Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Discussion and Questions 2024
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Lafone
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I took a photo of the updated chimp board when I was there in October if it helps.
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Boris is I believe now the oldest Chimp in the UK.
I think Toto at the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is a year older than Boris.
They were taken only last week. I thought it was Stevie, but couldn't see the hernia, but I didn't have a clear view.
Thank you, I did have the image as well, but unfortunately I still couldn't figure it out.
At the end Boris quickly dips the foot that hit the glass into the water of the moat. Was it painful or just dirty I wonder? And his 'grinning' face before he charges shows his mixed emotions faced with someone he evidently knows well.
They have 3.1, offshow at the moment.
I wonder if the older male offspring will go to YWP in due course as they lost their own male. Might depend on his age for one thing.
Chester has aye-ayes,
Coquerel's sifakas
Lac Alaotra bamboo, red and white-belted black and white ruffed, red-bellied, ring-tailed, black, and crowned lemurs
eastern pygmy marmosets
bearded emperor, golden-headed lion, pied and cotton-top tamarins
Yellow-breasted capuchin
Colombian black spider monkeys
Coquerel's sifakas
Lac Alaotra bamboo, red and white-belted black and white ruffed, red-bellied, ring-tailed, black, and crowned lemurs
eastern pygmy marmosets
bearded emperor, golden-headed lion, pied and cotton-top tamarins
Yellow-breasted capuchin
Colombian black spider monkeys
I'm not 100% but I think the younger one looks more like Annie. My initial thought on the older chimp was Chrissie. The outdoor photo here is Stevie and the indoor one is Annie if these help you at all. These were taken nearly a year ago though so they may have changed a bit since then.
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hari Jones
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If used to be used for the bornean orangs before the sumatrans moved to islands and it has also held the silvery gibbons and the Asian short clawed otters in the past
Moorhunhe
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We visited yesterday.
Honestly, we didn't really look much into the weather, as it's 2 hours away anyway and going by train, so aren't that bothered.
So we didn't actually knew it snowed like that over there.
There was quite a few school trips going on, but in general it was very quiet everywhere. And it looked really pretty, still snow everywhere.
Quite some animals were being kept inside.
Visit #6, still no sightings of the Okapi youngster *cries*
We found a new bit to the zoo, we've not seen in our past 5 trips. The Monkey house.
We're not super interested in monkey's, so usually don't really go out of our way, but we both just suddenly noticed this door to all the inside enclosures.
Quite a few youngsters in there too (Spider Monkey and Mandrill).
Also for the first time we went to see the Chimpanzee's. There were 2 little ones we saw.
The young Sifaka looks so big now! The Lemur walkthrough was closed all day.
And the Fossa were asleep, with mom on the ground, and the youngsters in the tree.
Later in the day, they were all outside, there was a sack outside the mother was tearing apart (and being quite nasty towards the kids if they came near it).
While boyfriend went to the Tigers, I stayed at the Fossa/Sifaka.
It was around 3pm already, and I couldn't bring myself up to walk to the Tigers, and then almost time again to leave for closing time (I'm not the best walking around all day).
Off course I'm annoyed now, because all 4 Tigers were sitting around in very good view and great for pictures. But at least he got some really nice ones of the cubs, and he managed to see them finally on this visit, so I'm happy for him
Inca was outside, and the keeper had put some meet around the enclosure, so we saw her on top of the hill a few times, and climbing in the tree.
The male inside was walking around quite a bit, so got a good view of him too this time.
Just a bit miffed I just can't manage to see the young Okapi, and with the path to the Black Rhino's closed, not sure we'll get a chance to see baby from behind the café.
Such is life ... next time
Honestly, we didn't really look much into the weather, as it's 2 hours away anyway and going by train, so aren't that bothered.
So we didn't actually knew it snowed like that over there.
There was quite a few school trips going on, but in general it was very quiet everywhere. And it looked really pretty, still snow everywhere.
Quite some animals were being kept inside.
Visit #6, still no sightings of the Okapi youngster *cries*
We found a new bit to the zoo, we've not seen in our past 5 trips. The Monkey house.
We're not super interested in monkey's, so usually don't really go out of our way, but we both just suddenly noticed this door to all the inside enclosures.
Quite a few youngsters in there too (Spider Monkey and Mandrill).
Also for the first time we went to see the Chimpanzee's. There were 2 little ones we saw.
The young Sifaka looks so big now! The Lemur walkthrough was closed all day.
And the Fossa were asleep, with mom on the ground, and the youngsters in the tree.
Later in the day, they were all outside, there was a sack outside the mother was tearing apart (and being quite nasty towards the kids if they came near it).
While boyfriend went to the Tigers, I stayed at the Fossa/Sifaka.
It was around 3pm already, and I couldn't bring myself up to walk to the Tigers, and then almost time again to leave for closing time (I'm not the best walking around all day).
Off course I'm annoyed now, because all 4 Tigers were sitting around in very good view and great for pictures. But at least he got some really nice ones of the cubs, and he managed to see them finally on this visit, so I'm happy for him
Inca was outside, and the keeper had put some meet around the enclosure, so we saw her on top of the hill a few times, and climbing in the tree.
The male inside was walking around quite a bit, so got a good view of him too this time.
Just a bit miffed I just can't manage to see the young Okapi, and with the path to the Black Rhino's closed, not sure we'll get a chance to see baby from behind the café.
Such is life ... next time