Werribee Open Range Zoo Baby hippo at werribee

healthy chimp? or an unhealthy chimp colony, with too much time on their hands which results in over-grooming?
 
does it zooboy? see, id always wondered how chimpanzees groomed....:rolleyes: seeing as this thread got way off track and we started talking about 'normal' looking animals, and you used an example of an overgroomed chimp as healthy. in captivity, over grooming to this extent is not healthy.
 
"unattractive" animals

Funny that . Wellingtons camel ( Cairo ) was not exactly well "groomed" and his habit of proudly showing everyone his dulaah looked nothing short of disgusting
to the average visitor -- " look out -- hes gonna spit !!!! "

But he was an unofficial mascot , and people loved him anyways . he didnt have any problem in drawing a crowd on a busy day . And as Sim said , he had INCREDIBLE bad breath -- I mean it really stunk !

RIP Cairo .
 
Nigel said:
Funny that . Wellingtons camel ( Cairo ) was not exactly well "groomed" and his habit of proudly showing everyone his dulaah looked nothing short of disgusting
to the average visitor -- " look out -- hes gonna spit !!!! "

But he was an unofficial mascot , and people loved him anyways . he didnt have any problem in drawing a crowd on a busy day . And as Sim said , he had INCREDIBLE bad breath -- I mean it really stunk !

RIP Cairo .
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The bad breath isn't a surpise it has been said that camels will chew and sometimes all sorts of things, all sorts of things.
 
A beautiful matching name for her mother's and sister's. Thanks Jay for that.
 
hmmm, Brindabella did have a calf once to Harry but died, Primrose has gave birth to Tulip and Lotus. So both females a able to breed if you are asking about Werribee?
 
Oh, as on this thread previously, Brindabella's calf was killed by Primrose,
 
Harry is father to both Tulip and Lotus so another unrelated male would need to be sourced to breed them. I don't know how these hippos are related to the Dubbo lot.
 
jay said:
Harry is father to both Tulip and Lotus so another unrelated male would need to be sourced to breed them. I don't know how these hippos are related to the Dubbo lot.
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Are the hippos at werribee related to Dubbo? If so agree with you, i can't find anything.
 
Be alert, Werribee!!

Today's Sydney Daily Telegraph newspaper had a large photo of three of Werribee's hippos lying in a pile under the heading, "Unhappy hippos hunker down to face a nippy cold snap."

The caption on the photo went on,"Primrose and her offspring Lotus and Tulip dream of warmer climes as they try to keep warm on a very cold morning at Werribee Open Range Zoo, Melbourne yesterday."

The clear inference is that the hippos would be happier if relocated a bit further north!:D
 
is true our weather is terrible.

whats not true is that its always cold.

our summers can be unbearable.
 
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