devilfish
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Over the past few years, London zoo's marketing posters (displayed all over the city) have included images of ruby-throated hummingbirds, three-toed sloths and Siberian tigers; none of which are kept at the zoo.
Incorrect 'facts' heard at zoos
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Over the past few years, London zoo's marketing posters (displayed all over the city) have included images of ruby-throated hummingbirds, three-toed sloths and Siberian tigers; none of which are kept at the zoo.
azcheetah2
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That is correct. We are NOT talking about your zoo. Your zoo has the animals it claims to have. It's that 'other place' I'm referring to.
azcheetah2
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I have no problem doing that. I often post on a message board where you don't generally state the specific name because it looks like you're 'calling them out'. For those that know the zoological type facilities in Tucson know there's only 2. The one I referenced in my website 'complaint' is the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum.
The Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary also doesn't keep their website updated with animal losses/acquisitions, but the other zoos in the state that list their animals are pretty good at keeping up-to-date. So, if anyone is considering a zoo trip to Arizona, don't rely on information from Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson or Heritage Park Zoological Sanctuary in Prescott for up-to-date animal info.
azcheetah2
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I was at the Sumatran Tiger exhibit yesterday at my local zoo and the Safari Train came by. THe tiger was around the other side of where I was (I was getting ready to leave) when I heard the driver talk about the tigers. She said she believed the cat in the exhibit at the moment was the female named Caipora and that they had a breeding pair and the zoo hoped that one day, Jai and Caipora would have cubs. Well, that's true except they're not a breeding pair...yet...and they never can be since Caipora is the name of our female JAGUAR. Right name, wrong cat. Caipora and her potential mate live on the other side of the zoo. I wonder if she called Caipora by the name of Hadiah (the female tiger's name) when she got over to that side. Good grief.
San Diego Zoo
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Before i went to Out of Africa in Arizona i looked at their website and it said they had a what they said as a cape lion and when i went there and asked someone where it was they said it had been dead since something like 1997, 14 years before i went. But i did see its like great grandson
An educator said that the Galapagos were off coast of Africa...
One of the managers at London Zoo asked me if polar bears ate penguins.
One volunteer said that the colobus monkey used its sharp canine teeth to eat meat.
The worst case was probably the volunteer who allowed a child to stroke the serval skin on the cat trolley. She then said, "Now you'll be able to tell your friends that you stroked a servix at London Zoo."
One volunteer said that the colobus monkey used its sharp canine teeth to eat meat.
The worst case was probably the volunteer who allowed a child to stroke the serval skin on the cat trolley. She then said, "Now you'll be able to tell your friends that you stroked a servix at London Zoo."
That is both brilliant and awful!
Cracking.
That really is very poor.
Confession time
, myself and the wife often (knowingly but incorrectly) refer to Serval as cervix to amuse ourselves. Childish, but it helps keeps us happy.
That really is very poor.
Confession time
, myself and the wife often (knowingly but incorrectly) refer to Serval as cervix to amuse ourselves. Childish, but it helps keeps us happy.Just found your thread, which is really a good laugh!
A laugh - when misinformation is unintentional, but I am afraid sometimes cheating is done on purpose.
A few days ago I started a new thread, claiming that most people leave the zoo as uneducated as they had entered it. Now it looks as if there is yet another reason to support my view.
A laugh - when misinformation is unintentional, but I am afraid sometimes cheating is done on purpose.
A few days ago I started a new thread, claiming that most people leave the zoo as uneducated as they had entered it. Now it looks as if there is yet another reason to support my view.
"Sharks have remained unchanged for 450 million years"
This is a often-heard 'fact', but it simply isn't true. The shark lineage has indeed been around for that long, but they have most certainly changed and evolved in that time.
Another about sharks, but from the Two Oceans Aquariums website Evolution's ultimate predator: Here are our top 10 prehistoric sharks . It lists Acanthodians, Stethacanthus, Edestus and Helicoprion, none of which are sharks. It also states that Megalodon was primarily a deep sea predator and that the appearance of Orcas caused it to go extinct, both which are untrue.
This is a often-heard 'fact', but it simply isn't true. The shark lineage has indeed been around for that long, but they have most certainly changed and evolved in that time.
Another about sharks, but from the Two Oceans Aquariums website Evolution's ultimate predator: Here are our top 10 prehistoric sharks . It lists Acanthodians, Stethacanthus, Edestus and Helicoprion, none of which are sharks. It also states that Megalodon was primarily a deep sea predator and that the appearance of Orcas caused it to go extinct, both which are untrue.
Less of an untrue fact and more of a simplification. It’s difficult to interpret the mountain of interesting facts about sharks to guests in the 15 seconds they spend in front of an exhibit.
This was not on signage, but in an approximately 20 minute talk.
Randomname0183
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An untrue fact I remember well (and still remains incorrect) is that the distribution map for the leopards at Madrid zoo indicates that they are native to Africa while they are in fact Persian leopards (they don’t show a map of the leopard’s full range, just Africa). What’s worse, the signage directly states that the leopards are of the Persian subspecies. To add even more salt to the wound the same issue is present on the website!
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RhinoHippoElephantGiraffe
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The Greater Vancouver Zoo (which I no longer like going to) states that the lifespan of a Common Ostrich is 11 years. The actual lifespan is 30-40 years in the wild and up to 70 years in captivity.
Brayden Delashmutt
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“fossas aren’t cats, they’re closer to skunks because they spray”
Hello.
Because of the disregard for taxonomy in newspapers, many Brazilians believe white rhinos are extinct. The same happens with any blue macaw, as no one differentiates the Spix's macaw (only extinct in the wild) from the others. This means many people are surprised when they see either of them at the zoo.
Because of the disregard for taxonomy in newspapers, many Brazilians believe white rhinos are extinct. The same happens with any blue macaw, as no one differentiates the Spix's macaw (only extinct in the wild) from the others. This means many people are surprised when they see either of them at the zoo.
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