Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen

[Giant Eland]

Last week I have done my zoo tour through spain. While the last klipspringer in europe at Bioparc Valencia was the driving force for this journey, at the end the most impressive sighting was probably the last herd of black lechwes (Kobus smithemani) at Safari Madrid, which is difficult to impossible to access without car and that's maybe why this species was hidden from many zoo fans. Unfortunaltely these seem to be the last individuals outside of Africa, I have seen 6 males, 2 females and 2 young. View attachment 502007

Great trip! Klipspringer was my same driving force after missing Frankfurt's final animal by merely a week! It was actually one of my craziest zoo days- visiting Madrid Zoo (Spanish Lynx), Safari Madrid and Bioparc Valencia all in the same day!

Loved seeing the Black Lechwe- and you're right they were a challenge to photograph- nicely done!

 

[Marcus Burkhardt]

Great trip! Klipspringer was my same driving force after missing Frankfurt's final animal by merely a week! It was actually one of my craziest zoo days- visiting Madrid Zoo (Spanish Lynx), Safari Madrid and Bioparc Valencia all in the same day!

Loved seeing the Black Lechwe- and you're right they were a challenge to photograph- nicely done!

Thanks! Wow it seems impossible to me to do this in one day, but surely You went by plane, not by car like me. As I have a focus on bovids I skipped Zoo Madrid to go to Zoo Guadalajara directly after the Safaripark to see the western spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica victoriae), and have seen the southeastern spanish ibex on the next day at Mollo Parc, my last station on this trip. As the western spanish ibex also fits in this thread, here is a photo (they had only this female):

 

[Animallover360]

For me, I was lucky to get to see, Toi, the Red Shanked Douc Langur at Philadelphia Zoo before she passed.

 

[Giant Eland]

Thanks! Wow it seems impossible to me to do this in one day, but surely You went by plane, not by car like me. As I have a focus on bovids I skipped Zoo Madrid to go to Zoo Guadalajara directly after the Safaripark to see the western spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica victoriae), and have seen the southeastern spanish ibex on the next day at Mollo Parc, my last station on this trip. As the western spanish ibex also fits in this thread, here is a photo (they had only this female): View attachment 502239

Actually all by car! And it's barely possible as I found out haha. I started at Madrid Zoo at opening, spent a little over 1 hr there. Another hour plus drive to Safari Madrid and less than an hour there.
4.5 hours later I finally arrived at Bioparc Valencia just after final ticket sales, but still with almost an hour before close. After begging a couple different staff, they finally let me buy a ticket and I ran to the Klipspringer and tried to enjoy as much of the rest of the amazing zoo as I could on my way out. Anddd then I drove back to Madrid another 4/5 hours. Quite a day!

 

[Marcus Burkhardt]

Actually all by car! And it's barely possible as I found out haha. I started at Madrid Zoo at opening, spent a little over 1 hr there. Another hour plus drive to Safari Madrid and less than an hour there.
4.5 hours later I finally arrived at Bioparc Valencia just after final ticket sales, but still with almost an hour before close. After begging a couple different staff, they finally let me buy a ticket and I ran to the Klipspringer and tried to enjoy as much of the rest of the amazing zoo as I could on my way out. Anddd then I drove back to Madrid another 4/5 hours. Quite a day!

It sounds possible, but stressful in any case. And I thought I make a crazy tour with 5 zoos in 4 days Yes, Safari Madrid is a park You really can do very quickly, if You are not in a photo-inebriation like me and at home You realize that You have made nearly 1600 photos of the black lechwes

 

[ocellated_eelpout]

I have seen...


1. Lopholithodes foraminatus (Sea Life Manchester)
2. Enoplometopus debelius (Sea Life Manchester)
3. Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Sea Life Blackpool)
4. Thamnophis eques insperatus (The Deep Hull)
5. Patiria pectinifera (The Deep Hull)
6. Rhinobatos percellens (Blue Planet Aquarium Cheshire)
7. Trisopterus luscus (The Deep Hull)


Of course, these are species that I Don't often see in aquariums.

 

[Kakapo]

Trisopterus luscus is quite frequent in aquariums... the others I think are fine

 

[ocellated_eelpout]

Trisopterus luscus is quite frequent in aquariums... the others I think are fine

I forgot to mention Enoplometopus daumi

 

[Great Argus]

I forgot to mention Enoplometopus daumi

Duam's Reef Lobster is pretty common in the aquarium trade, I'd imagine quite a few people have seen them. I've seen them a few times.

 

[Kakapo]

Reef lobsters in general are not so common in captivity and when present they're often no-shows due to nocturnal habits. I've only seen the genus twice - E. daumi in a pet shop and E. occidentalis in an aquarium - I think maybe E. daumi is the less rare of the genus in captivity but pretty far from "common".

 

[Sphenisciologist]

Would Arctic fox count?

 

[Dhole dude]

Would Arctic fox count?

They are quite common in both North American & European zoos, so no.

 

[Sphenisciologist]

They are quite common in zoos, so no.

How about Guam kingfisher?

 

[Dhole dude]

How about Guam kingfisher?

About 15 facilities in the U.S keep them, so also no

 

[Sphenisciologist]

About 10 facilities in the U.S keep them, so also no

Partula snail?

 

[Dhole dude]

Partula snail?

Depends on which species.

 

[Sphenisciologist]

Depends on which species.

Partula nodosa

 

[Dhole dude]

Partula nodosa

Yes, I believe that would count

 

[Aardwolf]

Sumatran rhinoceros, Abbot's duiker, Hawaiian monk seal, tri-colored monitor, Papuan python, black-headed duck, tuatara, pacarana, Puerto Rican parrot...

 

[Tetzoo Quizzer]

I can do Black-headed Duck in the wild.. and captive Tuatara.