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Out of Brazil comes a first for Tasmania Zoo - Local News - News - Human Interest - The Examiner Newspaper
TASMANIA Zoo welcomed two marmoset monkeys into the world yesterday. They are the first set of marmoset twins born at the zoo.
Dad Ziggy now takes care of the twins and mum Zulu feeds them.


Although the second smallest primate, marmosets can do some damage if provoked.


"They are very protective of the newborns. If you try to touch them or their young they will attack your face," operations manager Robert Warren said.


Marmosets come from rainforests in the south-east of Brazil.


The monkeys are very easy to breed once in the right humidity and fed the right diet.


The zoo has built a nesting box that can be heated to 33deg, which is essential for the monkeys in winter.


The monkeys have a diet of tropical fruits such as mangoes and pawpaws, and vitamin- enriched foods such as meal worms.


"Once you've got all that right you've got happy primates," Mr Warren said.


Marmoset monkeys are pack animals and the zoo plans to continue breeding until they have a colony similar to that in the wild.


"We will build a bigger enclosure to house them and hopefully pretty soon we'll have eight or nine in the colony," Mr Warren said.


Ziggy and Zulu are also parents of seven-month-old Zander.
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here's their website Tasmania Zoo | Devil's Heaven | Wet & Wild Buggies | Aussie BBQ & Night Safari | Trout Fishing @ Launceston Lakes
Tasmania Zoo is situated on 900 acres of private old growth native bushland and home to the largest collection of native and exotic animals in Tasmania. We have over 50 species of birds, wombats, echidna's, kangaroos, quolls, reptiles, monkeys and more.
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Zoo Doo is near Richmond in the south of Tasmania, Tasmania Zoo is near Launceston in the north (I'd never heard of it before, and I was in Launceston last year!)
 
Tasmania zoo

I am pleased to hear of this fairly new Zoological Gardens. Well as pleased as I can be without seeing it. A new zoo in a "zooless" part of the world is always to be appreciated. :)
 
Another 2 new zoos to visit. I am still suprised to hear about zoos in Australia that l have not heard off before.

Just how many more zoos are there in Australia that house primates?????
 
reptile1517 said:
I am pleased to hear of this fairly new Zoological Gardens. Well as pleased as I can be without seeing it. A new zoo in a "zooless" part of the world is always to be appreciated. :)
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I wouldn't exactly call Tasmania 'zoo-less'. Although not well-known outside of the island, there are actually quite a large number of wildlife parks there, mainly catering for native species as is to be expected. They even have an aquarium there.
 
zooman said:
Another 2 new zoos to visit. I am still suprised to hear about zoos in Australia that l have not heard off before.

Just how many more zoos are there in Australia that house primates?????
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Melbourne Zoo
Werribee Open Range Zoo
Taronga Zoo
Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Adelaide Zoo
Monarto Zoo
Perth Zoo
Australia Zoo
Alma Park Zoo
Cairns Wildlife Safari Reserve
Cairns Tropical Zoo
Rockhampton Zoo
Darling Downs Zoo
Symbio Wildlife Gardens
Mogo Zoo
National Zoo and Aquarium
Halls Gap Zoo
Mansfield Zoo
Launceston City Park
Zoo Tasmania
Zoodoo Wildlife Park
Gorge Wildlife Park
Crocodylus Park

Anyone want to add more to the list?
 
Caversham Wildlife Park
Bredl's Wonder World of Wildlife
Hunter Valley Zoo
Cudgee Creek Wildlife Park


In a hurry so probably missed some.
 
Thanks Steve and CGSwans, l have missed a few!!
 
This is exactly why the smaller zoos are so interesting to visit - because you are likely to see species ( particularly primates) which the big mainstream zoos will no longer bother with!

If this Tasmanian zoo has Sulawesi macaques, as Glyn states, then I assume that they acquired them from Perth zoo?
 
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