Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Cincinnati Zoo News 2023

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Here is the official list of this years Zoo Babies celebration.

Zoo Babies - Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden®

1. Fritz, the Hippo
2. Unnamed Bat-eared Fox Kits (2)
3. Pipsqueak, Southern Three-banded Armadillo
4. Rozi, Cheetah
5. Kip, Northern White-cheeked Gibbon (adopted by Buff-cheeked Gibbons)
5. Calliope, Piccolina and Soleil, Manatees
6. Larkin, African Penguin
7. Goetta, Schnecken, Waffle & Coney, Blue Penguins
8. Gila Monster
9. Aruba Island Rattlesnake
10. Orchid Mantis
11. Crocodile Skink
12. Pascagoula Map Turtle
13. Armadillo lizard
14. Marbled Crayfish
15. Thorny Devil Walking Stick

Expecting:
1. Lightning, the sloth
2. Stevie, the bongo
3. Kuvua, the okapi
 
Does anyone know if the baby bat eared foxes are on public display? And if so where can you view them?
 
ZooNerd said:
Does anyone know if the baby bat eared foxes are on public display? And if so where can you view them?
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I believe they are off display as the species is an ambassador animal only. The Zoo Babies thread on their site specifies where to see the animals and they don't have a location listed.
 
Took a hike up to the picnic area near the C.R.E.W. building to get a better grasp on the size of Elephant Trek and... wow. There's no real way to get a concept of how big this thing is from a photo with all of the trees, but if you take a look at this photo from the rear of the future Elephant House from @Moebelle and look for it off in the distance in the other photo from today, you can maybe get an idea.

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There have also been two more video updates about Elephant Trek posted to the zoo's YouTube channel, the latest with a look inside the current state of the Elephant House, along with the best view you can get of the entire exhibit area:

There are a lot more construction materials at the future site of Bear Ridge/Sea Otter Coast. Looks like a little bit more progress has been made on sea otter holding but not much else that I could see.
 
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There are conflicting sources as to which species of bamboo lemur was at the Cincinnati Zoo as the last of the species in the United States of America. Is anyone able to shed some light on this for me?
 
I went for the first time today. I think they introduced a new black footed cat as there was a cat carrier in the exhibit and the poor guy was very freaked out in its new place doing some very fast stereotypie pacing. There was also a new sand cat, still confined in the carrier at the top of the exhibit. The pre-existing sand cat once climbed up to the top to boop noses with the new sand cat through the bars, seems introductions are going smooth. Ocelot and American alligator were off exhibit as they both currently have a stay at the vet; apparently the poor ocelot has issues with her skin and fur specifically. Was a baby Nicobar pigeon already recorded? It was mostly naked with a few pinfeathers but it sat on the branch by itself just fine. The outdoor free flight aviary was closed, but I could peak in enough to see ring billed gulls, pied imperial pigeons, and a seriema and magpie goose fighting while squawking extremely loud. We had to be escorted by a keeper around part of the path in Roo Valley near the exit because there was a particularly massive red kangaroo lying in the middle of it and no matter what she tried he refused to move. And while not news, I got to hear gibbon calls for the first time (which carried out to much of the southeast zoo, man they are LOUD) and an African pink backed pelican yawned so hard that its bill went inside out all slimy and gross. That was slightly horrifying.
 
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Are the three old female Grey's crowned guenons still alive? If so, will someone be posting here on ZooChat if and when the Grey's crowned guenons go back on display in the sifaka winter enclosure? I'm thinking there is a possibility that they have already moved.
 
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Are the three old female Grey's crowned guenons still alive? If so, will someone be posting here on ZooChat if and when the Grey's crowned guenons go back on display in the sifaka winter enclosure? I'm thinking there is a possibility that they have already moved.
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I do believe they are still alive as on my last visit, around April 15th, they were in the sifakas indoor area. ( I did only see 2 however not sure about the 3rd)
 
wild boar said:
Are the three old female Grey's crowned guenons still alive? If so, will someone be posting here on ZooChat if and when the Grey's crowned guenons go back on display in the sifaka winter enclosure? I'm thinking there is a possibility that they have already moved.
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Saw one today indoors.
 
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