Asian elephant female born at Artis 
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Asian elephant female born at Artis
It is a female, named Sanuk, and is reportedly doing well.
For those who are interested, the parents are Thong Thai (of course) and Mekong, the bull who left not long ago. Yindee, Thai's adult daughter, has met and is getting on with Sanuk
And a video of the birth :
New species in the birdhouse: Rock sandpiper (Calidris ptilocnemis), they are probably the first ever in a zoo, according to Artis.
Beringstrandlopers in het Vogelhuis
Beringstrandlopers in het Vogelhuis
Black spider monkey born at Artis :
Zeldzame zwarte slingeraap geboren
Zeldzame zwarte slingeraap geboren
Any idea where they came from?
Yesterday a Reticulated giraffe was born at Artis :
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The Giraffe-calf didn't make it and died today - the mother refued to let it drink 
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Article about the Elephant-birth :
Elephant Calf Makes Quick Entrance
Elephant Calf Makes Quick Entrance
On Nov. 16 another Reticulated giraffe was born at Artis. It's a male and the mother already had 5 calves before so she is experienced. With the new calf the group now contains 10 animals.
For the first time in its long history a Trumpeter bird has hatched at Artis. The young - a Grey-winged ( aka Common ) trumpeter - was succesfully hand-raised.
Althrough the Atlantic nurse shark ( Ginglymostoma cirratum ) is a relative common sight in European collections, the species is only rarely bred. At Artis ( at least ) 5 eggs have been laid this year and one ( or maybe already more ) has hatched.
On Zootierliste Artis is not mentioned as being a keeper of the species (?).
On Zootierliste Artis is not mentioned as being a keeper of the species (?).
That is because Artis keeps the smaller nurse shark species and not the big ones.
Had a closer look at the matter and you are right. Artis is keeping and breeding the Short-tailed nurse shark ( Pseudoginglymostoma brevicaudatum ), a species much rarer seem in European collections and many of the other keepers have got their specimens from Artis. Thanks for correcting this lintworm !
Building this one enclosure took about just as long as building a whole new zoo in Emmen
And of course for a fraction of that cost.Building this one enclosure took about just as long as building a whole new zoo in Emmen
And for what it is worth: for the enormous amount of cash that the new Emmen facility ate up both my hometown zoo and that of Rotterdam could have fully refurbished all their listed buildings and brought those forward into world class exhibits.
About damn time! That jaguar exhibit has taken waaaaay too long to make, and I'm excited to see it being used by Mowgli and Rica