Guess the zoo
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zooboy28
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No. Clue coming soon-ish.
I didn't know that bit! Do you know how many they got?
zooboy28
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Well there's still no evidence you know the zoo either!
I don't know any other information though, not even how many there were, only that they were still on display in the mid-70s.
I tried a search but the closest I got was a vague reference to "the tuatara", implying just one animal. However, I also found out that three tuatara were sent there from NZ in 1999! I won't mention what happened to them because that might give too big a clue to the zoo's name.Well there's still no evidence you know the zoo either!
I don't know any other information though, not even how many there were, only that they were still on display in the mid-70s.
zooboy28
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Yes, that's what I saw too (and the issues with their transportation due to iwi having to ride on a bus!?!?!). Tuatara is both the singular and the plural though isn't it, so "the tuatara" is a bit hard to decipher. I wonder if the animal/s this zoo received were part of a larger export to Australia, it appears this zoo was working closely with Taronga at the time, so may have been able to get tuatara that way (as they might not have had much clout on their own).
apparently it was / they were "a special gift from the New Zealand government" to the facility.
zooboy28
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CORRECT!!!!
The Australian Reptile Park built a new nocturnal house (which they call a noctarium) last year. The nocturnal house I was talking about was the Norman Chaffer Noctarium, which was built in the 1970s, and actually at the Park's old site. As well as long-nosed echidna and spotted cuscus, the noctarium (the first in the southern hemisphere) also held many species of tropical possums, kowari and quolls.
Well done Shirokuma, looking forward to your question!
P.S. @Chlidonias, did you actually know this off the top of your head all along?
I didn't know they had long-beaked echidnas or tuataras. I knew they were the first zoo in Australia to breed spotted cuscus.CORRECT!!!!
The Australian Reptile Park built a new nocturnal house (which they call a noctarium) last year. The nocturnal house I was talking about was the Norman Chaffer Noctarium, which was built in the 1970s, and actually at the Park's old site. As well as long-nosed echidna and spotted cuscus, the noctarium (the first in the southern hemisphere) also held many species of tropical possums, kowari and quolls.
Well done Shirokuma, looking forward to your question!
P.S. @Chlidonias, did you actually know this off the top of your head all along?
Norwegian moose
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Could it be Tom Paxton that wrote the song "going to the zoo tomorrow" and London Zoo?
I’m not sure if this is the answer you’re looking for but here is one example of a link between a famous singer /composer, an institution and a zoo:-
• The institution is Folsom Prison
• The singer-songwriter Johnny Cash wrote and recorded the song: Folsom Prison Blues
• Inmates of Folsom Prison grow vegetables to feed the animals at Folsom City Zoo
@ Tim May, a pitty your answer is not right but evenso very intresting info which I didn't know !
sooty mangabey
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Any thread which has both the Sex Pistols and Johnny Cash appearing in it, as well as echidna and cuscus, has to be worth reading!