Chester Zoo Chester late 2013/Early 2014 news

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Did not see a duiker in the okapi house today, neither did I see the baby wartyhogs.

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1 Javan Banteng
4 Red-billed Pintail
3 Hottentot Teal

Black Stork and Red-billed Curassow are nesting.

The foundations for the bridge to Islands have been dug.
 
bongorob said:
Did not see a duiker in the okapi house today, neither did I see the baby wartyhogs.

bred
1 Javan Banteng
4 Red-billed Pintail
3 Hottentot Teal

Black Stork and Red-billed Curassow are nesting.

The foundations for the bridge to Islands have been dug.
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I didn't spot a bongorob at the zoo yesterday, but there were two duikers enjoying the sun in the left-hand paddock.
 
I didn't spot you either, but did not arrive until 1250. Spent a lot of time in Butterflies with Agile Gibbon and Javan Rhino.

The Green and Black Poison Dart frogs are now living with the Black-eyed Tree Frogs.
 
bongorob said:
The Green and Black Poison Dart frogs are now living with the Black-eyed Tree Frogs.
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Interesting; at least this means there is something visible and relatively active in that tank ;)
 
Birth of 0.0.2 Warthog has been announced today in a first successful breeding for Chester
 
Am I so happy for Chester! It certainly has taken a long time for them to get this far. Congrats to Mammal Team. :)
 
There are changes in the aquarium, tanks 2 and 3 are empty, the Madagascar Killiofish from tank 3 have moved to the tank formerly occupied by the elephant trunk-nosed fish, which are now in the Okapi house. Some large cichlids are in with the Roti Island snake-necked turtles
 
I popped in for a few hours yesterday and heard about two excinting new species - the llama cub (adult vicuna) and the giant rats (aardvark). Amazing.

More improtantly, I saw the beautiful banteng calf. I didn't know there was one so it was a lovely surprise. Does anyone know how old it is?
 
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I popped in for a few hours yesterday and heard about two excinting new species - the llama cub (adult vicuna) and the giant rats (aardvark). Amazing.

More improtantly, I saw the beautiful banteng calf. I didn't know there was one so it was a lovely surprise. Does anyone know how old it is?
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Banteng is about 2 weeks old. Two were born in 2013.

What do you mean by llama cub? Vicuna is a different species, and the zoo has both giant rats and aardvarks.
 
Okay, thanks. I've heard hyrax called bears, otters, beavers, porcupine, guinea pigs and giant rats.
 
Love that the escapee is called Mr Wilks

A CHEEKY monkey escaped from his enclosure at Chester Zoo – and had to be darted with a tranquilliser gun.

Mr Wilks, an endangered Sulawesi macaque, was spotted by a visitor who quickly alerted staff.

A section of the site was closed as vets tried to coax the wily creature back to his home, while visitors were given free refreshments by way of ‘ape-ology’.

Tim Rowlands, the zoo’s curator of mammals, said: “Mr Wilks was spotted by a visitor and our teams were quickly on hand. He was being a bit of a rascal about returning but he’s now safely back.
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There's a 'prop' sign in the sloth enclosure that says "Attencio, two toed sloths" and we once heard a Dad say to his kids, "Look at the attencios". There's always the classic Tropical RE-LAM too.
 
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