Busch Gardens Tampa Busch Gardens Notes and News
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Nile Hippo Expert
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The three gorilla boys have officially moved to Tampa. The troop that Jacksonville got in return from BGT was a 1.2 family troop consisting of father Jim (36), mother Tinga (19), and daughter Whimsie Adepa (8).
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On November 10th, it was announced that the park transferred a (1.0) common brown lemur Merlot back to the Lemur Conservation Foundation in Florida in October.
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On February 6th, it was reported that the park reopened the SkyRidge gondolas on February 2nd.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reopens SkyRide attraction
On February 15th, the park announced that a (1.0) African lion named Simon passed away at age 17 due to a decline in health.
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On November 10th, it was announced that the park transferred a (1.0) common brown lemur Merlot back to the Lemur Conservation Foundation in Florida in October.
Lemur Conservation Foundation
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On February 6th, it was reported that the park reopened the SkyRidge gondolas on February 2nd.
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay reopens SkyRide attraction
On February 15th, the park announced that a (1.0) African lion named Simon passed away at age 17 due to a decline in health.
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I believe they were a semi-temporary exhibit similar to the giant pandas around that same time.
Spike
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Nile Hippo Expert
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Five new chimpanzees have arrived, joining Cookie and Sally, but their names and places they came from have not been announced yet.
Where did you get this info from?
Nile Hippo Expert
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It was posted by @Robyn Graham in the chimpanzee population thread.
Nile Hippo Expert
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According to the population thread, their names are Ike, Wendy, Finn, Pat, and Echo. I will find out about where they are from when I visit next week.
Nile Hippo Expert
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Official announcement of the new chimps' arrival:
Five new chimps swing into Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Busch Gardens Tampa now holds 3.4 chimpanzees.
Visited park 2 days this week.
Lion(s) were a no show both days.
Learned that the Asian Elephants have to be managed as 2 groups, as 2 of the older cows both want to be dominant. Been an issue since Spike left and they decided to stop reintegration attempts for the well being and safety of the older girls.
They still talk about giraffes being reticulated species, education team on tour likely just uninformed when asked. I do wish they would not make things up though, it gets past most guests but irritates the ZooChat peeps.
The 5 new chimps were out, did not see the 7 integrated yet either day.
The new gorilla troop looked well adjusted!
Lion(s) were a no show both days.
Learned that the Asian Elephants have to be managed as 2 groups, as 2 of the older cows both want to be dominant. Been an issue since Spike left and they decided to stop reintegration attempts for the well being and safety of the older girls.
They still talk about giraffes being reticulated species, education team on tour likely just uninformed when asked. I do wish they would not make things up though, it gets past most guests but irritates the ZooChat peeps.
The 5 new chimps were out, did not see the 7 integrated yet either day.
The new gorilla troop looked well adjusted!
Nile Hippo Expert
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According to a Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo keeper from when I visited today, the park will acquire a 4 year old 0.1 Southern White Rhinoceros named Kayin from LPZ on a breeding recommendation in the coming weeks.
King of Komodo Dragons
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A female Bornean Orangutan was born via c-section, the mom Luna is currently recovering, hopefully she accepts the baby and raiser her when she recovers!
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Nile Hippo Expert
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On June 17th, the theme park announced that (1.2) Bornean orangutans Madju, Luna, and Stella are back on display.
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On June 21st, the theme park announced that a (0.1) generic giraffe was born on June 19th.
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Nile Hippo Expert
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This surprises me because they only had one male giraffe, Bernie, who is neutered, when I visited on March 21st, so did they transfer Titan (the calf's sire), elsewhere then?