Exotic animals you have touched/handled

natel12

natel12

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5+ year member
Since I think I have an impressive list, I think I should share and feel free to post your list too!

White tailed deer
Red kangaroo
Tree kangaroo
Pygmy hippo
Clouded leopard
Ocelot
Giant anteater
Binturong
Chinchilla
African elephant
Leopard gecko
Three banded armadillo
Box turtle
Hingeback tortoise
Pancake tortoise
Leopard gecko
Crested gecko
Bearded dragon
Ball python
Blue tounged skink
Hedgehog
Hissing cockroach
Hedgehog Tenrec
Capybara
 
Galapagos tortoise
Toucan (can't remember the species)
Dromedary (maybe doesn't count)
Stingray (unsure of the species)
Horseshoe crab
Sea cucumber (again, don't know the species)
Sea urchin (species unknown)
Sulcata tortoise
Mali uromastyx (my own pet)
Common raccoon
Painted turtle
Peregrine falcon
Black bear (cub)
Fallow deer
Reticulated python
American toad
Leopard frog
White-tailed deer
Bearded dragon
Russian tortoise
Greek tortoise
Red footed tortoise
Eastern hog nosed snake
Green iguana
Ball python
Quaker parrot
Chinchilla
Black rat snake
California King snake
Bison
Praying mantis
Peacock
Pygmy hedgehog
 
Off the top of my head:

Giraffe
African Bush Elephant
Asian Elephant
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Red Ruffed Lemur
Southern Tamandua
Golden-handed Tamarin
Orinoco Dolphin
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Bactrian Camel
Kori Bustard
Koala
Naked-nosed Wombat
Damara Zebra
California Sea Lion
Lowland Gorilla
Orangutan
Siamang
Pygmy Hippo
Red-crowned Kakariki
Guam Rail
Chinese Pangolin
Rufous Bettong
Southern Bettong
Tammar Wallaby
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Southern Cassowary
American Beaver
Horseshoe Crab
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Estuarine Crocodile
Sugar Glider
Spectacled Hare-wallaby
Northern Quoll
Agile Wallaby
Antilopine Wallaroo
Common Wallaroo
+herps and inverts
 
A lion cub.

For some reason it was brought into school when I was around 6 years old for assembly. It was on a lead, and at the end as we all left to go back to class, we all got to give it a stroke as we filed past. No idea where it came from or why it was brought in. This was the early 90s, can't see anything like it happening now thankfully! Looking back, it seems utterly bizarre :confused:
 
Here is my list at the moment

Mammals
Ring Tailed Lemur
Meerkat
Patagonian Mara
Six Banded Armadillo
European Hedgehog
Gambian Pouched Rat
Wallaby (unsure of subspecies)
Red Kangaroo
Koala

Birds
Emu
Dove
Ducks
Quails

Reptiles
West African Dwarf Crocodile
African Black Throat Monitor
Crocodile Monitor
Kimberley Rock Monitor
Savannah Monitor
Spiny tailed Monitor
Reticulated Python
Burmese Python
Boa Constrictors
Russian Rat Snake
Corn Snakes
Californian King Snake
Mexican Black Kingsnake
Carpet Python
Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Kenyan Sand Boa
Royal Python
Bearded Dragon
Mali Uromastyx
Egyptian Uromastyx
Green Iguana
Collared Iguana
Panther Chameleon
Yemen Chameleon
Blue Tongued Skink
Pink Tongued Skink
Crested Gecko
Gargoyle Gecko
Leopard Gecko
Chinese Water Dragon
Argentine Black and White Tegu
Sudan Plated Lizards
Pueblan Milk Snake
Garter Snakes
Red Footed Tortoise
Leopard Tortoise
Hermann's Tortoise
Sulcata Tortoise
Ornate Box Turtle
Red Eared Slider

Amphibians
Axolotl
Crested Newts
African Clawed Frog
African Bullfrog
Waxy Monkey Frog


Invertebrates
Chilean Rose Tarantula
Phasmids
Morio Worms
Desert Locust
Mealworms
Giant Milipede
Land Hermit Crabs
 
Mammals
Asian Elephant
Kordafon Giraffe
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Red-Fronted Brown Lemur
Meerkat
Gambian Pouched Rat
African Pygmy Hedgehog
Pygmy Dormouse
Red Deer
Fallow Deer
Red Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Wallaby (Various Species)
Black-Tailed Prairie Dog
Fat-Tailed Jird
Degu
Emperor Tamarin
Red Squirrel

Birds
Common Emu
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Golden Pheasant
Cockatiel
Northern Mallard
European Eagle Owl
Harris Hawk
White-Faced Scops Owl
Masked Lovebird

Reptiles (will be a lengthy one)
Pueblan Milk Snake
Burmese Python
Crested Gecko
Gargoyle Gecko
Leopard Gecko
European Glass Lizard
Corn Snake
Egyptian Uromastyx
Moraccan Uromastyx
Eastern Blue-Tongued Skink
Ornate Box Turtle
Central Bearded Dragon
Sudan Plated Lizard
Royal Python
Black Ratsnake
Red-Footed Tortoise
Kimberly Rock Monitor
Chinese Water Dragon
Sulcata Tortoise
Panther Chameleon
Pink-Tongued Skink
Collared Iguana
Spiny Hill Turtle
Red-Eared Terrapin

Amphibians
Red-Eyed Tree Frog
Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog
White's Tree Frog
Iberian Sharp-Ribbed Newt

Fish
Stingray (can't remember species)
Pierse's Mudskipper
Butterfly Goodied
Angelfish
Betta (various species)
Various other tropical fish

Invertebrates
Deathshead Cockroach
Leaf Cockroach
Dubian Cockroach
Peleng Stick Insect
Maclaey's Spectre Stick Insect
Giant Lime Green Stick Insect
Java Leaf Insect
Malaysian Katydid
Chilean Rose Tarantula
Giant African Land Snail
Several Shrimp Species
Desert Locust
Migratory Locust
Madagascan Millipede
Common House Spider
Caribbean Hermit Crab
Soft Coral
Hard Coral
Sea Star
Brittlestar
Crab (various species)
Zebra Snail
Buffalo Leech
Praying Mantis
Painted Lady
Various Butterflies
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
House Cricket
Field Cricket
Various Inverts from my garden.
 
Ring Tailed Lemur
Squirrel Monkey
Woolly Spider Monkey
Cotton Topped Tamarin
Common Marmoset
Golden Headed Lion Tamarin
Sand Cat
Brazilian Tapir
Pygmy Hippo
Slow Loris
Malagasy Jumping Rat
Humboldt Penguin
Barn Owl (uk)
Emu
Ostrich
Corn Snake
Boa

There are many more reptiles, but I have no idea what they were as this was many years ago.
 
Lots of species you can find in a touch pool such as stingray, sea cucumber and sea star.
I have tried having a ball python on my neck.
Parrot sitting on my hand.
 
Moebelle said:
Ball Python and Bottlenose dolphin
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Streaks k
Najade said:
Off the top of my head:

Giraffe
African Bush Elephant
Asian Elephant
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Red Ruffed Lemur
Southern Tamandua
Golden-handed Tamarin
Orinoco Dolphin
Aldabra Giant Tortoise
Bactrian Camel
Kori Bustard
Koala
Naked-nosed Wombat
Damara Zebra
California Sea Lion
Lowland Gorilla
Orangutan
Siamang
Pygmy Hippo
Red-crowned Kakariki
Guam Rail
Chinese Pangolin
Rufous Bettong
Southern Bettong
Tammar Wallaby
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Southern Cassowary
American Beaver
Horseshoe Crab
Irrawaddy Dolphin
Estuarine Crocodile
Sugar Glider
Spectacled Hare-wallaby
Northern Quoll
Agile Wallaby
Antilopine Wallaroo
Common Wallaroo
+herps and inverts
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I am jealous reading your list! :p
 
Since so many people have got to touch lemurs, I'm curious on what they feel like
 
aardvark250 said:
Lots of species you can find in a touch pool such as stingray, sea cucumber and sea star.
I have tried having a ball python on my neck.
Parrot sitting on my hand.
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Also I have pet a african penguin in Yokohama and bottlenose dolphin in Ocean Park.
 
Oh jeez, I work with about 50 different exotics (and non-exotics) everyday. My favorites have to include: Eclectus parrot, black rhino, African elephant, giraffe, white-cheeked gibbon, raven, tawny frogmouth, American kestrel, red-foot tortoise, Indian star tortoise, three-banded armadillo, and a variety of reptiles and amphibians.
 
Crap so many I forgot, lol. Kinkajou, scarlet and blue and gold macaws, mandarin ducks
 
Crowthorne said:
A lion cub.

For some reason it was brought into school when I was around 6 years old for assembly. It was on a lead, and at the end as we all left to go back to class, we all got to give it a stroke as we filed past. No idea where it came from or why it was brought in. This was the early 90s, can't see anything like it happening now thankfully! Looking back, it seems utterly bizarre :confused:
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This wouldn't have been from the then Dartmoor Wildlife Park would it?
 
FBBird said:
This wouldn't have been from the then Dartmoor Wildlife Park would it?
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I honestly don't know, sorry. The closest collections were Whipsnade and Woburn, so maybe one of those? The lion cub was a female called Nala if that helps narrow things down
 
I am not an animal keeper of any sort, just a common or garden zoo visitor, so I think the most notable exotic animals I've been lucky enough to touch are:

Bornean orangs - Paignton and Twycross
Sumatran orangs - Jersey
Lowland Gorillas - Paignton
African Elephants - Colchester
Reticulated Giraffes - Colchester
Brazilian Tapirs - Paignton
Capybara - Paignton
 
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