Chester Zoo Chester Zoo News 2024
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I suspect that with a massive public aquarium (not to mention three excellent aquarium shops, which far too many people treat as free zoos) just down the road it's not so much a matter of the Zoo not being able to afford new aquaria as of its not being able to make a business case for them.
Absolutely! It seems bonkers to go to the trouble of streaming the event without announcing it beforehand
Gorillas have been off the plans for a while now, since a change in the zoo management and changes to the masterplan.
thejestermk2
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Was there any mention of the small indoor exhibit that was on the plans? There has been physical marketing in the zoo advertising the Cobras, Naked Mole-Rats and Dung Beetles. Believe the original plans had locusts, pit vipers and geckos too.
Yes there was. Unfortunately the sound was not at all good at that time, so I missed it.
No problem @bongorob; I'm really grateful for the response anyway! Dylan has been alpha for quite a while, (I believe he took the position from Boris around twenty years ago), so I was wondering how the group would react to the power struggle and threat/ change to the "status quo" that has existed for a substantial chunk of their collective lives.
Visited Chester today.
Giraffe House was closed, presumably beacuse they have a baby.
Butterfiles was closed.
Oakfield Lawn, Rockery and Roman Garden area was closed. Looks like a Snow Leopard (or two) is/are at Chester.
The owls and Asian birds in the old owl aviaires all have new labels.
Finally saw an Asian Giant Toad, and I forgot to put my camera battery in after charging it last night, so no photograph; I'll probably never see one again.
Giraffe House was closed, presumably beacuse they have a baby.
Butterfiles was closed.
Oakfield Lawn, Rockery and Roman Garden area was closed. Looks like a Snow Leopard (or two) is/are at Chester.
The owls and Asian birds in the old owl aviaires all have new labels.
Finally saw an Asian Giant Toad, and I forgot to put my camera battery in after charging it last night, so no photograph; I'll probably never see one again.
I was there too , spent a nice couple of hours watching the lions
I was also there today and saw the toad for the first time aswell.
Also saw the Philippine chevrotain finally.
Charles
Well-Known Member
Sorry I missed an earlier post what’s happening with the chimps?
Both Carlos and Eric are entering their 20's now so they're at a stage where it's really now or never. Usually you'd see males begin challenging a little bit earlier, but obviously now that these two are in their primes they'd be a far more difficult force to reckon with. In saying that, female support is crucial and neither have their mothers still with them, which would theoretically make it harder for them.
In one of the aviaries in the Dragons in Danger building. It can be a challenge to spot as it’s in an aviary behind an aviary.
And I’ve been trying to see it for the last 6 or 7 visits and only got lucky today!