Any weird mixed exhibits?

Just a small list that I've seen in Indonesia:
  • Orchid mantis + brown rhinoceros beetle (Jakarta Aquarium)
  • Siamang + lesser adjutant + mute swan + domestic ducks (Taman Safari Bogor)
  • European bison + Kafue lechwe + guanaco (Taman Safari Bogor)
  • Common impala + nilgai + common emu + southern cassowary (Taman Safari Bogor)
  • Eastern grey kangaroo + ring-tailed lemur + black-and-white ruffed lemur (Taman Safari Bogor)
  • Asian small-clawed otter + grey heron (Ibarbo Park)
  • Wreathed hornbill + hooded butcherbird + Java peafowl + mute swan + Sunda teal + golden pheasant + green iguana + African spurred tortoise (Gembira Loka Zoo)
 
I do not know if this is weird. White House on the Hill is a YouTube channel started by a family that keeps Emus and Horse together. They did well and they introduced all their emus to the horse.
 
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo kept chickens in some of their exhibits with small primates when I visited in March.

This was long ago, but Cincinnati kept Asian Elephant and Nile Hippo together back in the 1960s, which is a very weird mix, and later the Nile Hippo lived with an African Elephant, but that mix isn't as strange due to the species co-existing in the wild.
New tenants of a communal yard at the Cincinnati Zoo are Julie the elephant and Maud the hippopotamus in Cincinnati on May 2, 1968. Zoo director Ed Maruska believes this to be the first time these animals have been put together in captivity, although they share the same territories in the wild. (AP Photo/Harvey Eugene Smith Stock Photo - Alamy
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo kept chickens in some of their exhibits with small primates when I visited in March.

This was long ago, but Cincinnati kept Asian Elephant and Nile Hippo together back in the 1960s, which is a very weird mix, and later the Nile Hippo lived with an African Elephant, but that mix isn't as strange due to the species co-existing in the wild.
New tenants of a communal yard at the Cincinnati Zoo are Julie the elephant and Maud the hippopotamus in Cincinnati on May 2, 1968. Zoo director Ed Maruska believes this to be the first time these animals have been put together in captivity, although they share the same territories in the wild. (AP Photo/Harvey Eugene Smith Stock Photo - Alamy
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Similar mix happened at Mesker Park with Bunny the elephant and Donna the hippo, before Bunny's move to The Elephant Sanctuary.
 
I’ve seen axis deer, goats, and female rheas mixed together in an enclosure at a small roadside petting farm once. The exhibit was large enough, but it was an absolute dust bowl.
 
a Malayan tapir and Nyala in Zoo Negara.
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  • Chilean Rosehair Tarantula and Cuban Racer at Zoo Miami(worried the tarantula may go after the snake, Cuban racer's are very rare in captivity as it is, wouldn't want any accidents.)
  • Klipspringer, Marabou Stork, Southern Ground Hornbill, Grey Crowned Crane at Brevard Zoo(with the zoo's great track record at breeding Klipspringer I would worry about a tiny antelope with a marabou, though with several calfs and no issues maybe it's not as dangerous as I think.)
 
Austin the Sengi said:
I second IcthyoRider’s statement in that the dolphins are not only mixed with the aforementioned sharks, but also with schools of several species of unsigned fish.
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It was surprising to say the least, but with only three dolphins of their species left in the whole of the U.S. I think this was done to prepare for the inevitable phasing out of these rare specimens and replacing them with another type of animal attraction. Almost like the killer whales that live right across the street, accept with a much faster pace.
 
Toronto has Scarlet Ibis living with Galah, Eastern Rosella, Crested Pigeon, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Tawny Frogmouth, Scarlet-breasted Parrot, Nicobar Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon… oh, and Fly River Turtle
 
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