hippos,dinos and prehistoric humans in captivity

Batto said:
Most of the largest flying birds (condors, eagles, OW vultures, marabou storks, bustards, swans) are kept in zoos without allowing them to fly properly (except in a few flightshows). Now imagine a giant creature unlike anything we have today, as tall as a giraffe, with a weird 6 feet long beak, towering over you. That alone should impress most visitors.

As for otters: people want to see otters being cute and active. Swimming is just part of that.

Great white sharks and whale sharks have been / are kept in captivity-unlike mako sharks, basking shark, Greenland shark...;)
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Yeah, I guess you're right. On that note, wouldn't it be crazy if people could train a quetzalcoatlus to do air shows? :D

I know great whites and whale sharks have been kept in captivity, but compared to many smaller species they still don't do particularly well. Only a handful of places have managed to keep them going. Most great whites were only kept for short periods of time, and a lot of whale sharks have died early.
 
Batto said:
How would you know that sauropods, a group of animals no human has ever seen alive, might not need "much enrichment"? Frankly, we don't know that, and most likely, we will never do. As for the rack system: just take it with a grain of salt.;)
I don't know for sure but are making guesses based on what I know
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TheMightyOrca said:
I know great whites and whale sharks have been kept in captivity, but compared to many smaller species they still don't do particularly well. Only a handful of places have managed to keep them going. Most great whites were only kept for short periods of time, and a lot of whale sharks have died early.
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The same is true for a wide range of species kept in zoos if you compare them with other related species (Black-and-white colobus - olive/red colobus, nine-banded armadillo-giant armadillo, giant anteater- silky anteater..). However, unlike the other mentioned shark species, the husbandry of these two is progressing.
 
Batto said:
The same is true for a wide range of species kept in zoos if you compare them with other related species (Black-and-white colobus - olive/red colobus, nine-banded armadillo-giant armadillo, giant anteater- silky anteater..). However, unlike the other mentioned shark species, the husbandry of these two is progressing.
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ture that Batto

btw I think we may be starting to get off topic
 
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