Highlights and Hopes
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As you live in Denmark, you can knock off wombat and river dolphin just by going down to Duisburg, Germany; with regards to the latter, I would hurry, it is the last one in captivity outside of Venuzuela.
A visit to Leipzig would knock Pangolin off the list, I hope to see it there in September, never seen one before.
Platypus and Dugong requires a trip Down Under. I saw them in several places there some years ago. A visit to Sydney Aquarium would knock them both off the list.
Species that I wanted to see and finally did:
striped hyena at San Diego
fully grown nile crocodile at Bronx
Congo buffalo at Brookfield
gharial and Atlas lion at the National Zoo
Over the years from being a kid and beyond I saw the following at Cincinnati: Okapi, babirusa, anoa, Sumatran rhino, Douc langur, snub-nosed langur and Tasmanian devil.
musk oxen at San Francisco
dhole and wisent at Toronto
Some I still haven't seen: brown hyena, mugger crocodile, Jentink's duiker, any freshwater cetaceans.
striped hyena at San Diego
fully grown nile crocodile at Bronx
Congo buffalo at Brookfield
gharial and Atlas lion at the National Zoo
Over the years from being a kid and beyond I saw the following at Cincinnati: Okapi, babirusa, anoa, Sumatran rhino, Douc langur, snub-nosed langur and Tasmanian devil.
musk oxen at San Francisco
dhole and wisent at Toronto
Some I still haven't seen: brown hyena, mugger crocodile, Jentink's duiker, any freshwater cetaceans.
That's interesting, I was unaware where 'Rooster' came from.
America is definately a bit that way- they don't like any graphic 'mating' scenes in their wildlife films either...whereas the Japanese like the inclusion of gory details such as animals ripping each other to pieces, or being disembowelled by predators, which UK/US audiences would never stomach(forgive the pun).
I've definately heard that one before. US livestock/horse and dog 'breeders' use it quite commonly. It can lead to some confusion if used in a zoo context too (to us Brits anyway).
Do you happen to recall what years these species were exhibited? I seem to recall a few of those species, but I can't seem to remember the years and I would like to confirm whether I did indeed see them or not.... Not that it would make me feel much better as I have no photographic evidence of them
Species that I wanted to see and finally did:
Giant Panda in Memphis
Hog Deer in Memphis
Nile Lechwe in Memphis
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra in Louisville
Lesser Kudu in Columbus
Gerenuk in Columbus
Black Duiker in Columbus
Zebra Duiker and Tarsier in Cincinnati (They were hard to spot and on many visits you wouldn't see them)
Florida Manatee in Cincinnati
Fringe-eared Oryx at The Wilds
Dhole at The Wilds
Sloth Bear in Cleveland
(I would include all of Cincinnati's other rare species but I grew up going to the Cincinnati Zoo so I've always taken them for granted)
Species That I Want To See:
Greater Kudu
Mountain Nyala
Kewel
Beisa Oryx
Four-horned Antelope
Jentink's Duiker
Northern White Rhinoceros
Musk Ox
Cape or Forest Buffalo
African Manatee
Nigerian Giraffe
Amazon River Dolphin