They want to put a penguin exhibit in an area that is known for flooding. I want to know were exactly they are going to squeeze it in there unless they are going to make the grass seating at the amphitheater smaller.
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They want to put a penguin exhibit in an area that is known for flooding. I want to know were exactly they are going to squeeze it in there unless they are going to make the grass seating at the amphitheater smaller.
jusko88
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Did any of you guys ever see the Moholi bushbaby? went to the zoo twice never saw it and whats also in that exhibit is it pottos,slow loris and lesser slow loris? cleveland's zoo website doesnt have pygmy slow lorises? on the mammalia search page and i remember seeing them.
team tapir
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Upon hearing this info from a education staff member we thought we would survey that area to try to figure out if there were a possible spot at came up empty on where a logical spot for a penguin exhibit in that area would be.We have always maintained that the smartest thing to do would be to move the flamingos seasonally to Waterfowl Lake and then convert the current flamingo exhibit into a African Penguin exhibit.It has plenty of room there,it fits into the African theme and its still pretty closed to the amphitheater.You certainly raise a good point about the flood problems in the amphitheater area.
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@Jusko88 All of the zoos nocturnal exhibits a pretty standard enclosures as there is not much the zoo can do with the prison cell style enclosures in the Primate Cat and Aquatic building.As far as a Pygmy Slow Loris is concerned we sure that Akron has a couple not sure about Cleveland can let you know though.
Team Tapir
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@Jusko88 Akron does have a male and female pygmy slow loris. I would not call them 'slow' though. They are always rather active and can move quicker than you would think. Akron has had a birth several years back as well.
Persian onagers make first-ever debut at CMZ
Persian onagers make first-ever debut at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Two female Persian onagers arrived at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Tuesday. This endangered subspecies of Asiatic wild ass has never been exhibited at the Zoo before. Zoo guests will be able to see them as they acclimate to their new home in Northern Trek.
The Zoo received the mother-daughter onagers from The Wilds, a private, nonprofit conservation center in southern Ohio. Onagers resemble domestic donkeys, but are heavier and larger, with full-grown males capable of reaching up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 600 pounds.
While Asiatic wild asses are found across the Middle East, India and Tibet, there are less than 1,000 of the Persian onager subspecies (Equus hemionus onager) left in the wild, mainly concentrated in two areas of Iran. They are classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to habitat loss and poaching.
Dr. Mandi Vick, the Zoo’s associate research curator, worked with onagers at The Wilds during her post-doctoral fellowship. She led a team in studying onager reproductive biology, which resulted in the first-ever successful artificial insemination of a non-domesticated equid anywhere in the world. The idea is to use this technique to increase breeding efforts that will contribute to a more sustainable population.
“These female onagers are important ambassadors for their kind, since less than a thousand remain in the wild,” Vick said. “Onagers in zoos serve as an insurance policy against catastrophic loss in the wild, and their arrival at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo signifies the efforts of zoos in Ohio and around the world to work together to promote the long-term sustainability and survival of this endangered species.”
In the wild, onagers graze on grass when it’s available but will subside on woody plants and seed pods during dry spells. They are also adapted to living in extreme temperatures. They can survive in the desert in temperatures up to 120 degrees, or grow a thick, dense coat for harsh winters.
Northeast Ohio’s most-visited year-round attraction, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $12.25 per person, $8.25 for kids ages 2 to 11 and free for children younger than 2 and Zoo members. Parking is free. Located at 3900 Wildlife Way, the Zoo is easily accessible from Interstates 71, 90 and 480.
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Persian onagers make first-ever debut at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Two female Persian onagers arrived at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Tuesday. This endangered subspecies of Asiatic wild ass has never been exhibited at the Zoo before. Zoo guests will be able to see them as they acclimate to their new home in Northern Trek.
The Zoo received the mother-daughter onagers from The Wilds, a private, nonprofit conservation center in southern Ohio. Onagers resemble domestic donkeys, but are heavier and larger, with full-grown males capable of reaching up to 6 feet long and weighing up to 600 pounds.
While Asiatic wild asses are found across the Middle East, India and Tibet, there are less than 1,000 of the Persian onager subspecies (Equus hemionus onager) left in the wild, mainly concentrated in two areas of Iran. They are classified as “endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to habitat loss and poaching.
Dr. Mandi Vick, the Zoo’s associate research curator, worked with onagers at The Wilds during her post-doctoral fellowship. She led a team in studying onager reproductive biology, which resulted in the first-ever successful artificial insemination of a non-domesticated equid anywhere in the world. The idea is to use this technique to increase breeding efforts that will contribute to a more sustainable population.
“These female onagers are important ambassadors for their kind, since less than a thousand remain in the wild,” Vick said. “Onagers in zoos serve as an insurance policy against catastrophic loss in the wild, and their arrival at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo signifies the efforts of zoos in Ohio and around the world to work together to promote the long-term sustainability and survival of this endangered species.”
In the wild, onagers graze on grass when it’s available but will subside on woody plants and seed pods during dry spells. They are also adapted to living in extreme temperatures. They can survive in the desert in temperatures up to 120 degrees, or grow a thick, dense coat for harsh winters.
Northeast Ohio’s most-visited year-round attraction, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Admission is $12.25 per person, $8.25 for kids ages 2 to 11 and free for children younger than 2 and Zoo members. Parking is free. Located at 3900 Wildlife Way, the Zoo is easily accessible from Interstates 71, 90 and 480.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - News Room
A new family of meerkats have moved into African Elephant Crossing.
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The arrival of Persian onagers at CMZ is perhaps the most commendable effort for the entire year. It will undoubtedly not go into history of the mindset of most people ..., but as the species is CR endangered it should actually surely be. 
I do hope they get to have an unrelated stallion to start a breeding group pretty soonish.
I do hope they get to have an unrelated stallion to start a breeding group pretty soonish.
Blackie Update
Blackie the hippo at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Whatever happened to ...?
Published: Monday, May 07, 2012, 6:00 AM
Whatever happened to Blackie, the last hippopotamus at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo? He's retired, living in Roman splendor at the zoo.
When the old Pachyderm Building shut down in 2008 and ground was broken for the new African Elephant Crossing, Blackie moved into what some zoo folk affectionately call his "retirement condo," a building called the Savanna Barn that is closed to the public. It was expanded to shelter the giraffes and contains specialized equipment for their care. It is also home to other African hoofstock that are in the Savanna exhibit.
It also has a two-room suite for Blackie. The dry part, where we he takes his meals, is about 15 feet by 15 feet. The wet part, where he spends much of his day, has a 6-foot-deep, climate-controlled pool that is about 16 feet by 28 feet.
There are submerged steps so he can ease into the water, and he lounges on them, looking every inch a contented, well-fed Roman emperor – but without a toga.
When he was interviewed by a Plain Dealer reporter on April 24, keeper Jeff Polcen summoned Blackie, who walked the entire length of the pool underwater, before thrusting his head up to an opening in the enclosure.
Polcen dropped fists full of biscuits into the hippo's maw, using the occasion to inspect his massive lips and gums. He said Blackie can remain underwater comfortably for about 15 minutes.
"Fortunately for us, he's a pleasant-natured bull hippo," said Geoffrey Hall, the zoo's general curator. "They are considered the most dangerous animals in Africa and kill more humans than lions or other animals do."
Hall said hippos grazing on land have been known to trample people, and the mighty beasts also can attack by overturning small watercraft.
Hall said the pool is good for Blackie because the water helps support his weight, estimated to be about 3,700 pounds.
Sue Allen, the zoo's marketing director, said that at 58, Blackie is believed to be the second oldest hippo in North America.
Blackie no longer goes on exhibit, out of consideration for his age and comfort. He is considerably older than most hippos in the wild or captivity.
Blackie the hippo at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Whatever happened to ...? | cleveland.com
Blackie the hippo at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Whatever happened to ...?
Published: Monday, May 07, 2012, 6:00 AM
Whatever happened to Blackie, the last hippopotamus at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo? He's retired, living in Roman splendor at the zoo.
When the old Pachyderm Building shut down in 2008 and ground was broken for the new African Elephant Crossing, Blackie moved into what some zoo folk affectionately call his "retirement condo," a building called the Savanna Barn that is closed to the public. It was expanded to shelter the giraffes and contains specialized equipment for their care. It is also home to other African hoofstock that are in the Savanna exhibit.
It also has a two-room suite for Blackie. The dry part, where we he takes his meals, is about 15 feet by 15 feet. The wet part, where he spends much of his day, has a 6-foot-deep, climate-controlled pool that is about 16 feet by 28 feet.
There are submerged steps so he can ease into the water, and he lounges on them, looking every inch a contented, well-fed Roman emperor – but without a toga.
When he was interviewed by a Plain Dealer reporter on April 24, keeper Jeff Polcen summoned Blackie, who walked the entire length of the pool underwater, before thrusting his head up to an opening in the enclosure.
Polcen dropped fists full of biscuits into the hippo's maw, using the occasion to inspect his massive lips and gums. He said Blackie can remain underwater comfortably for about 15 minutes.
"Fortunately for us, he's a pleasant-natured bull hippo," said Geoffrey Hall, the zoo's general curator. "They are considered the most dangerous animals in Africa and kill more humans than lions or other animals do."
Hall said hippos grazing on land have been known to trample people, and the mighty beasts also can attack by overturning small watercraft.
Hall said the pool is good for Blackie because the water helps support his weight, estimated to be about 3,700 pounds.
Sue Allen, the zoo's marketing director, said that at 58, Blackie is believed to be the second oldest hippo in North America.
Blackie no longer goes on exhibit, out of consideration for his age and comfort. He is considerably older than most hippos in the wild or captivity.
Blackie the hippo at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo: Whatever happened to ...? | cleveland.com
jusko88
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team tapir
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Cleveland has sent its two female cheetahs to the Wilds in exchange for two cheetah cubs who are currently in quarantine in Cleveland.Exhibit modifications are also needed before the cubs can go on exhibit.
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Looks like you got the okay to share this news.
Obtained the info from another source and went with it.
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I did notice on Sunday that the cheetahs were not out. Team Tapir has answered why they were not on exhibit. The Persian onagers seem to be enjoying their exhibit. The aye-aye lives at the end of the nocturnal corridor in PC&A in the former clouded leopard exhibit with a pygmy slow loris. There seems to be a pygmy slow loris in each nocturnal exhibit except with the black-footed cats for obvious reasons. My biggest complaint is that it seems like you spend more time getting to each section of the zoo as you spend at the some of the sections. I have many complaints about CMZ. I am aloud because I am a member. They really should put something between African Savanna and Northern Trek. Maybe with the new African Savanna renovation coming they will put something in that former parking lot next to the hospital. They could move some of the African animals from PC&A here since they are renovating the region. They could put the tortoises her and then they would not have to move them so far each year. They do live in the hospital in the winter after all.
Impalafrank
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I agree the distances between exhibits ( with nothing to see ) is one of the things CMZ needs to address.
Bear Names
I like bears. I asked the zoo the names of the bears I did not know the names of. I thought I would share. See them below:
Grizzly Bear: Cody, Cooper, Cheyenne, & Jackson
Malayan Sun Bear: Scruffy
Sloth Bear: Sakar, Asia, & Diva
Andean Bear: Alfred & Nora
Black Bear: V & Daisy
Polar Bear: Aurora
I like bears. I asked the zoo the names of the bears I did not know the names of. I thought I would share. See them below:
Grizzly Bear: Cody, Cooper, Cheyenne, & Jackson
Malayan Sun Bear: Scruffy
Sloth Bear: Sakar, Asia, & Diva
Andean Bear: Alfred & Nora
Black Bear: V & Daisy
Polar Bear: Aurora
team tapir
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We attended a special event at the Zoo Saturday night called Wild Ride and felt to the zoo really hit a home run with this one.It was basically ride your bike through the zoo night.CMZ staff set up courses throughout the grounds and just about all animal exhibits all exhibits minus the Rainforest and Primate Cat and Aquatics building were open.The event was a huge success and it appeared that a great time was had by all,more zoos should think about having similar events.
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo rhino arrives safely in Chicago
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s large male eastern black rhinoceros Jimma is now a resident of the Windy City.
Jimma arrived safely at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago yesterday after a roughly six-hour trip by truck from Cleveland. An animal keeper from the Zoo accompanied him on the trip and will stay in Chicago for a day or two to help him acclimate.
The transfer to Brookfield was recommended by the Black Rhino Species Survival Plan of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. SSPs are cooperative breeding and management groups for endangered or threatened species including black rhinos, lowland gorillas, polar bears and African elephants.
The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) is classified as “critically endangered” in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the primary organization for quantifying conservation assessment efforts. The IUCN estimates there are less than 1,000 of this rhino subspecies left in the wild, concentrated primarily in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania.
Jimma came to Cleveland in 2005 from the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan to meet the Zoo’s adult female rhino Inge. He sired two offspring during his time here, female Zuri in 2007, who now lives at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, and female Johari in 2010, who still lives in Cleveland. Jimma was born in 1990 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California.
The Zoo currently has three female rhinos, Inge, who is estimated to be 18-20 years old, Kibibi, 8, and Johari, 21 months.
Northeast Ohio’s most-visited year-round attraction, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with hours extended to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Admission is $12.25 per person, $8.25 for kids ages 2 to 11 and free for children younger than 2 and Zoo members. Parking is free. Located at 3900 Wildlife Way, the Zoo is easily accessible from Interstates 71, 90 and 480.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - News Room
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo’s large male eastern black rhinoceros Jimma is now a resident of the Windy City.
Jimma arrived safely at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago yesterday after a roughly six-hour trip by truck from Cleveland. An animal keeper from the Zoo accompanied him on the trip and will stay in Chicago for a day or two to help him acclimate.
The transfer to Brookfield was recommended by the Black Rhino Species Survival Plan of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. SSPs are cooperative breeding and management groups for endangered or threatened species including black rhinos, lowland gorillas, polar bears and African elephants.
The eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) is classified as “critically endangered” in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the primary organization for quantifying conservation assessment efforts. The IUCN estimates there are less than 1,000 of this rhino subspecies left in the wild, concentrated primarily in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania.
Jimma came to Cleveland in 2005 from the Potter Park Zoo in Lansing, Michigan to meet the Zoo’s adult female rhino Inge. He sired two offspring during his time here, female Zuri in 2007, who now lives at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, and female Johari in 2010, who still lives in Cleveland. Jimma was born in 1990 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California.
The Zoo currently has three female rhinos, Inge, who is estimated to be 18-20 years old, Kibibi, 8, and Johari, 21 months.
Northeast Ohio’s most-visited year-round attraction, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with hours extended to 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Admission is $12.25 per person, $8.25 for kids ages 2 to 11 and free for children younger than 2 and Zoo members. Parking is free. Located at 3900 Wildlife Way, the Zoo is easily accessible from Interstates 71, 90 and 480.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - News Room
team tapir
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The Zoo is now exhibiting African Sacred Ibis in its Bontebok yard.
They have moved its camel rides to the Primate /Cat and Aquatic picnic area and closed its Childrens farm/contact yard.We were not able to get a definative answer as to why it has been closed or for how long its to remain closed.
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They have moved its camel rides to the Primate /Cat and Aquatic picnic area and closed its Childrens farm/contact yard.We were not able to get a definative answer as to why it has been closed or for how long its to remain closed.
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