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Giraffe calf born at the zoo.


First Lion cub born at the zoo for the first time in 30 years.

 
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Also, I don't know if this has been posted, but the baby Tree Kangaroo is coming out of the pouch.

 
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mstickmanp said:
Also, I don't know if this has been posted, but the baby Tree Kangaroo is coming out of the pouch.

YouTube - Adorable Tree Kangaroo Joey at the Bronx Zoo
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Was there last weekend, the tree kangaroo is now about half the size of mom and too big to get back in the pouch. The giraffe was born in February, can someone confirm this was the first birth in 30 years as I've only lived here 7 years and recall another giraffe baby? The male lion cub was born in December
 
zebedee101 said:
Was there last weekend, the tree kangaroo is now about half the size of mom and too big to get back in the pouch. The giraffe was born in February, can someone confirm this was the first birth in 30 years as I've only lived here 7 years and recall another giraffe baby? The male lion cub was born in December
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Bronx has had another giraffee somewhat recently (last few years); the lion is the first in 30 years.
 
tigertiger said:
Bronx has had another giraffee somewhat recently (last few years); the lion is the first in 30 years.
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I should learn to read more carefully!!!! thanks for confirming my reading skills are lacking but I'm not losing my memory!.
 
The bronx has added more Gelada Baboons to their fantastic exhibit. Here is a video I found:

While watching the video it felt as though I was watching Gelada Baboons in the wild.

Also, the zoo has a new interactive map in their website.
 
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I had my tour time measured with the new map and it would take me 9 and a bit hours to see everything. And that's if I only spent 35 minutes in the Congo Gorilla Forest, 31 minutes in Jungle World,18 minutes in world of birds and 35 minutes in Madagascar!. From photos I've seen all of these exhibits look excellent. Maybe we should have a zoochat trip planner. :)
 
@Pat: I've never even heard of "measuring tour times", but it sounds intriguing. My #1 complaint about the Bronx Zoo is that it is only open for 7 hours (10-5) and so on my visit in 2008 I had to rush around just to be able to see almost all of the zoo. It is such a fantastic zoo, with many amazing exhibits, and so to have to speed through certain sections is a massive shame. My wife and I chose to visit all of the bird aviaries at the end of the day, as we decided that the bird houses would be the one area that we could afford to speedily visit, and so we had to quickly glance through many of the exhibits. I think that the zoo is my personal #2 in North America (San Diego is #1) but at the Bronx the opening hours are far too short. In the summer I believe that San Diego is open for probably about 12 hours, while the Bronx never exceeds 7 hours.;)
 
That is my biggest complaint about Bronx. For someone that has never been, 7 hours is not enough time to fully enjoy this zoo (and I went when WOD and the other hoofstock/ratite yards were still open). On my last visit, I did something similar to snowleopards plan and leave birds last but Bronx's bird collection is one of its strong points and there are a lot of avian gems to see which can be missed if your rushing. If your not really into birds then I suggest snowleopards method, but you may want to consider taking 2 days and going to one of the smaller NYC zoos on the second day after finishing up Bronx.
 
I laughed to think of a complaint about a zoo being that it was too big with too much to see! :D I don't believe any of us here would want zoos to be kept to a size and/or quality to make for one leisurely visit and no bigger.
 
Zooplantman said:
I laughed to think of a complaint about a zoo being that it was too big with too much to see! :D I don't believe any of us here would want zoos to be kept to a size and/or quality to make for one leisurely visit and no bigger.
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If it means I have to visit over two or three days I'm not gonna complain. :)
 
the baby sifaka is so cute!
 
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I had no issue seeing the whole zoo in one day, and didn't even feel rushed at all, in fact I went to CGF twice and even had time for the children's zoo. I did go by myself though, so no one to slow me down.
 
Zooplantman said:
I laughed to think of a complaint about a zoo being that it was too big with too much to see! :D I don't believe any of us here would want zoos to be kept to a size and/or quality to make for one leisurely visit and no bigger.
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True, I don't want Bronx to slim down collection wise but it is an issue that needs to be addressed. NC zoo is paying $100,000 to figure out the feasibility of adding an Asia exhibit. By adding it they easily make themselves a 2 day zoo. San Diego at least is open 12 hours some parts of the year which can be done in that amount of time, barely. If Toronto added a large section or Miami those 2 zoos would be looking at the same problem. Trust me, if everybody had 2 days to enjoy a single zoo that is fine but lets be realistic. Anybody that has done a major zoo trip can tell you it is not ideal.
 
loxodonta said:
True, I don't want Bronx to slim down collection wise but it is an issue that needs to be addressed. NC zoo is paying $100,000 to figure out the feasibility of adding an Asia exhibit. By adding it they easily make themselves a 2 day zoo. San Diego at least is open 12 hours some parts of the year which can be done in that amount of time, barely. If Toronto added a large section or Miami those 2 zoos would be looking at the same problem. Trust me, if everybody had 2 days to enjoy a single zoo that is fine but lets be realistic. Anybody that has done a major zoo trip can tell you it is not ideal.
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Sorry, but Bronx isn't too big. I've done major zoo roadtrips and am one of those types of people who likes to sit and watch an animal for a good period of time. Every time I come home, I can do the zoo in a day, generally leaving by 3 during summer hours and not missing a thing. Sure, if it's ones first trip it takes some planning and can definitely leave one feeling rushed but especially with the removal of the hoofstocks behind the Birds of Prey and the Nocturnal House, it's much easier. But isn't the planning part of ANY zoo--no matter the size? I can't imagine visiting a zoo without first pulling out the map and getting an idea of all that is there.

The major thing is that most people don't visit zoos the way a lot of us do on here, looking to see everything. Many go 'oh, I don't like birds' (making Bronx a MUCH shorter trip...) or "I want to see the cat!" (and spend more time at those exhibits.
 
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