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A couple of quick points: the zoo have bred the pygmy marmoset and they're rearing two young. A number of bird species have moved to the new aviary in Islands. These include Javan green magpie that have gone into an annexed aviary that is disappointingly small by all accounts. No other animals have moved, so the opening date remains unknown (or not divulged).
 
SMR said:
A couple of quick points: the zoo have bred the pygmy marmoset and they're rearing two young. A number of bird species have moved to the new aviary in Islands. These include Javan green magpie that have gone into an annexed aviary that is disappointingly small by all accounts. No other animals have moved, so the opening date remains unknown (or not divulged).
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Sounds like I just missed seeing this species then. :( Oh well.
 
I hope that all of the species currently in Europe on the Edge make it to the new aviary. The old condor aviary is smaller than the current Europe on the Edge exhibit but it is still a good sized aviary. I have seen smaller aviaries at other zoos with even more species squashed into them.
 
One other thing I would like to say is that it is so good to see that so many off-show species coming on-show now. We have seen it in the reptiles such as spiky-tailed iguanas, ploughshare tortoises, boelen's pythons, emerald skinks, roti island snake-necked turtles, etc; bird species such as the green magpies, tragopans, and many of the pheasant species; amphibians such as the lake patzcuaro salamanders, borneo eared frogs, etc; fish such as the Palifina bettas and Pinstripe Dambas, as well as many more in the Aquarium and Monsoon Forest; and invertebrates such as the emerald cockroach wasps, and many of the phasmid species. I am sure that there are still more to go on-show. I have my fingers crossed for the tree-kangaroo and the red-headed ratsnakes to be making an appearance soon. :)
 
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One other thing I would like to say is that it is so good to see that so many off-show species coming on-show now. We have seen it in the reptiles such as spiky-tailed iguanas, ploughshare tortoises, boelen's pythons, emerald skinks, roti island snake-necked turtles, etc; bird species such as the green magpies, tragopans, and many of the pheasant species; amphibians such as the lake patzcuaro salamanders, borneo eared frogs, etc; fish such as the Palifina bettas and Pinstripe Dambas, as well as many more in the Aquarium and Monsoon Forest; and invertebrates such as the emerald cockroach wasps, and many of the phasmid species. I am sure that there are still more to go on-show. I have my fingers crossed for the tree-kangaroo and the red-headed ratsnakes to be making an appearance soon. :)
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I'd say you forgot the blue legged mantellas,but they are quite elusive.
Boelen's pythons used to be on show in Dragons in Danger,then went off show and are now of course on show in Realm of the Red Ape.
I've still got a slight sliver of hope that Chester will get some more venomous snakes in the future.
 
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