Chester have small-clawed otters with their Sumatran orangs (in one of the outdoor enclosures which has a moat). I have never seen any interaction, has anyone?
Alan
Alan
Gorilla mixed species?
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Howletts- mixed spot nosed guenon as well and this was much better long term mix than the samagos with some good interaction between the two spp
Gaia park- mix black mangabys very successfully with there family group of gorillas and very good interactions with the young gorillas playing with the monkeys and both adults and juvs sharing browse with them.
Dortmund- mix orangs and malayan tapir successfully
Burgers- siamangs in with the orangs in a not very good indoor only enclosure which is a weird thing considering how good the zoos enclosure are for other apes and overall does anyone know if the plan is to rehouse them in the future as thought this would have been ideal mixed exhibit for the newest rimba (asian) area?
Gaia park- mix black mangabys very successfully with there family group of gorillas and very good interactions with the young gorillas playing with the monkeys and both adults and juvs sharing browse with them.
Dortmund- mix orangs and malayan tapir successfully
Burgers- siamangs in with the orangs in a not very good indoor only enclosure which is a weird thing considering how good the zoos enclosure are for other apes and overall does anyone know if the plan is to rehouse them in the future as thought this would have been ideal mixed exhibit for the newest rimba (asian) area?
Brookfield Zoo mixes small clawed otters with gibbons (I think many other zoos do this) and once I saw the otters blocking the entrance to the off exhibit holding from the gibbons the group of otters were chasing the gibbons away. Also at the bronxs zoo some otters killed a Ebony Langurs.
If you scroll down there is the video of the attack I would not watch it if you are easily disturbed: http://www.zoochat.com/547/bronx-zoo-2010-ebony-langur-exhibit-193030/
If you scroll down there is the video of the attack I would not watch it if you are easily disturbed: http://www.zoochat.com/547/bronx-zoo-2010-ebony-langur-exhibit-193030/
Lowry Park keeps Bornean Orangutans with Silvered Leaf Langurs.
MountainBongo
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San Diego's orangutans and siamangs get along successfully.
Detroit's gorillas and drill seem to not mind each other and have been exhibited with each other for a while.
I know many times even hoofstock done get along...
SDZSP always is experimenting with species in the field exhibits...pygmy hippos, warthogs, and I think even some primate spices have been in the African Plains.
A yellow-backed duiker chased a bongo which lead to the bongo leaping over it's fence to the public pathway.
Detroit's gorillas and drill seem to not mind each other and have been exhibited with each other for a while.
I know many times even hoofstock done get along...
SDZSP always is experimenting with species in the field exhibits...pygmy hippos, warthogs, and I think even some primate spices have been in the African Plains.
A yellow-backed duiker chased a bongo which lead to the bongo leaping over it's fence to the public pathway.
Gigit
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Burgers no longer keeps orangs. They had all left for other zoos by March 2010 although I believe the Siamang/s went with them.
chrisbarela
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"San Diego's orangutans and siamangs get along successfully."
I've actually seen one of the orangs bring browse foliage to the siamangs who prefer to sit on the very top of the climbing structures. Not to anthropomorphasize what I was seeing but the orang literally shared the food with the siamangs - it handed them a branch of leaves and the three sat there together eating. Another time I had one of the orangs toss me a celery stalk when I gestured that I wanted it. It had picked it up and I made the universal gesture for "can I have that". The orang looked at me, and then at the celery, and then tossed the celery up to go over the glass enclosure to me. The celery missed on the first throw and so the orang tossed it over again - this time successfully. All I can say is that the San Diego Zoos orangs were taught excellent manners.
I've actually seen one of the orangs bring browse foliage to the siamangs who prefer to sit on the very top of the climbing structures. Not to anthropomorphasize what I was seeing but the orang literally shared the food with the siamangs - it handed them a branch of leaves and the three sat there together eating. Another time I had one of the orangs toss me a celery stalk when I gestured that I wanted it. It had picked it up and I made the universal gesture for "can I have that". The orang looked at me, and then at the celery, and then tossed the celery up to go over the glass enclosure to me. The celery missed on the first throw and so the orang tossed it over again - this time successfully. All I can say is that the San Diego Zoos orangs were taught excellent manners.
The only place I can quote is Howletts/Port Lympne and even there the only instance I know of with certainty was an adult male Gorilla 'Jomie' who was living alone at Port Lympne and killed a Colobus in his cage 'which he then partially ate'. It may later have cost him his life as he was diagnosed with Hepatitis 'B' after later moving to London Zoo and died there. As Jomie was zoo-born at Howletts, I can only assume he contracted it from the (wildcaught?) Monkey.
The (remaining?) Monkeys in one or two of the Howletts Gorilla groups were later removed and I think there may have been a death or two there too, though not certain.
Motaba the silverback at Melbourne also killed a De Brazza Monkey I believe.
Yet other places like Gaia Park in Holland with their successful Gorilla/Black Mangabey mixing, seem not to have any problem, or not that I have heard of anyway..
That was the intention but afaik it never got that far and I think a Colobus also escaped, so they seem to have abandoned this idea.
As mentioned by Chlidonias, these mixed exhibits are mosty done for the benefit of the public/display rather than the animals.
Brookfield Zoo also mixes a very old male gorilla with some monkeys but I do not know the species because Tropic World has been closed for a month and I have not visited since it just reopened today.
