Zoo Leipzig Gondwanaland

[BjoernN]

Gondwanaland webcam view March 2011

 

[BjoernN]

Gamanil

 

[Pygathrix]

Did you know that Gamanil is also the trade name of a frequently used antidepressant (lofepramine)?

 

[BjoernN]

Yes, I have to know it. This antidepressant is not usually used in Germany...

 

[Pygathrix]

Because Germans are all happy?

 

[Chlidonias]

Gamanil

thanks for that link. This place is going to be amazing!

 

[BjoernN]

6 Eastern quolls (the only ones in Europe) arrived from Australia....

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

6 Eastern quolls (the only ones in Europe) arrived from Australia....

Excellent news!

All the same, I hope some more eastern quolls to follow to set up a sattelite breeding programme. One-offs a fine, but from a long term breeding and management perspective not called for ...

 

[Chlidonias]

which zoo did the quolls come from?

 

[BjoernN]

A male adult Komodo dragon (*2004 at Galdar, Reptilandia) arrived from Thoiry Safari, France.

 

[Orycteropus]

6 Eastern quolls (the only ones in Europe) arrived from Australia....

Was/Is there any interest from any other European collections keeping the species?

 

[ralph]

Too bad quolls have an average life span of just two years

Nonetheless, it's a great addition. I loved them in Australia.

 

[BjoernN]

Elegant crested tinamous arrived from Mulhouse Zoo, France.

 

[BjoernN]

The last adult False Gharials from Tierpark Berlin (1,0, length ca. 3,0 m) and 0,1 from Aquarium Ulm (0,1, length ca. 2,9m) arrived in Gondwanaland.

 

[BjoernN]

A male, 10 months old Pygmy hippo arrived from Wroclaw Zoo, Poland.

 

[BjoernN]

A female White-faced saki monkey arrived from Helsinki Zoo, Finland.

 

[BjoernN]

Short German TV documentation about the nearly completed Gondwanaland:

blickpunkt - ZDFmediathek - ZDF Mediathek

 

[chizlit]

It looks amazing.

 

[BjoernN]

A female Pygmy Hippo arrived from the Netherlands.

 

[BjoernN]

Six Arapaimas arrived at Gondwanaland. They will live together with Iguana, Pacu and Yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles.