Well the program does say Wildlife World is the only major zoo in the country with a breeding group of Swamp Wallabies so it makes sense they'd send him there.
~Thylo
~Thylo
Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo News 2020
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Visited the zoo yesterday, first time since the entire place has reopened. They're doing a pretty fantastic job with social distancing and COVID regulation enforcement. Their system is pretty smooth with very clear markers on the ground and staff positioned across the zoo to assist visitors as well as enforce the new rules. They're maintaining limited capacity inside all of the buildings as well as the more crowded outdoor exhibits (Tiger Mountain, Congo Gorilla Forest, Butterfly Garden, Children's Zoo) and while this is obviously a good thing overall, it does make for quite some long lines forming at some of the smaller and/or more popular exhibits which can make seeing the entire zoo in a day even more difficult. I definitely suggest anyone looking to visit get to CGF and the monorail ASAP as those lines get really long. The monorail has the benefit of not allowing visitors to remain as long as they want so the line is constantly moving, however with CGF there's no time limit for guests to view the animals for and therefore that line gets long and stays long all day. The monorail line stretched down towards the little event stage the worst I saw it (which was at around 1pm). CGF shortly after was already stretching past the wild dog viewing. At around 5pm when last entry into the exhibit is supposed to be, the line still had roughly a dozen parties left in it, with two staff members having to guard the end of the line to ensure no new visitors would jump in.
As for other news:
-The Grey-Winged Trumpeters were still in the enclosure next to the Maleo, where they've been for some years now. Helmeted Curassow have yet to return to the collection and I could not find any Blue-Billed Curassow in the South American walkthrough, though a keeper mentioned that they still have them.
-I saw two of the Dholes playing momentarily before the disappeared again.
-I didn't find any sign of the Sulawesi Forest Turtles or Forsten's Tortoises in the Maleo enclosure.
-I counted 3.2 cock-of-the-rock on-exhibit, fingers crossed for future successful breeding.
-I did see one Emu in the yard outside World of Birds @Ebirah766
-I can confirm that the zoo does indeed rotate their 2.0 and 1.0 Lions, as the singleton was on-exhibit yesterday with the other two roaring from indoors. A keeper coming out of the Lion holding confirmed that they alternation on-exhibit.
-There were 1.2 North Indian Muntjac on-exhibit, with the male showing lots of mating interest in one female in particular.
-The zoo still have their remaining two Javan Langurs.
-There's at least one chevrotain loose in the middle forest bit within JW which can be viewed at the window where the female gibbon is known to hang out.
-The Timor Pythons appear to have been moved off-show with the Jungle Carpet Python having been moved in its place. No sign of the Splendid Treefrogs that were mixed with them in either JW or WoR.
-The Pygmy Slow Loris enclosure is being dismantled, not sure if it's being converted for another animal or going away entirely.
-I noticed a significant reduction in turtle species on-exhibit with the gharials in JW. Sadly, I could not find any sign of the Batagur kachuga which was on-exhibit back in January/February (very frustratingly might I add, as I cancelled my visit to the zoo planned for then). I also only noted a single Fly River Turtle and two Yellow-Headed Pond Turtles. No Iridescent Shark-Catfish anymore either unfortunately. An important note, however, is that the underwater viewing area is currently closed off to the public due to COVID and therefore it's hard to check out the underwater area properly.
-The giraffe building has reopened with the rest of the indoor exhibits.
-I noticed that the zoo has taken the temporary closure of the indoor exhibits to renovate a good few of the indoor habitats in the Mouse House and World of Reptiles; many have been completely refurnished even if they still contain the same species.
-The giant sengi have been moved off-show and the zoo's single Rock Cavy has reclaimed the enclosure.
-No agouti are currently on-show either
-The old pika enclosure finally has new residents in a group of Barbary Striped Grass Mice.
-None of the outdoor Mouse House cages held any animals yesterday.
-The last spotted skunk has died, sadly, leaving its newly refurnished enclosure empty for the timebeing.
-I also saw no spiny mice or bushbabies surprisingly, however the enclosures were still signed for them.
-I did note a lot of unsigned mice running around the bushbaby enclosure, with no sign of the Malagasy Giant Rats. I'm not sure if these were wild intruders which found their way in or surplus animals of one of the other species temporarily being housed here. Regardless, it seems the zoo's final giant rat(s) have been moved off-exhibit.
-Most interestingly, the zoo's pygmy marmosets have been moved into the Mouse House, into the old agouti/lion tamarin enclosure. The move seems new as there isn't any signage for them yet, however I am curious as to what could be in the marmoset enclosure in CGF. Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, I could not visit myself to find out.
-The World of Reptiles nursery was housing many new McCord's Box Turtles as well as a Smooth-Sided Toad and the Chinese Crocodile Lizard still.
-The Shield-Tailed Agamas are gone--not sure if they left the collection or died out--with additional Ackie's Dwarf Monitors having taken their place.
-The poison dart frog enclosure has been refurnished, with lots of new frogs added. In particular, I noticed several Blessed Poison Dart Frogs.
-The old giant musk turtle turned Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle enclosure has been given a new resident once again: one of the zoo's dwarf crocodiles. The animal is still young, but as it grows the enclosure will not hold it forever. This makes for the sixth crocodilian species to go on-exhibit at the zoo.
-Common Flat Lizard is on-exhibit unsigned with the Egyptian Tortoises.
-The Indian Spotted Pond Turtle has been moved from JW into the Giant Snake-Necked Turtle and Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle enclosure.
-The contents of the Amazon tank across from the aforementioned Australian turtle tank and adjacent to the crocodile lizard enclosure have been moved into the larger Amazon enclosure at the end of the building across from the Batagur enclosure. The larger enclosure now houses Northern Caiman Lizard, Arrau River Turtle, Big-Headed Amazon River Turtle, and Red-Headed Amazon River Turtle. Their old enclosure is now unsigned and appears to house a variety of young turtles, including Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtles and Indian Roofed Turtles.
-The old Carpet Python/tree frog and first Timber Rattlesnake/Eastern Box Turtle enclosures have both been covered over stating they're being renovated for new species. The latter enclosure already has new signage up for its future occupant: Mangshan Pitviper.
-A single female Gelada has been born this year, bringing the zoo's troop up to about 18 animals.
-The zoo is down to five ibex now and one animal is missing its horn.
-The zoo has gone out of brush-turkeys.
-In the Children's Zoo the kangaroo-rat has been replaced by a Fat-Tailed Gerbil.
-The zoo has added some Diamond Firetails to their collection, on-exhibit in the Butterfly Garden.
~Thylo
As for other news:
-The Grey-Winged Trumpeters were still in the enclosure next to the Maleo, where they've been for some years now. Helmeted Curassow have yet to return to the collection and I could not find any Blue-Billed Curassow in the South American walkthrough, though a keeper mentioned that they still have them.
-I saw two of the Dholes playing momentarily before the disappeared again.
-I didn't find any sign of the Sulawesi Forest Turtles or Forsten's Tortoises in the Maleo enclosure.
-I counted 3.2 cock-of-the-rock on-exhibit, fingers crossed for future successful breeding.
-I did see one Emu in the yard outside World of Birds @Ebirah766
-I can confirm that the zoo does indeed rotate their 2.0 and 1.0 Lions, as the singleton was on-exhibit yesterday with the other two roaring from indoors. A keeper coming out of the Lion holding confirmed that they alternation on-exhibit.
-There were 1.2 North Indian Muntjac on-exhibit, with the male showing lots of mating interest in one female in particular.
-The zoo still have their remaining two Javan Langurs.
-There's at least one chevrotain loose in the middle forest bit within JW which can be viewed at the window where the female gibbon is known to hang out.
-The Timor Pythons appear to have been moved off-show with the Jungle Carpet Python having been moved in its place. No sign of the Splendid Treefrogs that were mixed with them in either JW or WoR.
-The Pygmy Slow Loris enclosure is being dismantled, not sure if it's being converted for another animal or going away entirely.
-I noticed a significant reduction in turtle species on-exhibit with the gharials in JW. Sadly, I could not find any sign of the Batagur kachuga which was on-exhibit back in January/February (very frustratingly might I add, as I cancelled my visit to the zoo planned for then). I also only noted a single Fly River Turtle and two Yellow-Headed Pond Turtles. No Iridescent Shark-Catfish anymore either unfortunately. An important note, however, is that the underwater viewing area is currently closed off to the public due to COVID and therefore it's hard to check out the underwater area properly.
-The giraffe building has reopened with the rest of the indoor exhibits.
-I noticed that the zoo has taken the temporary closure of the indoor exhibits to renovate a good few of the indoor habitats in the Mouse House and World of Reptiles; many have been completely refurnished even if they still contain the same species.
-The giant sengi have been moved off-show and the zoo's single Rock Cavy has reclaimed the enclosure.
-No agouti are currently on-show either
-The old pika enclosure finally has new residents in a group of Barbary Striped Grass Mice.
-None of the outdoor Mouse House cages held any animals yesterday.
-The last spotted skunk has died, sadly, leaving its newly refurnished enclosure empty for the timebeing.
-I also saw no spiny mice or bushbabies surprisingly, however the enclosures were still signed for them.
-I did note a lot of unsigned mice running around the bushbaby enclosure, with no sign of the Malagasy Giant Rats. I'm not sure if these were wild intruders which found their way in or surplus animals of one of the other species temporarily being housed here. Regardless, it seems the zoo's final giant rat(s) have been moved off-exhibit.
-Most interestingly, the zoo's pygmy marmosets have been moved into the Mouse House, into the old agouti/lion tamarin enclosure. The move seems new as there isn't any signage for them yet, however I am curious as to what could be in the marmoset enclosure in CGF. Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, I could not visit myself to find out.
-The World of Reptiles nursery was housing many new McCord's Box Turtles as well as a Smooth-Sided Toad and the Chinese Crocodile Lizard still.
-The Shield-Tailed Agamas are gone--not sure if they left the collection or died out--with additional Ackie's Dwarf Monitors having taken their place.
-The poison dart frog enclosure has been refurnished, with lots of new frogs added. In particular, I noticed several Blessed Poison Dart Frogs.
-The old giant musk turtle turned Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtle enclosure has been given a new resident once again: one of the zoo's dwarf crocodiles. The animal is still young, but as it grows the enclosure will not hold it forever. This makes for the sixth crocodilian species to go on-exhibit at the zoo.
-Common Flat Lizard is on-exhibit unsigned with the Egyptian Tortoises.
-The Indian Spotted Pond Turtle has been moved from JW into the Giant Snake-Necked Turtle and Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle enclosure.
-The contents of the Amazon tank across from the aforementioned Australian turtle tank and adjacent to the crocodile lizard enclosure have been moved into the larger Amazon enclosure at the end of the building across from the Batagur enclosure. The larger enclosure now houses Northern Caiman Lizard, Arrau River Turtle, Big-Headed Amazon River Turtle, and Red-Headed Amazon River Turtle. Their old enclosure is now unsigned and appears to house a variety of young turtles, including Roti Island Snake-Necked Turtles and Indian Roofed Turtles.
-The old Carpet Python/tree frog and first Timber Rattlesnake/Eastern Box Turtle enclosures have both been covered over stating they're being renovated for new species. The latter enclosure already has new signage up for its future occupant: Mangshan Pitviper.
-A single female Gelada has been born this year, bringing the zoo's troop up to about 18 animals.
-The zoo is down to five ibex now and one animal is missing its horn.
-The zoo has gone out of brush-turkeys.
-In the Children's Zoo the kangaroo-rat has been replaced by a Fat-Tailed Gerbil.
-The zoo has added some Diamond Firetails to their collection, on-exhibit in the Butterfly Garden.
~Thylo
What does 3.2 mean? Does it mean 3, 2, 32, or something else? Sorry, I'm relatively new here so I don't understand the numbering system here.
Standard shorthand for three males and two females. Thus, 1.1 is a pair, 2.2.27 would be two sexed pairs and 27 unsexed. Hope that makes sense
Oh okay, I understand how it works now. Thanks!
Just to fix a mistake of mine, the dwarf croc makes for the seventh crocodilian species to go on-exhibit at the zoo. The zoo also exhibits American Alligator, Chinese Alligator, Cuban Crocodile, South African Nile Crocodile, Ganges Gharial, and Sunda Gharial.
~Thylo
There are no Roti Islands in the ZooCenter nor have I seen them there. There is a Mary River Turtle in with the Mertens' Water Monitor, however. Rotis can be seen in JungleWorld and, as noted, elsewhere in WoR now. I'd rather a proper enclosure be found for the dwarf crocodile in CGF considering the current one is obviously a temporary fit due to size issues, however I don't know where in CGF it could go without severely disrupting the rest exhibit.
~Thylo
It could go in the current Nile monitor exhibit, the species is already at World of Reptiles.
The animal is already larger than the pool in that enclosure
I best fit would be to convert the python enclosure into a dwarf crocodile enclosure I think, not that I want to see the python leave. I'd also like to see the WoR monitor replaced by one of the zoo's Gray's Monitor pairs 
~Thylo
@ThylacineAlive
May I ask you, are there any Red-flanked duikers left in the zoo ? A friend of mine saw the sign for them last November somewhere near nyala's paddock, but was not lucky to see any...
Thanks, Jakub
May I ask you, are there any Red-flanked duikers left in the zoo ? A friend of mine saw the sign for them last November somewhere near nyala's paddock, but was not lucky to see any...
Thanks, Jakub
I have visited before and seen the duikers. They are held in that paddock but rotate out with the male nyala.
I have not seen the duikers in a couple years now, but afaik the zoo still keeps a pair. They do not seem to be out on-exhibit much, if ever anymore.
~Thylo
~Thylo
According to their Instagram, the zoo has bred their Blue-Headed Macaws. Apparently a first for the zoo.
~Thylo
~Thylo