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Water Dragon
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Are the babirusa still on the former anoa island?
They were still as of the 20th of February
Water Dragon
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Thanks magpiegoose! I think Chester has way too many different enclosures for these guys (about four I think) when they could be used for a new species.
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I thought that was going to be the reason behind it. 
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If you compare the lazy river boat ride to the old water bus, which one do you think was the most enjoyable out of the two? I have never been on either so I would like to see what you guys think.
For seeing animals the 'Lazy River Boat' in Islands is much better. Although you get to see more animals, I preferred the Water Bus because it was quite and more relaxing rather than the one in Islands which feels like a theme park ride. I'm not saying I dislike the one round Islands as I like seeing animals at different angles but I don't feel quite as relaxed as I did on the Water Bus.
[QUOTE="Water Dragon, post: 1013982, member: 14380"I think Chester has way too many different enclosures for these guys (about four I think) when they could be used for a new species.[/QUOTE]
There are indeed four onshow; the one in Islands, the old anoa island, one of the holding pens behind the Giraffe House (visible from the path between the butterflies and Spirit of the Jaguar) and the shared one with the Asian small-clawed otter.
And considering what's going on with the zoo's breeding successes I would say give them as many as they can!
There are indeed four onshow; the one in Islands, the old anoa island, one of the holding pens behind the Giraffe House (visible from the path between the butterflies and Spirit of the Jaguar) and the shared one with the Asian small-clawed otter.
And considering what's going on with the zoo's breeding successes I would say give them as many as they can!
Thanks I think yes I do get quite irate on hereDamn stop telling people that I am nicer in real life it means people might actually start speaking to me when they see me in a zoo
Speak? I just hide!
The Water Bus was good when it was a bus i.e. you could get on and off at different stops. When it just became a round trip it rather lost its purpose, though the giraffe views were still rather good!
Indeed
I'd much rather see half a dozen babirusa exhibits in a single zoo than I would half a dozen meerkat exhibits as found in one or two other UK collections......
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I see your point TLD! I think anyone could agree that meerkats are slowly starting to take over our zoos
Chester do make me smile with meerkats. They acknowledge that the public demand them, but have located their exhibit in the most out of the way dead end in the zoo. And put them in a crummy exhibit.
I wish I had a fiver for every time I had slog all the way there when the children were young, because we just had to see the meerkats.
Chester could, of course, have made a little concession to populism and put the blimming meerkats somewhere on the main routes.
Happily, my daughters are now far more interested in mouse deer than meerkats.
I wish I had a fiver for every time I had slog all the way there when the children were young, because we just had to see the meerkats.
Chester could, of course, have made a little concession to populism and put the blimming meerkats somewhere on the main routes.
Happily, my daughters are now far more interested in mouse deer than meerkats.
I've brought 'em up right Rob
I do often think, when we're at Chester together looking for the aforementioned mouse deer, or dik-dik, or cloud rat, or no end of other important and interesting to children species, that the vast majority of Chester Zoo visiting families don't even know the zoo house these animals. They aren't on any maps. They aren't told. The zoo could really do better.
And in the mean time I'm not surprised that meerkats are so popular. They know they're there. Even if the zoo rather snootily makes families go way off the beaten track to find them.
I do often think, when we're at Chester together looking for the aforementioned mouse deer, or dik-dik, or cloud rat, or no end of other important and interesting to children species, that the vast majority of Chester Zoo visiting families don't even know the zoo house these animals. They aren't on any maps. They aren't told. The zoo could really do better.
And in the mean time I'm not surprised that meerkats are so popular. They know they're there. Even if the zoo rather snootily makes families go way off the beaten track to find them.
Water Dragon
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I never really thought that the missing animals on maps was a major problem at Chester but they so miss a few out such as the howler monkeys, lemurs, prevost's squirrels, rainbow aviary, curassows & jays, tsavo bird safari, tragopans and a few other aviaries; as well as a few indoor areas such as Elephants of the Asian Forest and Secret World of the Okapi.
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