First time you saw a species that wasn't at your hometown zoo

Moebelle

Moebelle

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I am not looking for major specifics, just more common animals and one's you were really excited about.

At Busch Gardens I saw my first....
Aldabra tortoise
Chimpanzee
True Bengal tiger
White-cheeked gibbon
Bornean orangutan
Impala
Reticulated giraffe
Addax
Tamarin
Spotted hyena
True African Lion
Nile Crocodile
Addra Gazelle
Ostrich
Marabou stork
Sacred Ibis
White rhino
Cuscus
Caribbean flamingo

At Indianapolis I saw my first.....
Grey seal
Dogshark
Amur tiger
Alaskan brown bear
Grand Cayman blue iguana
Addra gazelle
African Forest elephant
Chilean flamingo
Collared brown lemur
Red-ruffed lemurs
Blue-eyed black lemur
Chilean Flamingo

At the Columbus Zoo I saw my first.....
Moose (in captivity)
American bison (in captivity)
Pronghorn
Grey Wolf
Arctic fox
Grizzly bear
Cougar
Wolverine
Reeve's Muntjac
Silvery langur
Reticulated python
Water monitor
Golden-mantled Flying fox
Large Flying fox
Sun Bear
Markhor
African grey parrot
African leopard
Mandrill
Brown Kiwi
Tiger Quoll
Prevost's Squirrel
African Crested porcupine
Woylie
Eastern grey kangaroo
Short-beaked Ehcidna
Humboldt penguin
 
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Omaha:
Aye Aye
Leucistic Alligator
Amur Leopard
Sun Bear
Fossa
Aardwark
Sable Antelope

Disney's Animal Kingdom:
Gerenuk
Bontebok
Black Duiker
Pink-backed Pelican
Thomson's Gazelle
 
cleveland zoo-Harbor seal,ocelot,asian small clawed otter,persian leopard,gharial,koala,goodfellow's tree kangaroo,potto,short beaked echidna,klipspringer,cheetah,fishing cat,capybara,bactrian camel, giant anteater, Mudskipper,pallas cat,hamadryas baboon

erie zoo-warthog,rock hyrax,sand cat

akron zoo-red panda,jaguar,pygmy slow loris,tahr,coati

detroit zoo-harp seal,grey seal,drill,chimpanzee,elk (missed bush dog & pudu :( wish they were out)

national smithsonian zoo-sumatran tiger,giant panda,asian elephant,kori bustard,common cuttlefish,chambered nautlius, double-wattled cassowary

ogelbay good zoo-goral

columbus zoo- kiwi,manatee,black duiker,okapi,red river hog,african leopard,bonobo,tiger quoll,sumatran orangutan,moose,pronghorn,bobcat,matschie's tree kangaroo,arctic fox,malayan sun bear,eurasian lynx

cincinnati zoo- clouded leopard,fennec fox,bat-eared fox,caracal,indian rhino,sichuan takin,sumatran rhino,przewalski's horse,aardvark,fossa,bearcat,aardwolf,blue penguin,banded palm civet

philadelphia zoo- aye-aye,coquerel's sifaka,asiatic black bear,canada lynx,dwarf mongoose,giant otter,addax,pygmy marmoset,red-shanked douc langur,striped possum,african striped weasel,madagascar giant jumping rat
 
jusko88 said:
cleveland zoo-Harbor seal,ocelot,asian small clawed otter,persian leopard,gharial,koala,goodfellow's tree kangaroo,potto,short beaked echidna,klipspringer,cheetah,fishing cat,capybara,bactrian camel, giant anteater, Mudskipper,pallas cat,hamadryas baboon

erie zoo-warthog,rock hyrax,sand cat

akron zoo-red panda,jaguar,pygmy slow loris,tahr,coati

detroit zoo-harp seal,grey seal,drill,chimpanzee,elk (missed bush dog & pudu :( wish they were out)

national smithsonian zoo-sumatran tiger,giant panda,asian elephant,kori bustard,common cuttlefish,chambered nautlius, double-wattled cassowary

ogelbay good zoo-goral

columbus zoo- kiwi,manatee,black duiker,okapi,red river hog,african leopard,bonobo,tiger quoll,sumatran orangutan,moose,pronghorn,bobcat,matschie's tree kangaroo,arctic fox,malayan sun bear,eurasian lynx

cincinnati zoo- clouded leopard,fennec fox,bat-eared fox,caracal,indian rhino,sichuan takin,sumatran rhino,przewalski's horse,aardvark,fossa,bearcat,aardwolf,blue penguin,banded palm civet

philadelphia zoo- aye-aye,coquerel's sifaka,asiatic black bear,canada lynx,dwarf mongoose,giant otter,addax,pygmy marmoset,red-shanked douc langur,striped possum,african striped weasel,madagascar giant jumping rat
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I see elk in the wild where I live. I have even had close calls with them on the road.
 
Saint Louis- Horned Guan, Bush dog, Nyala, Banteng, Mishimi Takin, false gharial

Lowry Park- Pygmy Hippo, Bush baby, Philippine crocodile, key deer, shoebill
 
My first animals that I will see in St. Louis...

Addax
Babirusa
Banteng
Central Chinese Goral
Chacoan Peccary
Cotswold Sheep
Dwarf Zebu
Gerenuk
Mountain Bongo
Red-flanked Duiker
Soemmerring's Gazelle
Somali Wild Ass
Speke's Gazelle
Transcaspian Urial
Visayan Warty Pig
Amur leopard
Hoffman's Two-toed Sloth
Dwarf mongoose
European polecat
Jaguar!!!
Allen's Swamp Monkey
Black-handed Spider Monkey
Goeldi's Monkey
Spectacled Langur
White-faced Saki
Tammar wallaby
Degu
Kangaroo Rat
Mexican Hairy Porcupine
Springhaas
St. Vincent's Agouti
Woodchuck
Cuban Crocodile
Yacare Caiman
Tuatara
Banded Day Gecko
Banded Gila Monster
Mexican Alligator Lizard
Mexican Beaded Lizard
New Guinea Crocodile Skink
Scheltopusik
Warren's Girdled Lizard
Arakan Forest Turtle
Asian Giant Pond Turtle
Balkan Hermann's Tortoise
Cape Speckled Padloper Tortoise
Central American River Turtle
Common Map Turtle
Common Musk Turtle
Egyptian Tortoise
Elongated Tortoise
Leopard Tortoise
McCord's Box Turtle
Murray River Turtle
Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle
Northern Spider Tortoise
Pig-nosed Turtle
South American Yellow-foot Tortoise
Vietnamese Big-headed Turtle
Grey-winged Trumpeter
Sarus Crane
Stanley Crane
Wattled Crane
White-naped Crane
Blacksmith Plover
Cape Thick-knee
Tufted Puffin
Marabou Stork
Snowy Egret
White Ibis
White Stork
White-faced Ibis
Papuan Hornbill
Great Hornbill
Micronesian Kingfisher
Trumpeter Hornbill
Tawny Frogmouth
Long-eared Owl
Spectacled Owl
Blue-crowned Conure
Hawk-headed Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Collie's Jay
Magpie Robin
Orange Weaver Finch
Plush-crested Jay
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Red-billed Leiothrix
Society Finch
White-crested Laughing Thrush
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
Bamboo Partridge
Cabot's Tragopan
Palawan Peacock Pheasant
Piping Guan
Vulturine Guineafowl
Bleeding Heart Dove
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Marianas Fruit Dove
Ring-necked Dove
White-cheeked Turaco
White-crested Turaco
American Kestrel
Bateleur Eagle
Cinereous Vulture
King Vulture
American White Pelican
Black-necked Swan
Blue-winged Teal
Bearded Barbet
Bufflehead Duck
Canvasback
Mexican Caecilian
etc. Amphibians and fish
 
Atlanta - first african elephants, raccoon dogs, pandas, chimpanzees, waterbuck.

Nashville - first clouded leopard

Bronx - too many to name.

I can't think of any specifics at the others. But the Zoos I have been to

Birmingham (home zoo)
Montgomery
Atlanta
Nashville
Bronx
Audubon
Knoxville
North Carolina Zoo

Going to Memphis, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Dallas before the year is out (going to the Alabama Michigan game in Dallas)

Also a lot of species I am not sure about because we raise Bison on our farm, and I have been to tons of hoofstock auctions etc. That is where I saw my first Sable, and Kudu I know.
 
jusko88 said:
cleveland zoo-Harbor seal,ocelot,asian small clawed otter,persian leopard,gharial,koala,goodfellow's tree kangaroo,potto,short beaked echidna,klipspringer,cheetah,fishing cat,capybara,bactrian camel, giant anteater, Mudskipper,pallas cat,hamadryas baboon

erie zoo-warthog,rock hyrax,sand cat

akron zoo-red panda,jaguar,pygmy slow loris,tahr,coati

detroit zoo-harp seal,grey seal,drill,chimpanzee,elk (missed bush dog & pudu :( wish they were out)

national smithsonian zoo-sumatran tiger,giant panda,asian elephant,kori bustard,common cuttlefish,chambered nautlius, double-wattled cassowary

ogelbay good zoo-goral

columbus zoo- kiwi,manatee,black duiker,okapi,red river hog,african leopard,bonobo,tiger quoll,sumatran orangutan,moose,pronghorn,bobcat,matschie's tree kangaroo,arctic fox,malayan sun bear,eurasian lynx

cincinnati zoo- clouded leopard,fennec fox,bat-eared fox,caracal,indian rhino,sichuan takin,sumatran rhino,przewalski's horse,aardvark,fossa,bearcat,aardwolf,blue penguin,banded palm civet

philadelphia zoo- aye-aye,coquerel's sifaka,asiatic black bear,canada lynx,dwarf mongoose,giant otter,addax,pygmy marmoset,red-shanked douc langur,striped possum,african striped weasel,madagascar giant jumping rat
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I have to update my list:

Elmwood Park zoo: Bighorn sheep and Black footed ferret.

Cape may County Zoo: Bongo and a Bunch of Reptiles and Amphibians

Toledo zoo: Hippo,Tuatara,lesser BOP

Philadelphia zoo: Spectacled Langur, African Bullfrog

San Diego Zoo: Pygmy Hippo,Striped Hyena,Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat,Serval,Bontebok,Lesser Kudu,Gerenuk, a couple species of Gazelles,Cavendish's Dik-Dik,Malayan Tapir,Baird's Tapir,Superb BOP,Harpy Eagle,Secretary Bird,California Condor,Warty Pig,Anoa,Babirusa,siberian Musk Deer,Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby

Seaworld San Diego:
Pacific Walrus,Beluga Whale,Bottlenose Dolphin,Short Finned Pilot Whale,Emperor Penguin,Adelie Penguin,Guadalupe Fur Seal,Sea Turtles
 
St. Louis
-Banteng
-Gaur
-Horned Guan
-False Gharial
-Amur leopard
-Somali wild ass
-Bush dog

Lowry Park
-Philippine crocodile
-Florida panther
-Visayan warty pig
-New guinea singing dog
-Shoe bill stork
-Key deer
-Bush baby

Fort Worth
-Bonobo
-Greater bird of paradise

Caldwell
-Waddled curassow
-White bellied stork
-Yellow backed duiker
-Attawater's prarie chicken
 
My home zoo, Beardsley Zoo, is a very small zoo so it'd just be easier to name the ones they have in common but I'll play by your rules.

Bronx Zoo
Okapi
Red River Hog
Western Lowland Gorilla
Transvaal Lion
Malayan Tiger
Polar Bear
Grizzly Bear
Malayan Tapir
North Sulawesi Babirusa
Snow Leopard
Western Red Panda
Ostrich
Baringo Giraffe
African Wild Dog
Javan Langur
Silvered Leaf Monkey
Oriental Small-Clawed Otter
Spotted Hyena
Aardvark
Fennec Fox
Nile Crocodile
Magellanic Penguin
American Flamingo
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Red-Ruffed Lemur
Coquerel's Sifaka
Lesser Mouse Lemur
Fossa
Ring-Tailed Mongoose
Giant Gourami
Fly River Turtle
Blesbok
Thomson's Gazelle
Nyala
Chinese Alligator
False Gharial
Mandrill
Maxwell's Duiker
Black-and-White Colobus
Indian Elephant
Indian Rhinoceros
Southern White Rhinoceros
Bactrian Camel
Indian Gaur
Pere David's Deer
Brazilian Porpupine
Rodrigues Flying Fox
Painted Stork
Northern Bald Ibis

Pretty much everything I've seen at the Bronx Zoo isn't at Beardsley except for only a few exceptions.

Will add other zoos later
 
Mystic Aquarium
Pacific Harbor Seal
Beluga Whale
African Penguin
Steller Sea Lion
Bonnethead Hammerhead Shark
Great Barracuda
Loggerhead Sea Turtle
White-Tip Reef Shark
Electric Eel
Red-Bellied Piranha
Giant Pacific Octopus

Maritime Aquarium
Sand Tiger Shark
Western Atlantic Harbor Seal
American Eel
Meerkat
Spotted African Lungfish
Atlantic Wolffish
Atlantic Skate

Roger Williams Park Zoo
African Bush Elephant
Masai Giraffe
Sichuan Takin
Styan's Red Panda
Barbary Sheep
White-Bearded Wildebeest
Grant's Zebra
Bali Mynah
Partula Snail

Bronx Zoo (part 2)
Grevy's Zebra
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
Cuban Crocodile
Guam Kingfisher
Dwarf Caiman

Smithsonian National Zoo
Sri Lankan Elephant
Japanese Giant Salamander
North Island Brown Kiwi
Fishing Cat
Clouded Leopard
Indian Sloth Bear
Giant Panda
South African Cheetah
Sumatran Tiger
Caracal
Mountain Bamboo Partridge
Soccoro Dove
Arapaima
Red-Tailed Catfish
Komodo Dragon
Chambered Nautilis
Giant Freshwater Prawn

ZooAmerica
Texas Ocelot
Roseate Spoonbill
Thick-Billed Parrot
Greater Roadrunner
Gambel's Quail
White-Nosed Coati
American Black Bear
North American Mountain Lion
Rocky Mountain Elk
 
Louisville:

Rock Hyrax
Zebra Mouse
Rodriguez Fruit Bat
Oriental Stork
Patas Monkey
Pygmy Hippo
Brown Woolly Monkey
Wattled Crane
Black and Rufous Elephant Shrew
Venezuelan Suntiger
Texas Brown Tarantula
Panama Blond Tarantula
Spiny Mouse
Angora Goat
Nubian Goat
Spur-thighed Tortoise
Wallaroo
Guanaco
Greater Rhea
European Black Stork
Waldrapp Ibis
Maned Wolf
African House Snake
African Lungfish
Andean Milk Snake
Razor-back Musk Turtle
Argentine Black-and-white Tegu
Asian Box Turtle
Black-tailed Rattlesnake
Black Piranha
Bucktooth Tetra
Desert Cobra
Dolphin Catfish
Egyptian Cobra
European Legless Lizard
Four-lined Plated Lizard
Gopher Snake
Madagascar Tree Boa
Mexican Beaded Lizard
Mexican Burrowing Python
Ornate Box Turtle
Panther Chameleon
Palestine Rattlesnake
Philippine Sailfin Lizard
Prairie Rattlesnake
Puerto Rican Crested Toad
Pygmy Hognose Snake
Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink
Red Chicken Snake
Red Diamondback Rattlesnake
Red-tailed Rat Snake
Redhook Metunnis
River Cooter
Rock Rattlesnake
Rough Scaled Sand Boa
Sandfish
Schneider's Skink
Southwestern Speckled Rattlesnake
Sonoran Desert Toad
Spanish Hogfish
Spotted Skaapsteker
Tiger Rattlesnake
Trans-Pecos Ratsnake
Virginia Opossum-that wasn't roadkill
Western Green Mamba
Woma
Sumatran Tiger
Babirusa
Malayan Tapir-Didn't see it
Barnacle Goose
Bay-headed Tanager
Beautiful Fruit Dove
Bernier's Teal
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Blue-winged Leafbird
Bridled White-eye
Cinnamon Ground Dove
Coscoroba Swan
Crested Wood Partridge
Cuban Crocodile
Emerald Fruit Dove
Golden White Eye
Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon
Hawaiian Goose
Japanese White Eye
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise
Magnificent Fruit Dove
Masked Lapwing
Meller's Duck
Oriental White Eye
Papuan Mountain Pigeon
Coscoroba Swan
Red Fody
Wattled Jacana
White-crowned Pigeon
White-rumped Shama
Wompoo Fruit Dove
Yellow-breasted Ground Dove
 
Toronto:
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Moose
Pygmy Hippo
Dhole
Beaver
Jaguar
Masai Giraffe
Wombat
Clouded Leopard
Caracal
Prez. Horse

Cleveland:
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo
Koala
Cheetah
Red Panda
Sloth Bear
Asian Small Clawed Otter
Andean Condor
Arctic Fox

Erie Zoo:
African Wild Dog
Siamang

Columbus Zoo:
Binturong
Okapi
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Tiger Quoll
Echidna
Wolverine
Pronghorn
Flying Fox
Sun Bear

Brookfield Zoo:
Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Brazilian Tapir
Baird Tapir (?)
Inca Tern

Lincoln Park Zoo:
Baringo Giraffe
Eurasian Lynx
Klipspringer


Pittsburgh Zoo:
Sea Otter
Dama Gazelle
Springbok
King Penguin
Macaroni Penguin

Philadelphia Zoo:
Aardvark
Giant Otter
Aye-Aye
Blue Eyed Lemur
Bolivian Gray Titi Monkey
Coquerel's Sifaka Lemur
Red Caped Mangabey
Asiatic Black Bear
Douc Langur
Brown Pelican
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Yellow Knobbed Curassow

Maryland Zoo:
Chimpanzee
Colobus Monkey
Lesser Kudu
Red Fox
Sitatunga
Hammerkop
Abdim's Stork
Demoiselle Crane
Northern Ground Hornbill
Saddled-Bill Stork
White Breasted Cormorant
West African Crowned Crane

Smithsonian National Zoo:
River Hippotamus
Grevy's Zebra
Schmitar-Horned Oryx
Kori Bustard
Fishing Cat
Giant Salamander
Giant Panda
Elegant Crested Tinamou
Blue Billed Curassow
Stanley Crane
Whooping Crane
Blue-Crowned Motmot
Keel-billed Toucan

Catoctin Zoo & Wildlife Preserve:
Cassowary
Dingo

Virginia Zoo:
Bongo
Malayan Tapir
Bleeding-heart dove
Blue Duiker
 
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