombats
4. Giant Pandas (I’m sorry, but I would much rather spend my time observing brown, black, Andean, sun, sloth, and polar bears and even red pandas)
5. Most rodents (with the exception of capybaras, beavers, squirrels, chipmunks, and a few others)
1: Fish (besides sharks, stingrays, and eels)
2. Shrews
3. Koalas and Wombats
4. Giant Pandas (I’m sorry, but I would much rather spend my time observing brown, black, Andean, sun, sloth, and polar bears and even red pandas)
5. Most rodents (with the exception of capybaras, beavers, squirrels, chipmunks, and a few others)
How many zoos have shrews in them? I would like to go to the Mole and Shrew House in Tokyo?
BigCatConniseur24
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I honestly don’t know, but I was referring to elephant shrews. Some zoos keep them.
Elephant-shrews (more accurately known as sengi) are not shrews, they're their own order.
~Thylo
BigCatConniseur24
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I’m sorry, my mistake. I honestly did not know that
Really? Even barnacles, sponges, nematodes or fairy flies?Animals That Don't Interest Me:
- None
We're going to have a lot of meaningful discussions then.
imaginarius
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I do not enjoy non-human great apes (and let’s be honest, often do not enjoy the human variety, either). I understand their ecological importance, that they are all imperiled, and must be protected. I admire their intelligence. But they just... kind of look like small, feces-flinging, dirty people. They’re greedy and selfish and can be quite mean. No thanks.
Monkeys and lemurs, however, are adorable.
Monkeys and lemurs, however, are adorable.