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Birth news:
- Five Kodomo dragons (Varanus komodoensis) have hatched at Fuengirola! This is the first time in 10 years this species hatched at any Spanish zoo.
Hatchlings of Reo and Ora, they have been named Juanito, Fénix, Embum, Drakaris and Saya.

Nacen cinco crías de dragón de Komodo en BIOPARC Fuengirola - BIOPARC Fuengirola

- In other news, if you check the park in Google Maps you can already see that the new development is being built!
 
LuisCostadelSol said:
Such a number of animals could only come from Florida as it would have been impossible with any other partnership. It is very important for the State that this secondary colony thrives, as this has never been attempted before in such scale on the European continent.
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Great to hear about the new developments and the rest of the South America area makes a lot of sense and I hope to see it come to fruition.

However, the above strikes me as really odd. The Antillean manatee population doesn't have enough holders if anything in Europe currently, with Beauval currently housing a group in the double digits and other zoos similarly (over?) populated with the species. From a pragmatic perspective as well as geographical, logistical and conservation viewpoints it makes far more sense to take overflow from the half dozen or so zoos that have, for all intents and purposes, too many Antillean manatees. While I would be interested to Florida manatees in Europe, it just seems like a totally unnecessary expense, particularly as they are likely to fare much better in captivity in their natural range than across the pond here.

Just my opinion though, I'm sure there are other factors at play here.
 
SivatheriumGuy said:
- The park has received a new male Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) called Mekong from Ústí nad Labem Zoo.
The park's former breeding pair wasn't successful, so the park moved away from the former male Pi and received this new male to accompany Rawa, the female individual.
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Any idea of the zoo Pi went to?
 
LuisCostadelSol said:
Hola chicos, primero que nada me gustaría compartir más información con vosotros respecto a la amplitud de nuestro parque en Fuengirola. Me llamo Luis y soy uno de los arquitectos al mando de este proyecto.

Me parece fascinante que estéis tan entusiasmados por nuestra ampliación, un proyecto que realmente lleva más de 10 años en diferentes etapas de planificación, llegando finalmente a su ejecución. Indiscutiblemente que será la obra más grande y detallosa de nuestro parque cuando entre en su fase final.

Hoy me gustaría contarles algunos detalles del proyecto, que ha cambiado mucho durante varias etapas. Como anteriormente compartimos con el público mediante las redes sociales, esta área tropical de las Américas, tendrá varias exhibiciones acuáticas, incluyendo un gran tanque basado en la Barrera de Coral Mesoamericana.

Adicionalmente, también existirán recintos con especies representantes del Amazonas, como la nutria de río gigante, el Jaguar, mono araña, mono aullador entre otros. En el futuro, nuestro plan es incluir manatíes en un recinto acuático que ha sido diseñado teniendo en cuenta los requerimientos específicos de estas especies.

Espero esta información sea de su agrado y los esperamos en Bioparc Fuengirola, muchos saludos!


Hello everyone, English is not my first language, but I will do my very best to share details about our upcoming expansion of Bioparc Fuengirola.

Brief introduction first, I'm Luis, the lead architect of the project, one that has been in the works for well over a decade. We had many planning stages and now we are in our execution phase that is coming to an end.

Our expansion of Bioparc Fuengirola focuses on the tropical Americas and it is by far our biggest and most challenging project since the opening of the new park.

As we shared in our social media previously, the center piece of our project is an aquarium, that will represent the Great Mayan Reef in spectacular detail.

In addition to our aquatic exhibitions, we will have a focus on keystone species from the tropical forests of South America, since the climate here in Costa del Sol allows it. Some of these magnificent species are the giant otter, jaguar, spider monkey, howler monkey among others.

In the future it is our goal to add manatees to this exhibition, but they will not be present on the opening phase. We are currently designing a habitat that meets all of the challenging prerequisites that these incredible animals need to thrive in captivity. Our manatees will come from an institution in the State of Florida and will become the biggest colony of its kind in Europe.

Hope you are all as excited as we are and hope to see you soon in our Costa del Sol.
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Hello Luis, thank you so much, Bioparc is a beautiful zoo! Do you know if Andean bears, tapir, Andean Condors, maned wolves, mountain lions, capybaras, tamarins, coatis, capuchin monkeys, guanacos, harpy eagles, or giant anteaters will be part of the expansion? If you can’t say I understand, I’ve been looking forward to the expansion for years now.
 
BenFoxster said:
Hello Luis, thank you so much, Bioparc is a beautiful zoo! Do you know if Andean bears, tapir, Andean Condors, maned wolves, mountain lions, capybaras, tamarins, coatis, capuchin monkeys, guanacos, harpy eagles, or giant anteaters will be part of the expansion? If you can’t say I understand, I’ve been looking forward to the expansion for years now.
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Taking under account how little space they have, I doubt they'll get anything other than what is supposed to be in the plans. And for the better, the last thing Fuengirola needs is more animals in inadequate exhibits.
 
SivatheriumGuy said:
Taking under account how little space they have, I doubt they'll get anything other than what is supposed to be in the plans. And for the better, the last thing Fuengirola needs is more animals in inadequate exhibits.
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I was asking because I'd heard that the area was going to be the park's largest expansion yet, I thought about 20 acres? How many acres is the park currently? I figured a lot of South American species could fit into 20 acres, especially considering how many species are housed in the 25 acres Bioparc Valencia.
 
BenFoxster said:
I was asking because I'd heard that the area was going to be the park's largest expansion yet, I thought about 20 acres? How many acres is the park currently? I figured a lot of South American species could fit into 20 acres, especially considering how many species are housed in the 25 acres Bioparc Valencia.
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I did a quick measurement in Google Maps and it says that the expansion area it's 4.037,98 m². Doing some quick maths, it's basically a lil bit less than an acre.
According to, again, Google Maps, the entire park is 18.558,84 m². Not the best at math but that's more or less 4 acres and a half.
 
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SivatheriumGuy said:
I did a quick measurement in Google Maps and it says that the expansion area it's 4.037,98 m². Doing some quick maths, it's basically a lil bit less than an acre.
According to, again, Google Maps, the entire park is 18.558,84 m². Not the best at math but that's more or less 4 acres and a half.
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my bad, I’m not sure why/how I got the idea that the expansion would expand the zoo by another 20 acres, less than an acre is nothing. Thanks for letting me know and doing all the math for me.

love your profile too by the way, the Indian Gaur is one of the top species I hope to see one day
 
BenFoxster said:
Hello Luis, thank you so much, Bioparc is a beautiful zoo! Do you know if Andean bears, tapir, Andean Condors, maned wolves, mountain lions, capybaras, tamarins, coatis, capuchin monkeys, guanacos, harpy eagles, or giant anteaters will be part of the expansion? If you can’t say I understand, I’ve been looking forward to the expansion for years now.
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I visited in October 2023. Concept art showed a large walk through aviary with capuchin monkeys and free flying birds connected to the reptile house. The theming looked fantastic!
 
Adriaan said:
Is it already known when the new South America area will open? And are there any photos of the construction update?
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Nothing known for the date, you can find photos of the construction on the gallery and take a good glimpse using google maps outside of the park.
 
Ferni said:
Have you taken any photos of how is going the expansion? Did you see anything related to it appart of what you have said??
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No pictures sorry. The framework was huge, not a great width but pretty tall. The pieces of theming that cover the framework are not entirely shrouding the framework making it look very similar to the orangutan enclosure with it's mix of modernish architecture and creative temple theming.
Adriaan said:
Is it already known when the new South America area will open? And are there any photos of the construction update?
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I seem to remember it saying 2024. Can't remember when however.
 
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