Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo 2013

ThylacineAlive said:
That looks like a fantastic Blue Tree Monitor enclosure! I'm sure this will become another great Bronx Zoo exhibit!

Funny, I went all the way to Cincinnati and visited the Dragons! exhibit but now it seems Bronx is bringing a better version of the exhibit here!:p

I look forward to seeing how it all turns out.

~Thylo:cool:
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- Finay after months of construction with no announcement. I cant wait as the zoo has not had a new exhibit in a while.
 
Finally! It is out of the bag with the King of Varanids and supporting cast, even if only crumbs. That macraei enclosure is a great size, but I do not agree on the theming. It is just, meh. These guys and others of the prasinus complex, make homes on the edge of forests, not rock cliffs, that is more of a characteristic of odatria from Oz. I was pumped for this, but now I have mixed feelings. I would rather a box with deep mass, leaf litter and hollows compared to this. I just hope the varanids don't get lost in their "postcard" cages and remain the stars. Cincinnati should take notes, as Dragons! is craptastic. In the end, a box is a box. arboreal, terrestrial, aquatic and semi-aquatic mean zip in a captive setting.
 
uszoo said:
- Finay after months of construction with no announcement. I cant wait as the zoo has not had a new exhibit in a while.
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And you really do have to appreciate how much work they're putting into it. It's clever of them to open this towards the end of summer because they don't get as much visitation during the colder months so now everyone is going to want to come and see the new giant lizards. That's what I'm assuming the plan is anyway.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Gulo gulo said:
Finally! It is out of the bag with the King of Varanids and supporting cast, even if only crumbs. That macraei enclosure is a great size, but I do not agree on the theming. It is just, meh. These guys and others of the prasinus complex, make homes on the edge of forests, not rock cliffs, that is more of a characteristic of odatria from Oz. I was pumped for this, but now I have mixed feelings. I would rather a box with deep mass, leaf litter and hollows compared to this. I just hope the varanids don't get lost in their "postcard" cages and remain the stars. Cincinnati should take notes, as Dragons! is craptastic. In the end, a box is a box. arboreal, terrestrial, aquatic and semi-aquatic mean zip in a captive setting.
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- The exhibit has a lot of construction and planting left so you can not judge it yet.
 
Gulo gulo said:
Cincinnati should take notes, as Dragons! is craptastic. In the end, a box is a box. arboreal, terrestrial, aquatic and semi-aquatic mean zip in a captive setting.
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Dragons! isn't too bad although this is much better. The Komdod Dragon enclosure what pretty good and the smaller monitors had alright enclosures. I wouldn't really call any of them cages, though.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
And you really do have to appreciate how much work they're putting into it. It's clever of them to open this towards the end of summer because they don't get as much visitation during the colder months so now everyone is going to want to come and see the new giant lizards. That's what I'm assuming the plan is anyway.

~Thylo:cool:
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Yes I know. I am so excited for this. This will bring the people back to this building that has felt empty ever since the elephants left 8 years ago. I wonder what the outdoor yards will be utilized for. Im guessing komodo dragon and aldabra tortoise. These would not open to next year anyway.
 
uszoo said:
This will bring the people back to this building that has felt empty ever since the elephants left 8 years ago. I wonder what the outdoor yards will be utilized for. Im guessing komodo dragon and aldabra tortoise. These would not open to next year anyway.
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I agree! With really only rhinos to draw people in here, the building has been lacking the attention it deserves. Yes, the outdoor yards will be for Komodo Dragons and Aldabra Giant Tortoise. I can't wait to see how the whole thing turns out, including the outdoor yards.

~Thylo:cool:
 
As a varanid keeper, Dragons! was blah. All show, no function geared towards the animals. A box is a box, Thylo. It's not what it looks like or represents, but what the animals take and use from it. You can plant as much greenery as you want uszoo, the macraei will hide, if allowed. these guys live in rotted trees, hollows, burrows, etc. most monitors live "inside". these boxes don't afford them that luxury of doing what they do best, "monitor".
 
Gulo gulo said:
As a varanid keeper, Dragons! was blah. All show, no function geared towards the animals. A box is a box, Thylo. It's not what it looks like or represents, but what the animals take and use from it. You can plant as much greenery as you want uszoo, the macraei will hide, if allowed. these guys live in rotted trees, hollows, burrows, etc. most monitors live "inside". these boxes don't afford them that luxury of doing what they do best, "monitor".
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I didn't realize you kept monitors and, if you're familiar with these species and their habits and preferred captive situations, you would know what's best for these species. Would you mind posted again with attached photos of the enclosures you keep your monitors in? And please identify which enclosure is for which species if you please. Thanks!

And I'm not trying to get proof that you do keep these animals or anything, I just want to see what conditions you find is best for these species.

~Thyo:cool:
 
Gulo gulo said:
As a varanid keeper, Dragons! was blah. All show, no function geared towards the animals. A box is a box, Thylo. It's not what it looks like or represents, but what the animals take and use from it. You can plant as much greenery as you want uszoo, the macraei will hide, if allowed. these guys live in rotted trees, hollows, burrows, etc. most monitors live "inside". these boxes don't afford them that luxury of doing what they do best, "monitor".
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Well, providing places for monitors to "monitor" (i.e. hide) may be just what's needed to breed them as a hobbyist, it doesn't make much sense if the intent is to exhibit them, which of course is the primary reason the Bronx is spending big bucks on these displays (which in the end will no doubt be furnished with plenty of substrate, plants and branches).
 
reduakari said:
Well, providing places for monitors to "monitor" (i.e. hide) may be just what's needed to breed them as a hobbyist, it doesn't make much sense if the intent is to exhibit them, which of course is the primary reason the Bronx is spending big bucks on these displays (which in the end will no doubt be furnished with plenty of substrate, plants and branches).
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I agree 100 percent. This zoo keeps many of its reptiles off exhibit. The species that actually breed are not usually on exhibit. Thats why in the reptile houses nursury there are always new species that I did not know were at the zoo.
 
For the record the zoo obviously does provide the environment these species need to breed off-show as they've recently had a Merten's Water Monitor birth and the last time I was at the zoo there was a baby Varanus acanthurus brachyurus in the nursery.

~Thylo:cool:
 
TeamTapir223 said:
Pat I would like to solve the puzzle ! World of Birds will close for maintainence on Mon July 22 LMAO :D

Team Tapir223
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I'm sorry, that's incorrect.

What is, the World of Birds will be closed for maintenance on Mon July 22.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
:D

I have to find time to go now! Of course it's not like they grow too quickly. I was really starting to wonder when they would breed their Indian Rhinos! Looks like Bronx has 10 rhinos now!

~Thylo:cool:
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- I am not sure if they have 10 or 8 Indian rhinos as the monorail guide for me was not clear if the zoos white rhinos were included. The zoo last bred there rhinos in 2008 when 2 births occured.
 
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