Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Spring 2015
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Linda died in 1975 at Chester, aged about 18 months I think.
karoocheetah
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I'm not sure of the exact date, mid January 2015. He was paired with Nyota at Port Lympne and they did mate so fingers crossed he managed to get her pregnant
I just checked- according to my list she was born November 1973, died March 1976, so about two and a half. The first one 'Reginald' (named after Bristol Zoo director) I think went to Moscow? Not sure if he bred. 'Jaspa/er' went to Paignton and much later to Port Lympne but sadly was never to father a calf.
PL have lost quite a few they have taken from other places over the years, mostly bulls- Bwana, Jasper, Jos, Quinto etc but they were all adult, and some were already old on arrival, but now this younger one too.
Reginald was sent to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan in 1970 and lived there until his death in 1989 (no breeding though).
Another article about the Black rhino calf at Chester :
Black Rhino Birth Caught on Camera at Chester Zoo - ZooBorns
Black Rhino Birth Caught on Camera at Chester Zoo - ZooBorns
zoogiraffe
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Short term aim learn the husbandry of the species,next step is bred the species!Hopefully sometime this year they might go on-show!
I wonder if they will go on-show in the okapi house.
zoogiraffe
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That is a place that has been mentioned for them,but they don't come from the same location as the Okapi so they may end up some where else in the zoo,and something else could go in the Okapi House!
ChesterZooFan
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Great to see more small mammals in the collection. I would suggest that long term they, as well as the naked mole rats, should go on exhibit in the African Savannah side of the zoo. Will obviously require a new enclosed exhibit to be built and no idea what the timescale or location for that would be....? One possibility would be to get rid of the video display room in the painted dogs viewing hut and turn that into an additional exhibit. I know the educational aspect of the video is important but there is seldom many people watching it and the tv could always be re-sighted to an alternative location on the wall.....just a thought?
Another possibility that occurs to me would be to house them with the Cape Hyrax, if the two species were deemed safe to mix - which they may well not be.
I'd be amazed if they were mixed with the hyrax - I've only ever seen them in well-heated indoor-only exhibits. I've seen them mixed with other species (Four-striped Grass Mouse, Pancake Tortoise, Uromastyx...) but only other members of the 'glass-tank-and-heat-lamp' club.
I have seen Rufous Elephant Shrew and Red-legged Sun Squirrel mixed at Cologne - but again, in an all-indoor exhibit.
This is a good idea, I very rarely see more than 1-2 people in cinema. It would be nice for them to insulate it and get a few reptile vivs in there. Angolan python and black mambas would be a good display.
I don't think they would mix them with the hyrax, aside from the points mentioned above I doubt they would be rarely seen.
Chester Zoo is home to one of the largest collection of carnivorous pitcher plants (Nepenthes) ever seen in the UK and has now been awarded National Plant Collection status by plant conservation charity, Plant Heritage.
Chester Zoo wins pitcher plant collection status | Horticulture Week
Chester Zoo wins pitcher plant collection status | Horticulture Week
Just a few observations from my visit today:
-There is a stunning new display of bromeliads in the pool as you enter the tropical realm
-2 empty aviaries upstairs in the tropical realm, quite a few of the bleeding-heart doves seem to have gone.
-2 new displays in the aquarium, a UK marine tank featuring corkwing wrasse and shannies, and a large shoal of rainbow shiner
-Saw two of the tiger cubs wrestling, but no sign of a third.
-Lots of freshly emerged butterflies in the butterfly house
-There is a stunning new display of bromeliads in the pool as you enter the tropical realm
-2 empty aviaries upstairs in the tropical realm, quite a few of the bleeding-heart doves seem to have gone.
-2 new displays in the aquarium, a UK marine tank featuring corkwing wrasse and shannies, and a large shoal of rainbow shiner
-Saw two of the tiger cubs wrestling, but no sign of a third.
-Lots of freshly emerged butterflies in the butterfly house
I saw the shiners about a month ago but could not identify them. Thanks for the info.
ChesterZooFan
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One of the cubs is very shy and rarely ventures out....the other 2 are a lot more confident.
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