We just cross-posted the exact same sentiment, but I forgot about Yellow-footed - yes, please! C'mon Bristol, don't let us down.
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We just cross-posted the exact same sentiment, but I forgot about Yellow-footed - yes, please! C'mon Bristol, don't let us down.
BongoHardwood
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It doesn't specify species in any of the planning documents I read, so there is hope! Though as you have both said in all likeliness it'll be a common species. Does the fact that its walk through support that theory? I haven't visited anywhere near as many zoos as a lot of the members on here but I don't know of any walk through wallaby exhibits with those more unusual species you have mentioned. Can anyone enlighten me on this?
I've been in walkthroughs with Red-necked, Parma, Tammar, Yellow-footed Rock, Swamp and Agile Wallabies, and various combinations thereof, so any of those at least would be possible (also kangaroos, although the fact they've called it 'wallaby walkthrough' would seem to rule them out).
Tierpark Berlin has a walkthrough enclosure containing Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus), Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus) and Eastern Wallaroo (Macropus robustus robustus) - although the second of those species is ubiquitous, the former and latter are much more unusual.
Pah... Berlin's isn't a proper walkthrough (nice set of species though!). You just go through a tall fence to stand behind a smaller one, looking at them from the edge of a paddock! I didn't actually think of it when making the list above.
Worth saying, I'm absolutely fine with Red-necked plus something else - Red-necked are perfectly nice animals - but Red-necked alone is just a little predictable.
Worth saying, I'm absolutely fine with Red-necked plus something else - Red-necked are perfectly nice animals - but Red-necked alone is just a little predictable.
BongoHardwood
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Ah so they do exist! Have any uk zoos ever had a walk through with any species other than red necked?
South Lakes have had all sorts in theirs over the years - certainly including Agile and Parma (and Swamp?).
sooty mangabey
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The exhibit will feature animals more unusual than the ubiquitous red necked wallabies.
zoogiraffe
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I am sure Bristol will have one of the more interesting Wallaby walk through exhibits,and I wouldn't be surprised if they went a bit different species wise,you only have to look at some of the other species they keep to realise that Bristol do like having odd versions of the normal species!
Parma wallabies at Cotswold too. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them at Bristol. Bettongs might be another possibility.
Alan
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Bristol Zoo no longer has Cassowary. This enclosure now holds a male Visayan Warty Pig.
The cassowary were not on show at Wild Place either when I had a very enjoyable visit last Thursday . Some photos to follow in due course . It was quite busy with a school and nursery group , plus mothers and toddlers enjoying the November sunshine .
I have just downloaded the details of the Wallaby Walkthrough from the Bristol planning website. It will be on the site of the enclosure that previously held the okapi (and before that cassowary, zebra etc). The present stable building will be retained, but the existing fence will be replaced by a 9 metre high mesh fence and a mesh roof. Unless they are providing the wallabies with a bouncy castle or a trampoline, and neither are shown in the plans, I think we can expect to see some Australian birds in the exhibit too. I would like to see Barraband and elegant grass parakeets, but there are many other attractive possibilities 
Alan
Alan
There are indeed - I'd rather like to see species such as Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae), Red-faced Finch (Neochmia ruficauda), Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii) or Diamond Dove (Geopelia cuneata), all of which are rather nice Australian species which I have seen mixed well at Zoo Magdeburg, and which would make a change from the near-obligatory parakeet taxa which will likely also be held.
zoogiraffe
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Or may be even some Wild Budgies!
They are all nice species, but rather small for a walk-through as they might leak out a bit
and they wouldn't need an aviary 9 metres high: I have seen wedge-tailed eagles in aviaries with less height, but I'm not suggesting them for a walk-through either. There is only a tiny pool in the plan, so I don't think waterfowl are on the cards; I have been trying to think of other medium-sized Aussie birds which aren't too predatory (on wallaby joeys and small children) and would perch out of the way of the wallabies and I can only come up with tawny frogmouths, which wouldn't use the space much either. Larger parakeets like Barrabands or Kings would look wonderful in flight and they are not found in many UK zoos.Of course there are other possibilities - how about a New Guinea walk-though with Dorcopsis wallabies and tree kangaroos, plus Stella's lorikeets and the odd bird of paradise? Or Bennet's wallabies, cockatiels and zebra finches?
Alan
