zoogiraffe
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Well I would think the fact the enclosures weren't finished would be a bigger one than a birth!now we know why their move to Islands has been delayed
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The question of value for money at Chester is complicated.
If you visit at the right time and get a full day out of your visit, and keep your spending to the basics it can be great value. There are even deals on the catering if you know where to look.
But like any other enterprise they have costs and need revenue, and the extras can really tot up if you let them.
As a member, the biggest advantage is not having to do a full day each visit in order to eke out for value for money. There's nothing nicer than going in for the last couple of hours in the summer when the crowds have streamed out. Even if member benefits are gradually diminishing over the last few years.
I suspect much of the perception of poor value from 'Joe Public' may come from the fact that you can walk a long way without seeing an animal at Chester if they decide to exploit the private space in their quite rightly large enclosures. I often overhear the complaints. "all this money and what have we actually seen". I can sympathise, but it doesn't make Chester any less great to me.
If you visit at the right time and get a full day out of your visit, and keep your spending to the basics it can be great value. There are even deals on the catering if you know where to look.
But like any other enterprise they have costs and need revenue, and the extras can really tot up if you let them.
As a member, the biggest advantage is not having to do a full day each visit in order to eke out for value for money. There's nothing nicer than going in for the last couple of hours in the summer when the crowds have streamed out. Even if member benefits are gradually diminishing over the last few years.
I suspect much of the perception of poor value from 'Joe Public' may come from the fact that you can walk a long way without seeing an animal at Chester if they decide to exploit the private space in their quite rightly large enclosures. I often overhear the complaints. "all this money and what have we actually seen". I can sympathise, but it doesn't make Chester any less great to me.
And either it's so insignificant no one noticed, or more probably they did know but the Chester vow of secrecy didn't allow anyone to tell us.
The first i knew about it was when I saw it on the forum.
In common with many collections Chester does not announce every death in the zoo.
zoogiraffe
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If they did it would be a never ending stream of deaths been reported,given the number of fish they keep they must have a few die each day!!
ChesterZooFan
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I don't think anyone has deliberately kept it quiet, just that no one noticed. And as has been mentioned the zoo do not publicly announce the death of an animal unless it is a long established favourite with visitors (as with Franka), or if it occurs soon after a blaze of publicity (as with the baby rhino). When I spoke to a keeper last week she was very open about the fact that there had a been a death.
Interesting to think that Subis did actually conceive before the death of her previous baby. Makes me wonder is Emma is also due to give birth anytime soon, as history has proven they usually conceive and give birth within a similar time scale? Fingers crossed....
Quick question - does anyone know why there are only 4 Asian Short clawed Otters in the enclosure next to RoRA now, when there used to be 7?
We have asked a few 'presenters' but no-one seems to know!
Any info much appreciated as these are my daughter's favourite animals.
Thanks
We have asked a few 'presenters' but no-one seems to know!
Any info much appreciated as these are my daughter's favourite animals.
Thanks
Also young female Bornean orang Latifah died some time last year - see Annual Report thread .
Correction, I first knew of the Orang Utan death via Facebook. I sometimes hear of the deaths of animals, and if I meet anyone who may be interested I let them know. Otherwise in a day or two I forget about it.
I'm sure no one deliberatly kept Orange Person in the dark, I for one, did not know.
Perhaps the others moved to Islands
littleRedPanda
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Sun Bear officially taking over the Tiger enclosure soon, although no detail of it's/their origin
ChesterZooFan
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The 3 males are now in the yurt side and single female in the smaller back enclosure that used to house the males.
Not sure what this means about the chances of a successful mating? Hopefully they have done what was required and are now back to normal.
Have to say it was a good idea to put the 3 males in the main part of the exhibit. They are far more active and offer a much better 'show' than lone female. She doesn't yet appear to like being on public view spending all her time today at the back of her enclosure, only just viewable from the covered area of boardwalk.
To be a little more specific, there are at least 3 different Microrasbora species, a small tiger barb (I think it was hexazona but that may be an error) and a few liquorice gouramis (I don't know the species - perhaps they are listed in the annual report). They were only introduced to the aquarium in the Tripa station yesterday, but they looked to be quite well settled and they will be impressive when all the lights above the tank are turned on.
There are no plans to add predators like the giant freshwater pipefish (Doryichthys boaja) which remain off-show - they would consume vast numbers of the little ones.
Alan
I knew you would remember.
The gouramis are listed as Parosphromenus sp., P.linkei and P.nagyi.
Are there any plans for a new lion enclosure???
One of the round-eared elephant shrews is now on-show in Secret World of Okapi (where spiny mice used to be)
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