Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen
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zoo_sipsik
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According to Zootierliste 9 zoological parks in USA curently have the Northen brown kiwi. Zootierliste
Not Saltwater Crocodile? I can't think of a zoo I've visited without salties, but maybe that's just an Australia thing.
Saltwater Crocodiles are rare in zoos outside of Australia.
MOG2012
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What zoos in America have them/had them?
Bathynomus is a weird one, very common in Asian aquariums but rare elsewhere (although seemingly increasing in the US?). Rarity may depend on which specific species you're talking about, most Asian aquariums have B. doederleinii (but surely some must also have B. giganteus?)
Callorhinchus milii is a rare species no matter where you are, and I'm a huge sucker for them
Damn, surely some Australian zoos would be happy to send over a couple to foreign zoos? They're a dime a dozen in zoos here, and there are many commercial breeders of the species here.
MOG2012
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When did ABQ BioPark lose their saltwater crocodiles?
2021, which it literally says on that page I linked for you.
My thinking on the subject went thusly :
Saltwater Crocodiles are super common in Australia and Asia but the number of Zoochatters who live in or who have visited Australia or Asia is relatively few (the vast majority of Zoochatters are from the UK and USA), and in Europe and North America the species is uncommon and mostly not in the big-name zoos (looking at current holdings, Stuttgart would probably be the most-visited one of the holders in Europe).
Conversely, while Tuatara are very rare outside New Zealand, they are kept at Chester so a majority of UK Zoochatters will have seen one there (I'd wager more UK Zoochatters have seen Tuatara than Saltwater Crocodile, even though the latter is kept at more zoos in the UK than the former).
I'm not sure my reasoning holds up, mainly because I thought fewer zoos kept Saltwater Crocodiles in Europe and North America than do in reality.
Il gattopardo
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Osphronemus exodon (Surabaya Zoo)
Local_Shark
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The saltwater croc at Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium was pretty large and fairly active too, I got a few great pictures. It was such a great experience to see one this close. I dunno when I’ll ever make it to Australia so I will more than take it if they’re rare here haha.
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USZOOfan42
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For some reason I always thought saltwater crocs were common since my local zoo had them since I first visited (they also have tuataras)
MOG2012
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What was your local zoo? Does it have any other super rare animald
USZOOfan42
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Toledo, notably their herp and bird collection.
MOG2012
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Oh. I just knew that it was the only collection in North America