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On May 24th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) African pygmy hedgehog named Petunia passed away due to heart failure caused by age-related kidney disease.

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On May 31st, the zoo announced that they are starting construction on a new bird building and surrounding bird exhibits in the summer of 2023.

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Zoofan15 said:
An Eastern black rhinoceros was born April 19:

Aria was pregnant upon her arrival at Honolulu Zoo in September 2022 and has delivered a healthy male calf.

Honolulu Zoo welcomes birth of endangered baby rhino
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A naming contest is being held for the calf, whose gender has been confirmed as 1:0. The contest voting deadline is July 9th.
The three names are:
- Akamu - Hawaiian for Adam and also a reference to Black Adam from DC Comics, and as he is also a Black Rhinoceros.
- Ardi - Mix between his parents' names (Aria and Kendi).
- Hiapo - Hawaiian for first-born.
Honolulu Zoo holds naming contest for new baby rhino
 
Nile Hippo Expert said:
A naming contest is being held for the calf, whose gender has been confirmed as 1:0. The contest voting deadline is July 9th.
The three names are:
- Akamu - Hawaiian for Adam and also a reference to Black Adam from DC Comics, and as he is also a Black Rhinoceros.
- Ardi - Mix between his parents' names (Aria and Kendi).
- Hiapo - Hawaiian for first-born.
Honolulu Zoo holds naming contest for new baby rhino
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Through their Instagram account, the zoo announced that the name “Akamu” had won the naming contest, which is now the official name for the zoo’s baby rhino.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
A great video about the Honolulu Zoo’s work with Amastra cylindrica and Kamehameha butterflies. The snails are actively being bred for release currently.

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These are some much needed native species conservation programs and great they are being highlighted locally.

The Kamehameha butterfly is one of only 2 endemic butterfly species. The species is also the State butterfly. Maintained in the Ectotherm House and they are on exhibit.

The A. cylindrica land snail is one of the most critically endangered land snails that is being bred at the zoo for restoration into the wild with DLNR (dat detritus and leaves on the soil). There has been a 60-90% decline in their numbers in the wild.

For the snails and butterfly's the introduced Jackson's chameleons that prey upon both. Other predators of native wildlife are rats.
 
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I visited the Honolulu Zoo yesterday (first ever international zoo trip) and will provide a full review/species list in the coming weeks. Some of the news-related updates I can provide for the meantime:
  • Hawaiian Stilt and Brown Booby are now in the spoonbill/scarlet ibis aviary. The booby used to be housed in the African savannah area.
  • the African walkthrough aviary is closed currently for renovations. Fortunately the birds (starlings, wood-hoopoes etc) are still in there and can be observed from a distance.
  • the African Penguin exhibit is closed for renovations, but again, animals are still on-show. The warthog however is off-show currently.
  • the Fijian Banded Iguana is now on-show in one of the former aviary-style exhibits for Australian lizards in the ectotherm complex. The lizards have moved nearby.
  • there is a lot of exhibit renovations occurring in the ectotherm complex especially for the poison dart frogs, Asian Painted Frog, Australian Green Tree Frog and Pink-winged Stick Insect.
  • just a note for those seeking zoo oddities - a Coconut Crab is housed in the kid’s zoo (so don’t skip it like I almost did!) and amazingly Golden White-eyes are housed in three separate aviaries currently. All three birds-of-paradise are still kept as well - Superb, Ragianna and Magnificent. It seemed like the female Ragianna was being introduced to some males who were housed side-by-side in holding aviary. A few incredible displays.
  • Leopard Tortoise and Red-footed Tortoise hatchlings are on-display in a exhibit alongside Elongated Tortoises.
  • the new male lion was mixed with a female - not sure if it was a new female or their old female.
  • lots of Kamehameha butterfly caterpillars currently.
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
the African walkthrough aviary is closed currently for renovations. Fortunately the birds (starlings, wood-hoopoes etc) are still in there and can be observed from a distance.
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The African aviary is actually currently closed due to the hatching a Red-crested Turaco. The aviary will reopen when the chick is older: Log in to Facebook | Facebook
 
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