Chester Zoo Game

Bell's Forest Dragon?
 
Revisiting an earlier post about the etymology of the word "macaw":-
Chlidonias said:
Macaw is from a Portuguese word macau but that is thought most likely to be from a native South American word, and apparently has no connection to Macau in China.
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The late Clinton Keeling used to have a zoological quiz at his annual Christmas Party.

A few of his favourite questions were recycled and reappeared at three or four year intervals.

One of these popular reoccurring quiz questions was "What is the derivation of the word "macaw"?

Clin's answer was that "macaw" is a corruption of "Macau" owing to the mistaken belief that these parrots came from that part of China.

I've never been able to substantiate this
 
lintworm said:
No kingfishers, colobus, walia, or elephant named Tusker either in Chester, otherwise they could be linked to beer brands....
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Nor do they have Tui or Moa, but (continuing the beer brand theme) they do have Tigers and Tuatara, so either of those?
 
no correct answers yet.

Almost everyone has been guessing types or brands of alcohol. The animal is not named after a type of alcohol.
 
Tim May said:
Revisiting an earlier post about the etymology of the word "macaw":-

The late Clinton Keeling used to have a zoological quiz at his annual Christmas Party.

A few of his favourite questions were recycled and reappeared at three or four year intervals.

One of these popular reoccurring quiz questions was "What is the derivation of the word "macaw"?

Clin's answer was that "macaw" is a corruption of "Macau" owing to the mistaken belief that these parrots came from that part of China.

I've never been able to substantiate this
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that was a widely-stated etymology, and I expect you'd still see it in some dictionaries - the idea behind it being that the birds were traded through China and hence named after Macau for that reason (rather than a belief they actually came from there), so "Macau birds" became "Macaw birds". It was one of the etymologies I knew as a child. But it seems to be one of those etymologies which were thought up on no evidence, and then took off as a fact.
 
TheWalrus said:
Or mabye it's Linke's licorice gourami? Rummy-nose tetra?
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it is Rummy-nosed Tetra, although it seems you aren't aware of the word rummy meaning an alcoholic? The fish is named "rummy-nosed" because of its red nose, like that of a heavy drinker (also known as "drinker's nose").
 
Wow, I got the answer right? That's amazing! Now, here is my first clue:

It is an animal with the name of another animal. Have fun trying to guess this, there are many species which fit this description.

-:cool::cool:TheWalrus:cool::cool:
 
Lion-tailed Macaque then, given this is displayed in the same house as the aforementioned species.
 
Here goes then....

Some in Mediterranean climes may tell a tale of a poisoner, schemer and deceiver, pointing to the graves as evidence, but in northern lands there are tales of a saint and missionary instead. The one who came second precedes here.

I will be both disappointed *and* impressed if this one is solved as fast as my last one was. As usual, I would like the logic behind any guesses to be provided.
 
Do you remember Peter Cook's old line 'I could have been a Judge, if I had the Latin'?
My O-level Latin points to Columba livia, the rock pigeon. The empress Livia, wife of Augustus, was a thoroughly nasty piece of work, according to Suetonius; while St Columba was a good egg, probably according to Bede.
 
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