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I was wondering about her when I didn't see her in the leopard exhibit. The male did look a little down today.
 
I'll have to check the layout the next time I go to this zoo, but according to the zoo's facebook, the two male juvenile sifakas are only exhibit outside near the red ruffed lemurs. I am not sure if they are rotating with them or have a similar exhibit -- well, they do mention its one of the three "posh" exhibits for the lemur. Someone also commented the third species of lemur is ring tailed.
 
The sifaka lemurs have swamped exhibits. The adult male, female, and baby are now in the outside exhibit. The juvenile males are inside the main exhibit. This swamp is temporary as they need to move the sifakas inside for the winter and I was told that the two juvenile males will be relocating to Duke's Lemur Center on a SSP recommendation.
 
* The zoo is busy with construction. The new penguin exhibit construction zone has modified walking paths. The path leading to the Arctic exhibit was pushed back more to the hill that used to surround it. The entrance to Journey Into Africa was moved more to your left and the small first exhibit that housed the demoiselle cranes and vultures is completely gone. The first exhibit is now the big open one for the sitatungas. The African penguin exhibit construction also slightly goes into the old hippo exhibit and directly behind the former snowy owl exhibit.

* The tram route has changed. It is now on the walking trail that has the old hoofstock exhibits. There is a walking trail a barrier that blocks it off from the new route of the tram.

*As announced above, the African aviary is also getting a makeover and is completely shut off. The path is blocked off right before the African leopard exhibit. You must take the other route around the aviary that is right by the watering hole exhibit.

* The zoo's latest newsletter advertised a new chameleon on exhibit in Africa. I asked some zookeepers about this, since there was no sign or animal, and they said what they had died and it's hard to keep chameleons alive.

* The new lemur cages are quite spacious for its inhabits. The look is obviously not too pleasing for guests, but for photographers that can zoom in between the bars, it's almost easier to take photos of them. The two juvenile male sifakas are inside loving life and bouncing all over the place. I did not see this behavior from the remainder of the family outside, but they do have plenty of shelves to jump to one place to another. All exhibits have little huts for privacy. The new cages are double the size of the red lemur exhibit.

* Prior to what I heard in the past about the sitatunga barn being used also for okapi breeding, there are no plans to acquire a female to breed with either male. The zoo is practical in knowing its exhibit design limitations. Because the animals are solitary, they know they do not have enough space for a female and a baby since the two males already occupy the two outdoor exhibits.

* The Maryland Wilderness section continues to be what I call barren wilderness and I long for the day they finally get more animal inhabitants.
 
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Thats a great decision for all of the cubs. Interesting how they are having a naming contest just as the third cub arrives. I'd have waited and named all three at once. Its not like they didnt know she was coming.
 
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