Edinburgh Zoo Edinburgh Zoo News 2017

[grandelover1]

Do you know what the other unfinished exhibit will be?

 

[Quincey]

Do you know what the other unfinished exhibit will be?

The other unfinished exhibit was at floor level, with a glass front coming up to waist height. The floor in the exhibit was covered in sand and there were a couple of heat lamps hanging over the exhibit. A few rocks were scattered about the enclosure. My guess would be a Tortoise species, but time will tell.

 

[grandelover1]

The other unfinished exhibit was at floor level, with a glass front coming up to waist height. The floor in the exhibit was covered in sand and there were a couple of heat lamps hanging over the exhibit. A few rocks were scattered about the enclosure. My guess would be a Tortoise species, but time will tell.

Thank you!

 

[Swampy]

"Egg-eating snake"

They are Montane egg-eating snakes (Dasypeltis atra)

Oh wow; that really is a very nice addition! Do you know which colour form they are?

 

[Quincey]

Oh wow; that really is a very nice addition! Do you know which colour form they are?

I only seen one today, it was black.

 

[littleRedPanda]

Red Panda's are now sharing the same enclosure:

Red panda pair settle into new pad | Edinburgh Zoo

I just noticed zootierliste has these down as a former holding

 

[Dylan]

Probably not yet updated

 

[ThylacineAlive]

I feel ZTL is more not updated than updated most of the time

~Thylo

 

[Quincey]

RZSS awarded national zoo conservation grant:

http://www.rzss.org.uk/news/article...utm_campaign=SocialSignIn&utm_source=Facebook

 

[BjoernN]

I feel ZTL is more not updated than updated most of the time

~Thylo

Feel free to help us to update it...

 

[ThylacineAlive]

Feel free to help us to update it...

I updated it with everything I gathered from my trip to the UK about a year ago now. Being positioned in the US leaves me out of the loop in a lot of changes

~Thylo

 

[Quincey]

Visited today:

• work is continuing in Brilliant Birds - it looks like all the wooden walkways are being renewed - hopefully will be open again within a few weeks
• at least 2 Gelada Baboons have been born
• I only seen 2 Malayan Tapir so Baku may finally have left the collection
• the Barbary Macaque enclosure is still empty

The other unfinished exhibit was at floor level, with a glass front coming up to waist height. The floor in the exhibit was covered in sand and there were a couple of heat lamps hanging over the exhibit. A few rocks were scattered about the enclosure. My guess would be a Tortoise species, but time will tell.

This enclosure is now home to Pancake Tortoise - the coral enclosure within Wee Beasties is still empty.

 

[Quincey]

The zoo has announced that 20 penguin chicks hatched this year, 19 Gentoo's and 1 Rockhopper:

http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/news/article/13181/19-zoo-per-additions-at-penguins-rock/

 

[kiang]

Visited today

• I only seen 2 Malayan Tapir so Baku may finally have left the collection.

BAKU has ended up in Antwerp

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1410965532312902

 

[kiang]

BAKU has ended up in Antwerp

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1410965532312902

@Quincey and now I see you have posted the very same news in the Antwerp thread

 

[BjoernN]

Which Malayan tapirs have been born at Edinburgh Zoo between 2011 and 2016?

 

[Quincey]

Baku is the 6th calf to come from mum Sayang. She had two boys, Vasan and Kamal and two girls called Indah and Nadira to previous male Ka. With new male Mogli she has had another two boys, Mekong and then Baku.

These are the births since female Sayang arrived from London Zoo.

 

[BjoernN]

Could you tell me when they were born?

 

[Quincey]

RZSS have announced today that they will be extending the Sun Bear enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo.

 

[Nisha]

RZSS have announced today that they will be extending the Sun Bear enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo.

Hopefully they take inspiration from the new one at Chester - very nicely done