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Had a really good visit today

Here's a few notes from today

Napo seems to be doing OK on his own

Saw the dik dik for the first time in years

The 2 female 'offshow' blesbok were very close to the fence

The warthogs are now onshow in the bongo paddock while the bongo are offshow

I also saw all 4 Lemur species in the walkthrough for the first time including a very new baby red bellied Lemur
 
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hari Jones said:
Had a really good visit today

Here's a few notes from today

Napo seems to be doing OK on his own

Saw the dik dik for the first time in years

The 2 female 'offshow' blesbok were very close to the fence

The warthogs are now onshow in the bongo paddock while the bongo are offshow
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Are any other animals of show aswell as the bongos
 
If there are warthogs in the former bongo enclosure, why are there no bongos in the former bongo enclosure?

A lot pf species are currently offshow. A few I can think of are, tamandua and naked mole rats, (both to go onshow this year), narrow-striped mongoose, Grandidier's mongoose, secretary bird, white-backed and white-headed vulture, Mitchell's, Mount Apo and Forsten's lorikeet, yellow-backed lory, Red-vented Cockatoo, Pronk's day gecko, Ibity ground gecko, Moellendorff's ratsnake, Bermuda skink, Fernand's skink, Natalia's pricklenape and pancake tortoise.

Plus a lot of the birds in the Tropical House and the walk-through aviaries. Also lots of fish species and invertebrate species.
 
Also when I went yesterday I saw a bunch of birds behind the bird nursery they looked like pelicans to me but I might be wrong

Also bongorob when you said former bongo enclosure do you mean the former sitatunga paddock which they shared with the ostrich until 2012 or their original enclosure where the blesbok are now
 
Hari I meant the last place they were kept, where the warthogs now are. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment.

A while ago I also saw soemthing that looked like pelicans in that enclosure. Not sure what I saw but maybe the zoo has pelicans again. I could never understand why the Dalmatian Pelicans left the zoo, it was only a year (I think), earlier that the zoo achieved the first U.K. breeding, which amazingly has not been publicised.
 
bongorob said:
A while ago I also saw soemthing that looked like pelicans in that enclosure. Not sure what I saw but maybe the zoo has pelicans again. I could never understand why the Dalmatian Pelicans left the zoo, it was only a year (I think), earlier that the zoo achieved the first U.K. breeding, which amazingly has not been publicised.
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Definitely a welcome return if so.
 
bongorob said:
Hari I meant the last place they were kept, where the warthogs now are. It was a tongue-in-cheek comment.

A while ago I also saw soemthing that looked like pelicans in that enclosure. Not sure what I saw but maybe the zoo has pelicans again. I could never understand why the Dalmatian Pelicans left the zoo, it was only a year (I think), earlier that the zoo achieved the first U.K. breeding, which amazingly has not been publicised.
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They looked like great white pelicans or Dalmatians to me
 
bongorob said:
If there are warthogs in the former bongo enclosure, why are there no bongos in the former bongo enclosure?

A lot pf species are currently offshow. A few I can think of are, tamandua and naked mole rats, (both to go onshow this year), narrow-striped mongoose, Grandidier's mongoose, secretary bird, white-backed and white-headed vulture, Mitchell's, Mount Apo and Forsten's lorikeet, yellow-backed lory, Red-vented Cockatoo, Pronk's day gecko, Ibity ground gecko, Moellendorff's ratsnake, Bermuda skink, Fernand's skink, Natalia's pricklenape and pancake tortoise.

Plus a lot of the birds in the Tropical House and the walk-through aviaries. Also lots of fish species and invertebrate species.
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Zootierliste is also listing Chester as holding Margay. Is this a new development or have I missed a former discussion about this? Would be good to see Chester showing more smaller cat species imo.
 
Hopefully they'll be on show soon and if they will be the first small cat species to be on show since the serval left the zoo and before anyone says anything the only reason I'm not including the pallas cats are because they didn't last long also why did the serval leave and where in the zoo would be suitable for the margay because the zoo required them last year
 
hari Jones said:
Hopefully they'll be on show soon and if they will be the first small cat species to be on show since the serval left the zoo and before anyone says anything the only reason I'm not including the pallas cats are because they didn't last long also why did the serval leave and where in the zoo would be suitable for the margay because the zoo required them last year
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You forget the cheetahs ;)
 
I wouldn't class them as small in cat terms I'd class them in the medium range for me it goes

Big cats
Tigers
Lions
Jaguars
Leopards

Medium sized cats
Pumas
Clouded leopards
Snow leopards
Cheetahs

Small cats
Fishing cats
Ocelots
Margays
Rusty spotted cats
Sand cats
 
Not to start an argument (or even a debate) on taxonomy, but many consider Cheetah to be classified as small cats @hari Jones.

They’re not part of the Panthera genus and are the only remaining species of the genus Acinonyx. They lack the floating hyoid bone and specially adapted larynx of Big Cats, which renders them unable to roar - which is one of the reasons for their classification.
 
Margay would be lovely, not particularly sure where they would be kept however. I would have to guess the savanna side of Spirit of the Jaguar but only if the bush dogs are moved back to their old enclosure.
 
I'd think that would be a good exhibit for them once kyra the sun bear has left the zoo they could have the outdoor exhibit aswell but the problem with that it isn't the easiest enclosure to view in though
Also I noticed there was some work going on in the old bushdog enclosure and the pool had been drained
 
Zoofan15 said:
Not to start an argument (or even a debate) on taxonomy, but many consider Cheetah to be classified as small cats @hari Jones.

They’re not part of the Panthera genus and are the only remaining species of the genus Acinonyx. They lack the floating hyoid bone and specially adapted larynx of Big Cats, which renders them unable to roar - which is one of the reasons for their classification.
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True.
 
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