Yes, the spiny mice are to the right of the grass mice
Chester Zoo Chester Zoo News 2022
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hari Jones
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Yes they are in the enclosure they've been in since the start of the year the grass mice are in the enclosure that most recently displayed a bat wing bone
Other updates I noticed today were
The tamandua enclosure looks almost finished viewing windows have been installed
The painted dogs were putting on a great show in the old cheetah enclosure and an unfortunate magpie met his end in there
The old malayan tapir enclosure has been turned into a picnic area which I find annoying
Also putting on a great show today was napo the jaguar
And also a red panda is on display in the last netted enclosure before you exit Realm of the Red ape
Other updates I noticed today were
The tamandua enclosure looks almost finished viewing windows have been installed
The painted dogs were putting on a great show in the old cheetah enclosure and an unfortunate magpie met his end in there
The old malayan tapir enclosure has been turned into a picnic area which I find annoying
Also putting on a great show today was napo the jaguar
And also a red panda is on display in the last netted enclosure before you exit Realm of the Red ape
Where is the tamandua enclosure?
hari Jones
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In between miniature monkeys and capybara and and anteater enclosure
Hopefully the tamandua will go on display in the next few months then.
I'm not really surprised that the old Malayan Tapir enclosure got turned into a picnic area, that enclosure hasn't had anything more than temporary inhabitants in a while and that building is going to be demolished eventually anyway. Is the house open to the public yet? I swear it has been closed off since the pandemic.
hari Jones
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No it's still closed but there is now a wooden gate in front of the door so I highly doubt it will reopen now
hari Jones
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The last time I was in the cattle house was February 2020
If the zoo holds Lemiscomys barbarus it is a new species. The previous striped mice were L.striatus and L.zebra.
hari Jones
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Wernt those striped mice in the okapi House if I remember correctly
Looks like me and you Bongorob will need to go into the bat house foyer next year to see a new mouse species but as you know, I am not a fan of entering that building as the smell puts me off.
They were.
hari Jones
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Another update I forgot to mention from today is that the javan green magpies weren't onshow in dragons in danger and the signage had been removed aswell so I don't know what's happened to them I don't know if they've moved back to islands or moved offshow
And the sunbitterns are no longer free flying in tropical Realm and are now living with the white winged duck
And the sunbitterns are no longer free flying in tropical Realm and are now living with the white winged duck
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It sounds like Tuan is off show again, if there's a red panda in that section of ROTRA.
AFAIK the magpies in DiD were offspring of the breeding pair off-show, I wonder if they have moved to another collection. Did you go into the walkthrough aviary in Islands? It's possible they have moved back to their original enclosure where the Sumatran laughingthrush were.
Is Tuan not in the offshow area near the entrance to ROTRA with what used to be the old enclosure?
hari Jones
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No I didn't because all the walkthrough aviaries were closed due to bird flu however monsoon forest amd tropical Realm are open
I realised that I might be wrong after posting. I should have checked
