Indeed they are! Blue Sharks are only rarely exhibited, and when they are they do not survive long.
From the perspective of people from overseas, what are the rare creatures in Japanese zoos?
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splendens
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Many species of deep sea animals are not seen anywhere out side of japan or are extremely rare. For example Careproctus rastrinus and Cephalopholis igarashiensis are only found in a few collections outside of japan and Crystallichthys matsushimae, Psychrolutes phrictus, Peristedion orientale, Shinkaia crosnieri and many more are only found in japan.
深海動物の多くの種は、日本以外のどこにも見られないか、非常にまれです。たとえば、Careproctus rastrinus Cephalopholis igarashiensis 日本以外のいくつかのコレクションにのみ見られ、Psychrolutes phrictus, Peristedion orientale, Shinkaia crosnieri 日本でのみ見られます。
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深海動物の多くの種は、日本以外のどこにも見られないか、非常にまれです。たとえば、Careproctus rastrinus Cephalopholis igarashiensis 日本以外のいくつかのコレクションにのみ見られ、Psychrolutes phrictus, Peristedion orientale, Shinkaia crosnieri 日本でのみ見られます。
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I have a few more to add to this list, Ebinania brephocephala, Threetooth Pufferfish, Okinawan Tilefish, Insular Shelf Beauty, Bathynomus doerderleinii, Churashima Perchlet, Jaggedhead Gurnard, Lepidotrigla abyssalis, Mino Nylon Shrimp, Narwhal Shrimp, Prognathodes guyotensis, Harp Comb Jelly, Okinawa Chromis, Silver Chimaera, Blacksail Snake Mackerel, Skilfish, Striped Jewfish, Venus Flower Basket, Phronima sedentaria, Astrosarkus idipi, Spinyfin Velifer, Laetmogone maculata, Deep Sea Spider, Anseropoda rosacea, Ornate Jobfish, Salamander Shark, Pale Ornate Jobfish, and Bluebottle-Fish.
To top it all off, all of these but three (jewfish, skilfish and chimaera) are all from a single aquarium! (Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium)
Rock ptarmigan/ライチョウ are kept in multiple facilities in Japan while in Europe only one zoo keeps them and I do not know about North America.
I also think amami spiny rat/アマミトゲネズミ, miyako grass lizard/ミヤコカナヘビ, and Japanese giant flying squirrel/ムササビ are cool.
I also think amami spiny rat/アマミトゲネズミ, miyako grass lizard/ミヤコカナヘビ, and Japanese giant flying squirrel/ムササビ are cool.
I think Onagadori is a good chicken breed, but I read that it lives only in Japan. Can you see Onagadori at Japanese zoos? It would be frustrating if the bird went extinct.
Randomname0183
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Have goblin sharks been kept in Japan recently? I believe Hakkejima kept them a while back but I’m not aware of them being kept in the past few years aside from that instance.
Goblin sharks died in a few days. Frill sharks are often exhibited on Hakkeijima, but they die soon.
At the Sendai Uminomori Aquarium, the blue shark survived for 873 days, so I think we will succeed in raising the blue shark.
Randomname0183
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Sounds like promising news, do you think it’d be possible with other pelagic sharks too? I believe Okinawa and Osaka have kept tiger sharks alive for quite a long time.
Baikal Seal, Whale Shark, various deep sea stuff, Forest Elephant, Galapagos Land Iguana, Japanese Mole, Japanese Hare and New Zealand Glowworm, and that's just what immediately came to mind when I saw the thread title.
Osaka had a Tiger Shark? I saw a Tiger Shark at Tokyo Sea Life Park, a small juvenile kept in the Ocean Voyagers exhibit. Unfortunately I did not get a picture.
You are correct in that Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium has had great success with Tiger Sharks - they have even bred there!
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Randomname0183
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Osaka indeed did keep a small tiger shark in 2008, but there doesn’t seem to be a date for it’s death Tiger Sharks in Captivity
But even if the breeding is successful, can it be bred for generations?
The amount of food seems to be important for the breeding of blue sharks. If it is too much, it will grow too fast and its life will be shortened. After making many mistakes, the optimal single dose was found to be 0.9-1.0% of body weight. I think blue sharks are more difficult to breed than tiger sharks.
Randomname0183
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If it gets imports or manages to bring together the entire captive population (1.1 in Japan if I’m not mistaken, 1.2 in Tunisia and at least 0.1 in Côte D’Ivoire) they would have a decent amount of animals for breeding. Importing would be the tough part probably. Hiroshima doesn’t have the absolute best elephant enclosure I’ve seen in Japan though.
Some rare mammals kept in Japan:
Tasmanian Devil at Tama Zoo
Quokka at Saitama Children's Zoo
African Manatee at Toba Aquarium
Dugong at Toba Aquarium
Amazonian Manatee at Attagawa Tropical and Alligator Garden
Johnston's Wildebeest at Izu Animal Kingdom
Long-tailed Goral at Kyoto City Zoo
Douc Langur at Zoorasia and Shunan Zoo
Proboscis Monkey at Zoorasia
Purple-faced langur at Chiba Zoo
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey at Kumamoto Zoo
Yellow Baboon at Hamamatsu Zoo
Moor Macaque at Tobe Zoo
Formosan Macaque at Kuragaike Park and Tobe Zoo
Eastern Bamboo Lemur at Ueno Zoo
Bearded Saki at Higashiyama Zoo
Tasmanian Devil at Tama Zoo
Quokka at Saitama Children's Zoo
African Manatee at Toba Aquarium
Dugong at Toba Aquarium
Amazonian Manatee at Attagawa Tropical and Alligator Garden
Johnston's Wildebeest at Izu Animal Kingdom
Long-tailed Goral at Kyoto City Zoo
Douc Langur at Zoorasia and Shunan Zoo
Proboscis Monkey at Zoorasia
Purple-faced langur at Chiba Zoo
Golden Snub-nosed Monkey at Kumamoto Zoo
Yellow Baboon at Hamamatsu Zoo
Moor Macaque at Tobe Zoo
Formosan Macaque at Kuragaike Park and Tobe Zoo
Eastern Bamboo Lemur at Ueno Zoo
Bearded Saki at Higashiyama Zoo
That's a shame, Does Chimelong or Singapore still have any?
I know of two zoos in South Africa with Purple-faced Langur, both received from Cotswold in 2014.
